I'm pretty tardy getting back to this thread. These extensions have less use for me apparently than some others. Unlike some people, I do have POP3 access to Yahoo, by virtue perhaps that it's a subsidized account (@SBCGlobal.net). As someone else noted, there are in fact options to include junk mail in Yahoo POP3 delivery. If I had subfolders, I might have at least one reason to use that extension. I've actually been using a separate IMAP setup for GMail in addition to a POP3 account, so that I can monitor its spam 'folder'. (Contrary to claims that a filter could be used to force it to be delivered via POP3, this proved to be false.) Some people will wag their finger at me for having both, but I am adamant about having localized mail storage. Though Thunderbird *appeared* to have means to archive IMAP mail locally, it did not appear to me to be robust and trustworthy. That GMail happens to mirror the account with its archive in the cloud is just a bonus. As for Hotmail... I have the account, but it's mostly in retirement. I don't need to check spam or subfolders, because the spam is truly spam and subfolders don't exist.
the Vulcan tourist On Jul 4, 2:34 am, alanrf <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris, > > many thanks for your feedback. > > Best regards, > > Alan > > On Jul 4, 12:01 am, Chris Clifton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm in the UK, but my yahoo.com email account was subject to the same > > conditions as a USA account. I looked this morning at the options on the > > website, and, yes, I do have the option of POPing spam. In fact there > > are three options, "Don't POP spam", "Include spam messages" and > > "Include spam messages and add [bulk] as a prefix to the subject line". > > PS yahoo.co.uk accounts have long had free POP access, but yahoo! > > wouldn't let me set up a .co.uk account with the same user name as the > > .com account. > > > On 04/07/2011 07:39, alanrf wrote: > > > > Chris, > > > > you always seem to beat me to the send button. Well this weekend I > > > will claim to be in laid-back mode since it is a holiday weekend where > > > I live. > > > > Of course I agree with your comments with one caveat. Please read my > > > comments and let me know your experience. As I mentioned I find that, > > > even with a US location for my free Yahoo account, I now find that I > > > have POP options available to me. Not only that - within the POP > > > options is the ability to have the contents of the Junk mail folder > > > included in the download of the POP mail Inbox. Is that available in > > > your geographical location? > > > > Regards, > > > > Alan > > > > On Jul 3, 11:00 pm, Chris Clifton<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> One reason that no-one else has mentioned. Some workplace IT systems > > >> block access to the normal POP ports on any servers other than the > > >> companies own mail servers. If you want to read your Hotmail or Yahoo! > > >> mail at work you either have to use the websites or the extensions. > > > >> On 03/07/2011 15:41, VulcanTourist wrote: > > > >>> Since GMail, HotMail, and Yahoo already support POP3 delivery > > >>> internally, and accounts for those services can be configured as POP3 > > >>> in Thunderbird with the publicly available servers for each, exactly > > >>> when and why would these extensions ever be needed for those services > > >>> in particular? It seems that this adds an unnecessary level of > > >>> complexity, since HTTP is not an e-mail protocol and changes to how > > >>> the "Webmail" interfaces work could break these extensions, which > > >>> NEVER happens with POP3/SMTP. > > >>> When are these actually needed? > > >> -- > > > --
