Kmail Pop3 filter not deleting from server

[jcwebpost]

Thanks for the info. I wouldn't mind filtering the spam at the client end if 
Kmail would delete the trash bin on exit like it looks like it's supposed 
to... but doesn't on my system though it's configured to do so.

Thanks again.

On Friday 14 May 2004 09:45 pm, David P James wrote:
> On Fri 14 May 2004 20:11, jcwebpost wrote:
> > I have Kmail 1.6 configured with a pop filter to delete mail from the
> > server whenever email contains a X-Spam-Flag that equals YES. Yet,
> > the mail is downloaded from the server to my computer anyway. Am I
> > understanding the feature wrong? Shouldn't it be deleting the mail on
> > the server instead of downloading it?
>
> Settings | Configure KMail --> Network | Receiving
>
> Select the account and Modify. Check the setting labelled "Filter
> messages..." and set that to something appropriate (eg, 2000 bytes I
> guess)
>
> Using this to delete spam really isn't worth it since you have to
> download the headers anyway - if a message is more than 2000 bytes the
> headers get downloaded. If it turns out not to be spam the whole
> message, including the headers, gets downloaded, so you're not really
> ahead bandwidth wise. I only use it against viruses, which are usually
> fairly large (40+kB).
>
> Cheers,
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