07-03-2009
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Re: Difference between Deleted Items and Trash?
Well said. 
"R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#Wyryt##JHA.4984@xxxxxx Quote:
> Hi, Richard.
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> Whether done by the mail server, or by the client on your desktop, or by you
> manually by eyeballing each item...
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> Putting junk mail into the junk folder (by whatever name) is EASY! One
> click will do it and that one click can be automated by Rules. Emptying
> that folder is just as easy.
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> The hard part is deciding - FOR SURE - whether a particular email is junk or
> not.
> Quote:
>> But if there is a junk mail filter it should go into the junk mail folder.
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> Spammers make their living by dreaming up new ways to make junk look legit -
> and they're very good at it, and getting better. Junk mail filters are
> getting better, too, but it's like the old Spy/Counterspy cartoons: Every
> time we built a smarter mousetrap, the mouse gets smarter. And some
> legitimate users are clueless or careless enough to send legitimate mail
> that looks just like junk mail. (Too often, I find legitimate mail from
> Microsoft in my Junk folder!)
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> A few years ago, I was getting daily reports from my ISP showing hundreds of
> trapped messages a day! I always reviewed the list - quickly - and often
> found one or more legitimate messages there. Nowadays, my junk folder
> averages fewer than a half-dozen a day, so it's no problem to visually scan
> them before clicking that little "x". (And often the "junk" actually is
> semi-legitimate newsletters and offers from companies that I opted in for,
> but no longer want. I hate to classify them as "junk", so I just delete
> them instead. The message is gone, but the sender is not in my "blocked"
> list - just in case a true bargain shows up some day. It's like all those
> flyers from JC Penney, Best Buy and many others that are in my newspaper,
> especially on Sunday. I look at a few, but not most of them. They are
> legitimate marketing, not junk - but they still are a chore to wade through
> and throw into the recycle bin. At least, with junk emails, I don't have to
> pay the garbage man to haul them away.)
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> Is "junk" the same as "trash"? I don't know. I guess this is an "eether"
> or "eyether" kind of question. Or like "email" versus "e-mail".
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@xxxxxx
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100
>
> "Richard Z" <reply.to.group@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:#LOSWS6#JHA.5780@xxxxxx Quote: Quote:
>>>> Is there a difference? I noticed that several webmail providers have
>>>> both Deleted Items and Trash. If you don't want it you dispose of it.
>>>> What could be the difference between the two?
>> Quote:
>>> Trash is mail that the server thinks you will want to Delete, but you
>>> still have an opportunity to skim through it to be sure there are no
>>> false positives. When you are sure, THEN you delete it. If the server's
>>> filter didn't catch all the trash, you can click the Junk button yourself
>>> to move it into that folder. Of course, you also can simply Delete it
>>> directly from the Inbox without going through the trash or junk folder.
>>> In WLMail, I like the little "x" that appears when I highlight the Junk
>>> email folder. Clicking that "x" empties that folder. ;<)
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>> Isn't there a kb shortcut for emptying a folder? If there isn't one,
>> there should be!
>> I've found that junk mail filters never work properly and always catch
>> legitimate mail which means you still have to wade through all of it like
>> before. I guess most people check their junk mail box less often. But if
>> there is a junk mail filter it should go into the junk mail folder.
>> Doesn't have anything to do with Trash or Deleted items. Inbox, Drafts,
>> Sent, Junk, Trash and any other folders you create. Keep life simple. > |
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