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<indicator name="Faults">[[File:Menu-email.svg|link=:Category:Email|30px|Back up to the Email Category]]</indicator> |
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==TL;DR== |
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| ⚫ | Before February 2019 it was possible to delete the spam folder and therefore all messages (including spam messages) were delivered to the Inbox - this is not possible on our new email servers which came in to service from February 2019.) and by default spam messages will be delivered to a 'spam' folder which will not be downloaded when you collect email by POP3. The work-around here is to create a sieve rule as described below. |
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==Introduction== |
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We'd usually suggest to use IMAP to connect to our mail servers, but POP3 is supported too. |
We'd usually suggest to use IMAP to connect to our mail servers, but POP3 is supported too. |
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When using POP3, you will only download email that is in your INBOX, and so '''messages in the spam folder will not be downloaded'''. - this behaviour can be overridden with a 'sieve filter' though. See below. |
When using POP3, you will only download email that is in your INBOX, and so '''messages in the spam folder will not be downloaded'''. - this behaviour can be overridden with a 'sieve filter' though. See below. |
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==How to view messages marked as spam?== |
==How to view messages marked as spam?== |
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