I use gmail as my mail host. Google has a splendid junk filter, which does
an awesome job of classifying SPAM. Unfortunately, even though it is
classified correctly, I still receive lots of it. I have Outlook 2003
configured for POP access. Is there anyway to "pick and choose" which emails
I download from the server? In other words, I want to download the mail in
my gmail Inbox, but leave the SPAM in my Junk folder on the server.

If you only download headers you can then pick & choose which items you want
to download and/or delete.

"Kristin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:457468DD-C1B4-4530-AF6E-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I use gmail as my mail host. Google has a splendid junk filter, which does
> an awesome job of classifying SPAM. Unfortunately, even though it is
> classified correctly, I still receive lots of it. I have Outlook 2003
> configured for POP access. Is there anyway to "pick and choose" which
> emails
> I download from the server? In other words, I want to download the mail
> in
> my gmail Inbox, but leave the SPAM in my Junk folder on the server.

Thanks for the tip, but I would still have to sort through the headers and
delete them, correct? I may as well just download the message because it
doesn't save me any steps.

I can create a flag on my server to identify spam. Is there a way to avoid
downloading messages with specific flags?

"Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> If you only download headers you can then pick & choose which items you want
> to download and/or delete.
>
> "Kristin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:457468DD-C1B4-4530-AF6E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I use gmail as my mail host. Google has a splendid junk filter, which does
> > an awesome job of classifying SPAM. Unfortunately, even though it is
> > classified correctly, I still receive lots of it. I have Outlook 2003
> > configured for POP access. Is there anyway to "pick and choose" which
> > emails
> > I download from the server? In other words, I want to download the mail
> > in
> > my gmail Inbox, but leave the SPAM in my Junk folder on the server.
>

POP3 accounts will download from the Inbox folder on the server. If you
configure your web based mail client to put Spam messages into a different
folder Outlook will not download the messages.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

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"Kristin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9E99B242-8E6F-4E28-9731-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for the tip, but I would still have to sort through the headers and
> delete them, correct? I may as well just download the message because it
> doesn't save me any steps.
>
> I can create a flag on my server to identify spam. Is there a way to
> avoid
> downloading messages with specific flags?
>
> "Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> If you only download headers you can then pick & choose which items you
>> want
>> to download and/or delete.
>>
>> "Kristin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:457468DD-C1B4-4530-AF6E-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I use gmail as my mail host. Google has a splendid junk filter, which
>> >does
>> > an awesome job of classifying SPAM. Unfortunately, even though it is
>> > classified correctly, I still receive lots of it. I have Outlook 2003
>> > configured for POP access. Is there anyway to "pick and choose" which
>> > emails
>> > I download from the server? In other words, I want to download the
>> > mail
>> > in
>> > my gmail Inbox, but leave the SPAM in my Junk folder on the server.
>>

Oh, wow, you're right! Thanks!

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> POP3 accounts will download from the Inbox folder on the server. If you
> configure your web based mail client to put Spam messages into a different
> folder Outlook will not download the messages.
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
> http://www.msoutlook.info/
> Real World Questions, Real World Answers
>
> -----
>
> "Kristin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:9E99B242-8E6F-4E28-9731-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thanks for the tip, but I would still have to sort through the headers and
> > delete them, correct? I may as well just download the message because it
> > doesn't save me any steps.
> >
> > I can create a flag on my server to identify spam. Is there a way to
> > avoid
> > downloading messages with specific flags?
> >
> > "Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
> >
> >> If you only download headers you can then pick & choose which items you
> >> want
> >> to download and/or delete.
> >>
> >> "Kristin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:457468DD-C1B4-4530-AF6E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >I use gmail as my mail host. Google has a splendid junk filter, which
> >> >does
> >> > an awesome job of classifying SPAM. Unfortunately, even though it is
> >> > classified correctly, I still receive lots of it. I have Outlook 2003
> >> > configured for POP access. Is there anyway to "pick and choose" which
> >> > emails
> >> > I download from the server? In other words, I want to download the
> >> > mail
> >> > in
> >> > my gmail Inbox, but leave the SPAM in my Junk folder on the server.
> >>