Quizzes & Puzzles1 min ago
Unwanted E-mails
Is there a method using Mozilla Thunderbird from stopping an e-mail even entering your In box. It was possible in IE to do this and the e-mail is held at the server.
The problem is when you order over the internet you usually have to supply your e-mail address but later on find spam arriving from them. In some instances you can ask for this to be withheld but the contradiction is that many say you should never reply to spam?
The problem is when you order over the internet you usually have to supply your e-mail address but later on find spam arriving from them. In some instances you can ask for this to be withheld but the contradiction is that many say you should never reply to spam?
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The mail you are referring to is not strictly spam - it is simply advertising from a company you have done business with,
Spam is when you have no knowledge or dealings with the sender. When you reply to that sort of email you are confirming that your email is 'live', so you should never even open it.
It is fine to ask the companies to stop sending you email when you have done business with them.
I know of no way to do what you want in Thunderbird. That doesn't mean it can't be done though. :)
Spam is when you have no knowledge or dealings with the sender. When you reply to that sort of email you are confirming that your email is 'live', so you should never even open it.
It is fine to ask the companies to stop sending you email when you have done business with them.
I know of no way to do what you want in Thunderbird. That doesn't mean it can't be done though. :)
Use the 'junk' button in Thunderbird. It's a spam filter that learns as you go along, so the more you report junk, the better it gets.
Only mark true spam as spam though, as per Ethel's definition.
Then, the spam should start going into the junk folder, and not your inbox. Then you can periodically check the junk folder for false positives (those it thinks are spam, but aren't), and you should click the 'not junk' button for these, so that it learns.
Only mark true spam as spam though, as per Ethel's definition.
Then, the spam should start going into the junk folder, and not your inbox. Then you can periodically check the junk folder for false positives (those it thinks are spam, but aren't), and you should click the 'not junk' button for these, so that it learns.
If you go into the account settings for the email account in question, you have a 'junk settings' item to the left. Here you can enable the adaptive junk controls, and tell it to move it to the 'junk' folder.
If you have several accounts, you can move the junk from any of them into one combined junk folder, if you like.
If you have several accounts, you can move the junk from any of them into one combined junk folder, if you like.
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