I have handled this problem by going into my mailbox on my isp using webmail. Most isp's have this available. I look into the mailbox in Safari using webmail. Then I "select all" then I unselect just the messages I want to download. Then I hit the delete button in webmail. Then I sign out of my mailbox and switch to Powermail and download the remaining contents of the mailbox. Usually I have about 80 messages in the box every 4 hours or so. I end up downloading 3-4 and trashing the rest. My isp does have a spam filter and I have it set to flag but not delete, since it wants to delete my daily weather.com info. The whole thing takes from 30 seconds to a minute to screen 80 messages. By "selecting all" and then looking through and unchecking the ones you want you can sift quickly. The neat thing is that you have NO download time for the messages you don't want. If your isp does not offer webmail, Pandamail.net is a good one.
------------------------- Bob Moody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 936 Frog Pond Road Staunton VA 24401 800-326-9192 www.bobmoody.org Replying to message quoted at the bottom of this message. (Scroll down below signature lines.) Sat, 30 Aug 2003 21:40:00 +0200 >Hi, > >I'm trying to find a way to have emails with a specific type of >attachment - in this case the ".pif" and ".src" attachments sent with >emails from virus infected PCs - go directly to the trash when I receive >them. > >A filter and/or script seems the answer, but I can't work out how to make >one that would recognise a particular type of attachment (as opposed to a >sender's name, an address or some content, etc). > >I've been receiving over 100 of these emails a day through work and while >they don't harm my Mac, they are a nuisance. Any ideas welcome :-) > >I'm using Powermail 4.1.3 on a G4 running OS X 10.2.6. > >Patrick > > >
