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Rohkem teavet

quick pop-up window in thunderbird pop-up window says I have 5 messages, but only one was in the in-box.

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I am using Thunderbird for Mac. A pop-up alert says I have message from so-and-so plus 4 others. Only so-and-so's message was in the in-box. What happened to the other four? Has this anything to do with the "Junk" status because whenever I received unsolicited mail I mark them as junk? Or is there any other reason?

I am using Thunderbird for Mac. A pop-up alert says I have message from so-and-so plus 4 others. Only so-and-so's message was in the in-box. What happened to the other four? Has this anything to do with the "Junk" status because whenever I received unsolicited mail I mark them as junk? Or is there any other reason?

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Have you checked your junk folder? It may well be messages which are getting classified as junk.

Do you run any filters?

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1. I have a Trash folder but not a junk folder. Is there one by default or do I have to create one? 2. Wish I knew how to run a filter. It's because I don't know how to run a filter that I mark unwanted emails as junk.

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Junk = SPAM If you mark say your deleted mail as junk it will not be long and all your mail will be considered junk. Junk folders come in a variety of names for IMAP accounts (Bulk mail, SPAM Junk etc). For POP and Local folders they are Junk.

Filters are described here http://kb.mozillazine.org/Filters_%28Thunderbird%29

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In general, creating filters isn't necessarily a good way to fight spam. Check this article for more information on setting up your junk mail controls.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Junk_Mail_Controls

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Thank you for the link. For a computer ignoramus like me it may take some reading but ... got to start somewhere.

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Thank you too for the link, and again I will try and make some sense of what I am reading.