pc email question (1 Viewer)

[Anthony]

i asked a while ago about deleting junkmail in Outlook Express without having to click on the mail and the resounding answer was "use a different programme". This is to help my folks who have a piss poor internet connection and downloading a new mail application would be a nightmare. I noticed that seeing as they use Office they also have Outlook "not express". Is that any better?
I havent opened it but at least it can't look as crap.

 

[pete]

Outlook has spam filters built in but they're pretty shit. I use MailWasher, but it looks like the free version is gone from mailwasher.net. Bummer.

 

[Theseus Mock]

The best thing to do could be to mark the email as "read" and then delete it using the shift + del button. Turning off the preview pane would help as then it shouldn't start downloading the message. I don't use Outlook but hopefully that might work.

I assume you're using IMAP to retrieve the mail?

 

[Anthony]

I'm not too concerned with filters at the moment. I just want them to be able to delete junk without having to click on it and open it. Turning off the preview sounds like the easiest way. Thanks.

also. They had a problem getting their mail. turns out that the incoming server was input incorrectly. I fixed it but a few days later it had reverted to the wrong thing and they were unable to get their mail again. Why would a programme do that?

that shoulda got a mac

 

[dariogradi]

Norton Internet Security has a good spam collector, most junk mail ends up in one folder so u can just delete the entire contents without even having to open it. A highly recommended package for anyone using the net nowadys. Lots of other good features too, firewall, anti virus, spyware blocker etc.

I'm not too concerned with filters at the moment. I just want them to be able to delete junk without having to click on it and open it. Turning off the preview sounds like the easiest way. Thanks.

also. They had a problem getting their mail. turns out that the incoming server was input incorrectly. I fixed it but a few days later it had reverted to the wrong thing and they were unable to get their mail again. Why would a programme do that?

that shoulda got a mac