IMAP and Junk Email

[Eran]

Hi,

The spam filter in Windows Mail is great. It moves the emails from the inbox
to the junk email folder.

It does this for IMAP accounts as well, however it does not purge the emails
from the inbox, so all the spam remains "deleted" in the inbox. This appears
as strikethrough in earlier version of outlook express. These spam emails
also gets downloaded in the inbox where it's setup as POP3.

Any way to have Windows Mail "purge" these emails as well?

Thanks,

Eran

 

[Luis C. Cana Cascallar]

Eran, I tryed many times to filter spam from my IMAP server. However, it
only seems to work with the local folders. How do you did it?

 

[Eran]

Hi,

You need to setup your inbox to download all messages, not just the headers.
Otherwise it will only do it when you click on the email. You may also want
to check "include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing".


Even though you don't see any deleted (strikethrough) items, don't forget
to "purge" your IMAP inbox before downloading via POP3 for the same email
account, otherwise you will run into the same problem that I originally
posted.

Eran

Eran, I tryed many times to filter spam from my IMAP server. However, it
only seems to work with the local folders. How do you did it?