I use thunderbird email client and need help. I am trying to understand how to work the settings for controlling spam email. For the life of me it deos not seem to work as I thing it should. Can someone enlighten me? Thanks in advance.
I use thunderbird email client and need help. I am trying to understand how to work the settings for controlling spam email. For the life of me it deos not seem to work as I thing it should. Can someone enlighten me? Thanks in advance.
Oh........Wrong thread.
I was going to suggest Mad Dog 20/20 as an alternative.
My mistake.
When I started woodworking, I didn't know squat. I have progressed in 30 years - now I do know squat.
I use Thunderbird but haven't really needed to do much with junk mail filtering. Have you looked at Tools -> Run Junk Mail Controls on Folder? The other thought would be add-ons. The Thunderbird add-on ecosystem is not nearly as diverse as the Firefox add-ons but there are a few.
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When I started woodworking, I didn't know squat. I have progressed in 30 years - now I do know squat.
I have been using Thunderbird for awhile and use the Junk button for emails that are spam. After awhile, the program learns what you call junk and automatically moves them to the junk folder. I would guess that right now, it is getting at least 90% of the emails that I would call junk.
You might also want to look at Tools-->account settings---junk settings in the program
If I remember correctly, thunderbird has a button you click to identify spam. It will learn heuristically what you consider spam over time. It works very well, as long as you keep up training it.
Paul
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Regards,
Dick
I just click on the little button under the flame columnjunk.JPG on any spam messages and I don't see repeat messages.
Lee Schierer
USNA '71
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I use Mozbackup to back up Tbird and Ffox.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/985211
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For me, the ease of backing up Thunderbird does not outweigh the pain of using Windows. It should be pretty easy to just move the .thunderbird folder from one installation to another, rename and change a line in the .ini file. I've never tried it though. There is an add-on to export and import address books and I leave email on the server until I delete it so no hassles.This program is freeware (even for commercial use) and works on Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7.