I have an email problem that I can’t seem to solve. I use a couple of different email clients on a couple of different machines to check my POP email. I also get a lot of spam. My main machine, at home, runs Apple’s Mail.app and does a pretty good job at filtering it out. The problem is that when Mail identifies and removes a spam email from my Inbox, I would like it to delete the email from the server immediately, or at least on the following connection to the server. If it did so, then when I checked email remotely using my phone, only good emails would be left, saving hassle and bandwidth (my Treo bandwidth usage is metered).
I have asked about this in Apple’s Discussion Forums and at Ask MetaFilter, but no joy yet. Is there anyone who reads here who might be able to help?
blork says
Get a Windows machine.
HA HA HA HA!!! Sorry… couldn’t help it.
I use Thunderbird, which works very well for filtering spam. It has an option to delete filtered spam from the pop server. I’m not sure how well it works (I’ve never really monitored it).
Perhaps the problem is that Mail (and possibly Thunderbird) requires a user confirmation that the filtered mail really is spam before it deletes it from the server.
Most of the spam I do get is pre-flagged as such by my domain ISP (which is the same one you use I think). If yours is flagged too, then perhaps you can configure the Treo to not download messages that contain that flag. Not sure HOW, but it might be possible.
nathan says
I have exactly the same problem. I’m searching a solution. Maybe an AppleScript. If you solved your problem, drop me a mail ! :-)
Michael Boyle says
I have posted a followup here.