[sylpheed:35446] Re: How to automatically filter emails for spam on receiving?

[Hiroyuki Yamamoto]

Hello,

On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:27:18 +1000
Brett <brett.mahar at gmx.com> wrote:

> Hi Sylpheed list,
> 
> I've been using Sylpheed for a while and like it a lot. Thanks for
> writing it, Hiroyuki Yamamoto!

You're welcome :)

> Recently I set it up to use bogofilter, using the preset in the
> preferences menu. After training, it filters well, but only does
> anything if I go (from my gmx inbox) tools > filter junk mails in
> folder. This then filters the messages and moves them to the spam
> folder.
> 
> In preferences, I have these ticked:
> 
> filter mssgs classified as junk on receiving
> filter junk mails before normal filtering
> 
> I'm using Sylpheed 3.2.0 on OpenBSD current (amd64).
> 
> Is there some way I can get Sylpheed to automatically run the
> bogofilter on my inbox when I open Sylpheed (and then move the spam
> to the spam folder), and then again every 10 minutes (when the inbox
> gets automatically updated)?

If you're using POP3 account, enable:
'Account prefs - Receive - POP3 - Filter messages on receiving'

If you're using IMAP4 account, enable:
'Account prefs - Receive - IMAP4 - Filter new messages in INBOX
on receiving'

-- 
Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y at kcn.ne.jp>