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+ | ====== Can POPFile scan email before retrieving it? ====== | ||
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+ | Many people would like POPFile to scan email before it comes down to their machine to get rid of spam before it is ever downloaded! This could be handy if you are on a slow connection...in a hotel perhaps. | ||
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+ | Unfortunately, | ||
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+ | Once the email has been classified by POPFile, your email client can, for example: | ||
+ | * put it in a " | ||
+ | * delete it and never let you see it (very dangerous) | ||
+ | * put it in your " | ||
+ | * mark it for immediate attention or set a low priority | ||
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+ | In other words, think of POPFile' | ||
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+ | If you can determine some very specific conditions where you are **100% certain**, you can set rules in your email client, (e.g. Outlook) that automatically delete messages completely. Then messages do not go into the Deleted Items, they are gone permanently. This doesn' | ||
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+ | In Outlook, you can use the // | ||
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+ | **WARNING: | ||
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+ | See also: | ||
+ | * [[:HowTos | Classifying and moving email in your email program]] | ||
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