[spambayes-bugs] [ spambayes-Support Requests-813151 ] Have Outlook
remove specific messages from server
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Support Requests item #813151, was opened at 2003-09-27 04:28
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>Status: Closed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Marty Rabens (martoon)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Have Outlook remove specific messages from server
Initial Comment:
Does anyone know of a way to get Outlook to remove
specific messages from the server without deleting them
from your mail folders? I run the SpamBayes plugin at
work, and I'd like to keep all my spam (in case I need to
retrain SpamBayes or to experiment with other spam
filters), but I'd like to remove all the spam from the
server so I don't have to retrieve it over dialup at home.
My apologies that this isn't actually a support request
for SpamBayes, but it does relate to the Outlook plugin
(and I thought other users may have the same question).
Thanks,
Marty
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>Comment By: Tony Meyer (anadelonbrin)
Date: 2004-07-16 15:26
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It's been a long time, and no-one has any more ideas, and
this isn't really a SpamBayes question (as the OP said), so
closing.
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Comment By: Marty Rabens (martoon)
Date: 2003-10-02 08:33
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Thanks for the suggestions, guys. Unfortunately, this doesn't
seem to work for me. I'm running Outlook 2002. I created a
new .pst file, created a spam folder in it, and told the
SpamBayes plugin to put spam there. I have the "Remove
from server when deleted from 'Deleted Items'" option
checked. When I retrieve my mail, SpamBayes puts the spam
in the folder in the other .pst file, but it still gets left on the
server. Maybe this was a bug in Outlook 2000 that's been
fixed in Outlook 2002.
Oh well. Guess I'll need to start deleting the spam. I just
wish Outlook had some kind of "remove the selected items
from server" feature.
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Comment By: Tim Peters (tim_one)
Date: 2003-09-27 05:38
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Purely by accident, I stumbled into something that works
great, at least in Outlook 2000:
On my POP3 accounts, I have the "Remove from server when
deleted from 'Deleted Items'" Outlook option checked. God
only knows exactly what that option truly means, but it turns
out it means something surprising:
I have separate .pst file into which I store my training ham
and training spam. The Outlook addin is configured to move
Spam directly into the training spam folder in this other .pst
file.
And that's all it takes! The spam messages (and only the
spam messages) are automatically removed from my POP3
server. I have no idea why this works; I guess Outlook sees
that the messages have vanished from the .pst file containing
ny Inbox, and erroneously concludes that I must have deleted
them from the Deleted Items folder.
Whatever the reason, it works for me on Outlook 2K, for 3
unrelated POP3 accounts, and across 3 different OL2K
installations on 3 different computers.
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Comment By: Adam Walker (xenogeist)
Date: 2003-09-27 05:31
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In Outlook, go to file->Data File Management. Use that
dialog to create a pst file. Now create a new folder in the
pst file (should be attached as "Personal Folders" or
something). Set you spam folder to be the new folder.
That should do what you want but, I can't test it because I
don't use exchange currently.
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