[kdepim-users] [Kde-pim] why multiple email in my INBOX?

Ingo Klöcker kloecker at kde.org
Sun Feb 10 22:47:58 GMT 2008


On Sunday 10 February 2008, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Sunday 10 February 2008 20:41:09 Gary Kline wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 10:47:45AM +0100, Ingo Kl?cker wrote:
> > > Please send user questions to the kdepim-users mailing list.
> > >
> > > On Saturday 09 February 2008, Gary Kline wrote:
> > > > Hi People,
> > > >
> > > > Can anybody explain what I did that in the past few days I've
> > > > been getting several copies of each incoming email?   Thanks in
> > > > advance for any insights.
> > >
> > > If you are using IMAP and filter your mail with KMail then this
> > > is most likely caused by a miscommunication between KMail and
> > > your IMAP server, i.e. the IMAP server does not properly delete
> > > the messages KMail has downloaded (for filtering), marked as
> > > deleted, and then uploaded again as new message (after
> > > filtering).
> > >
> > > Disabling filtering your incoming mail with KMail should fix the
> > > problem.
> >
> > 	Sounds v probable, because I was indeed clicking around somee
> > 	days ago.  But where exactly, do I click to disable??  EDIT, FILE,
> > 	VIEW, MESSAGE, TOOLS?   I do see some drop-downs about
> > 	"filtering, especiallly the ones that I don't think were there
> > 	last week about marking mail as Spam or Not-Spam.  IIf this is
> > 	right, then YES!!  But again, how do I undo this??

I guess you've executed the Anti-Spam Wizard.


> Gary, spam filtering like that works well on local files, but not on
> IMAP files.  Quite simply, delete those filters.  Spam filtering is
> much better done at server level when you use IMAP mail.  I use
> bogofilter in my .procmailrc and find it works beautifully.

To remove the filters that have been added by the Anti-Spam Wizard open 
the filter configuration via Settings->Configure Filters and then 
delete all filter you see under Available Filters.


Regards,
Ingo
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