How to mark spam folder as read
Chris Barnes
One of the things that Google does very well is filter spam. I have my
TB settings for this account to use the Google Spam folder as the junk
folder.
Now my problem (and it's a minor one) - when Google filters the incoming
messages and determines that something is a spam message, it puts the
message into the Spam folder with UNREAD STATUS.
Is there a way to get either Gmail or TB to automatically mark those
messages as read?
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The Real Bev
> I am using TB to get my email from google (using Imap).
>
> One of the things that Google does very well is filter spam. I have my
> TB settings for this account to use the Google Spam folder as the junk
> folder.
>
> Now my problem (and it's a minor one) - when Google filters the incoming
> messages and determines that something is a spam message, it puts the
> message into the Spam folder with UNREAD STATUS.
>
> Is there a way to get either Gmail or TB to automatically mark those
> messages as read?
TB: Edit/preferences [or tools/options]/ Privacy / junk:"Mark messages
determined to be junk as read"
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goodwin
> Chris Barnes wrote:
>
>> I am using TB to get my email from google (using Imap).
>>
>> One of the things that Google does very well is filter spam. I have my
>> TB settings for this account to use the Google Spam folder as the junk
>> folder.
>>
>> Now my problem (and it's a minor one) - when Google filters the incoming
>> messages and determines that something is a spam message, it puts the
>> message into the Spam folder with UNREAD STATUS.
a folder on the google server, yes?
>>
>> Is there a way to get either Gmail or TB to automatically mark those
>> messages as read?
>
> TB: Edit/preferences [or tools/options]/ Privacy / junk:"Mark messages
> determined to be junk as read"
>
Would this apply to folders on google? I'm not sure how the IMAP would
work in this instance - doesn't seem like google would like taking
directions for their own servers from Tbird but dunno...can't find any
settings on google that give one any leeway on how to handle spam - it
doesn't show up in the Tbird junk folder for my POP.
Tarkus
> Chris Barnes wrote:
>
>> I am using TB to get my email from google (using Imap).
>>
>> One of the things that Google does very well is filter spam. I have
>> my TB settings for this account to use the Google Spam folder as the
>> junk folder.
>>
>> Now my problem (and it's a minor one) - when Google filters the
>> incoming messages and determines that something is a spam message, it
>> puts the message into the Spam folder with UNREAD STATUS.
>>
>> Is there a way to get either Gmail or TB to automatically mark those
>> messages as read?
>
> TB: Edit/preferences [or tools/options]/ Privacy / junk:"Mark messages
> determined to be junk as read"
He's talking about Gmail's Spam folder, not TB's Junk folder.
Melchert Fruitema
supported in the IMAP accounts that I have. Don't know whether Google
has it and Tb could possibly recognize it. Probably some RFC will tell
what the defacto standard is. Will need to do some testing to find out.
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Tarkus
> On 23-06-2009 06:19 CET, goodwin composed this enchanting statement:
>> On 06/22/2009 07:36 PM The Real Bev scribbled:
>>
>> > Chris Barnes wrote:
>> > >> I am using TB to get my email from google (using Imap).
>> >>
>> >> One of the things that Google does very well is filter spam. I
>> have my >> TB settings for this account to use the Google Spam folder
>> as the junk >> folder.
>> >>
>> >> Now my problem (and it's a minor one) - when Google filters the
>> incoming >> messages and determines that something is a spam message,
>> it puts the >> message into the Spam folder with UNREAD STATUS.
>>
>> a folder on the google server, yes?
>>
>> >>
>> >> Is there a way to get either Gmail or TB to automatically mark
>> those >> messages as read?
>> > > TB: Edit/preferences [or tools/options]/ Privacy / junk:"Mark
>> messages > determined to be junk as read"
>> > Would this apply to folders on google? I'm not sure how the IMAP would
>> work in this instance - doesn't seem like google would like taking
>> directions for their own servers from Tbird but dunno...can't find any
>> settings on google that give one any leeway on how to handle spam - it
>> doesn't show up in the Tbird junk folder for my POP.
>>
> A common Spam or Junk indicator does not seem to have been nominated or
> supported in the IMAP accounts that I have.
The problem, as I see it, is TB allows you to choose which IMAP folders
to check for mail, but unfortunately, a bug causes it to sometimes check
for mail in folders it's not supposed to. For that reason, I
unsubscribed (completely) from both Spam and All Mail on my Gmail
account. Hopefully, that's fixed in TB3.
Chris Barnes
> He's talking about Gmail's Spam folder, not TB's Junk folder.
In my case, they are one and the same (since in the account settings I
told TB to use the Gmail Spam folder as the junk folder).
Tarkus
> Tarkus wrote:
>> He's talking about Gmail's Spam folder, not TB's Junk folder.
>
> In my case, they are one and the same (since in the account settings I
> told TB to use the Gmail Spam folder as the junk folder).
Even so, TB should not be showing that folder as having new messages
when Gmail adds to it, unless you've specifically told it to do so.
When using IMAP, you have the option whether or not to check each folder
for new messages. TB often ignores that setting.