In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tony Firshman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 at 08:55:16, Norman Dunbar wrote:
>(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>
>>A project that I have in mind, sorry but it is Windows based, is a small
>>email filter type program which allows you to connect to the mail server at
>>your ISP, and download the HEADERS of your emails first of all - so any 100
>>Gigabyte :o) attachments, or files with double extensions - xxx.xls.exe or
>>similar - can be spotted before downloading. Any unwanted emails can then be
>>deleted from the server BEFORE you download them.
>Demon's Turnpike (generally available for around �30 I think - but free
>to Demon customers) already does just this on its POP3 and SMTP mail
>collections.
You have to set the feature up though ... which I haven't done with my
copy of Turnpike. How is it done, for curiosity ?
What Norman is suggesting is a general little task that can be used with
any email software and a PC; and free too :-)
--
Malcolm Cadman
