On 14/03/15 07:42, Peter Nieman wrote:
Hi,
on a Windows 7 PC running SM 2.33 we have an IMAP account for which the
provider's spam filter has been activated. The filter moves the spam to
a "spam" folder on the server.
In Seamonkey, I created a message filter for this account that is
supposed to move mail from the inbox of the server to a local folder
when "Get new messages" is clicked. At the bottom of the Message Filters
dialog I made sure that "Run selected filter(s) on:" is set to "Inbox".
However, the filter insists on also downloading the spam from the "Spam"
folder. The setting in the filter dialog seems to have no effect. Why is
that so and how can I change it?
Thanks,
p. n.
Peter, as I understand things, with a POP e-mail account, SeaMonkey
downloads all your e-mails into your inbox and *then* runs any filters
you might have running and sends e-mails where you want them to go.
I don't know how IMAP differs from POP, but, in a POP account all the
e-mails actually remain in the inbox file, even though you may have
moved, i.e. copied, them into different folders. It is *only* when you
File->Empty Trash and File->Compact Folders that the rubbish is actually
removed from your inbox. Maybe the same happens with your IMAP folder,
resulting in your IMAP Spam messages (that might still, really, be in
the IMAP inbox folder) to be downloaded into your local inbox folder!!
--
Daniel
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