Mozilla Thunderbird's Killfile

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Larry

I must be doing something wrong. I go to Message>create filter from
message, delete file is checked and I click OK. But the file is not
deleted and I still get messages from the loonies. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.
 
Larry said:
I must be doing something wrong. I go to Message>create filter from
message, delete file is checked and I click OK. But the file is not
deleted and I still get messages from the loonies. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.
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Apparently "Delete message" means delete it from the server. This can
only be done by the original poster or the server admin dude.

So, I just check "Mark message read".

Works for me, YMMV,


technomaNge
 
technomaNge said:
Apparently "Delete message" means delete it from the server. This can
only be done by the original poster or the server admin dude.

So, I just check "Mark message read".

Works for me, YMMV,
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Marking a message read won't prevent subsequent messages from the same
offending poster from being downloaded again. IIRC Thunderbird lacks a real
killfile.
 
I just filter unwanted stuff direct to the Trash folder which I have
set to empty when exiting Thunderbird.
I also use the filter ability to send mail from various sources
directly to specific folders so I can see mail from these specific
sources and act accordingly.
 
Larry said:
I must be doing something wrong. I go to Message>create filter from
message, delete file is checked and I click OK. But the file is not
deleted and I still get messages from the loonies. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.
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