Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED], Monday, March 5, 2007, 7:59:24 AM, you wrote:
ASK> Hello Jack S. LaRosa & everyone else, ASK> on Sunday, March 4, 2007 at 22:47 you (Jack S. LaRosa) wrote: >> I find it 'inelegant' to have this faux inbox as it's yet another >> folder displayed in the account tree. ASK> Oh, its not so "inelegant", depending on how you work with emails. ASK> I'm using a "known" filter that moves messages from contacts in my ASK> address book to an "Inbox-Known" subfolder, and I think this is a very ASK> nice way to deal with unknown senders - only those messages stay in the ASK> normal inbox. Its quite easy to deal with spam messages that are not ASK> identified by my server-side spam filter that way, for example, and you ASK> can also tend to messages from people you know easier. >> Can anyone tell me why, or even if, it's unsafe to keep received posts >> in the standard inbox? Did I perhaps misinterpret the original warning >> post? ASK> I remember that warning post as well, in theory the standard Inbox ASK> folder is "more likely" to be corrupted because all messages are put to ASK> the Inbox first before they are processed by additional filters. But I ASK> never experienced any problems, nor have I read about problems with the ASK> standard Inbox here on the lists (I just don't remember - which may be ASK> proof that I have a bad memory). One other filter that helps to keep out spam: Recipient does not match <your own email address> or any additional addresses you use and move to trash folder. You make this the very last filter. It moves out emails that are addressed to a list of email addresses, other than your own, but that otherwise come to you. -- Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using The Bat! v3.98.1 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 ...When it rains, why don't sheep shrink? ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.98 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
