>I hate to be obtuse, but couldn't you catch them the same way in your in >box- just scan the subject and sender without opening? Why is it >different just because they are in a Potential Spam folder?
This goes back to that "thought involved" concept that I totally blew the experiment with. (BTW: it wasn't my experiment, it was from the back of Discover Magazine, or maybe from a psych class, I don't rememeber, which is probably why I screwed it up, I must be leaving something out of it). When the spam is mixed randomly with good email, you have to pay more attention to it. You also have to worry about which ones you click on so you don't accidentally click a good email when selecting for delete. But when the spam is in its own folder, you only have to scan for things that catch your attention, and unless something does, you can select all and delete. One thing that might be why you are thinking there is no difference is how much spam you get. If you don't get much, then you probably won't see a difference in the methods... but if you get a ton of spam, breaking out to its own folder will actually save you time/mental effort to delete it. I for instance, don't get much spam on the email accounts that I check daily. So breaking them out probably won't save me time, as the 5 or 6 that I get a day are easily spotted. But I have a few email accounts that I use soley for things that I know will generate spam. When I actually collect those, they go into their own folder, so when I look at them, it is a quick process to scan thru looking for things that catch my attention and unless something is spotted, everything gets deleted in one shot. BUT, I used to download some of these accounts with my daily email, and when it was mixed with the inbox items from good accounts, it was a pain to watch thru it and delete the spam. It was a MUCH slower process. Of course, these days, I never get anything I care about on those accounts at all, so generally, I just periodically (usually right before I do something that will send an email to the account that I want), I telnet in and issue a DELE ALL, wiping the POP box clean without even looking at the mail. Mail Siphon I think can do the same thing for those that don't like telnet. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
