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| From | "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | uk.telecom.broadband, alt.comp.software.thunderbird |
| Subject | Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? |
| Date | 2026-10-01 22:25 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <ni7tu1Fe6mU9@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <119et2h$2q3je$1@dont-email.me> <119f1sp$2rffp$1@dont-email.me> <ni1r4aF2fg4U2@mid.individual.net> <119gg86$3b9ui$1@dont-email.me> <tbvsom-v692.ln1@q957.zbmc.eu> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 2026-09-29 16:42, Chris Green wrote:
> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>> On 2026/9/29 14:0:57, Andy Burns wrote:
>>> "J. P. Gilliver" wrote:
>>>
>>>> (No spam folder here [Thunderbird and POP].) Is this common then?
>>> They messed about with TB "renaming" Junk and Spam folders a while ago,
>>> wonder if you're seeing a side-effect of that?
>>>
>> No, it turned out that PlusNet -> Greenby had set up a spam folder - set
>> to maximum aggression - in their webmail system, so that emails they saw
>> as spam were shifted there, without POP having any _chance_ of seeing
>> them (and subsequently moving emails to its own spam/junk folder[s]).
>>
>> I've now worked through the 98 emails that had been hidden from me.
>> About 3 to 6 (I didn't count) were "genuine"-ish unwanted - about three
>> phishing attempts, and three just unwanted junk mail (though these days
>> they tend to pretend to be e. g. pushing subsidies rather than just
>> selling their double glazing). OK, a lot of the rest were what might be
>> called soft spam - things like newsletters, and similar, but from things
>> I am signed up to or a customer for. Others, like energy statements,
>> definitely were _not_ spam - and I've lost two of those, presumably
>> because Greenby deleted them after a month. (Which make me wonder what
>> else I've lost.)
>
> I regard any mail provider who treats mail as spam/junk without
> telling me as pretty useless.
They did tell. You are supposed to use IMAP, not POP. If you insist on
using POP, there are caveats.
--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.
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"We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-29 00:13 +0100
Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-09-28 19:26 -0400
Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-29 01:48 +0100
Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-09-29 09:16 +0200
Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-29 09:00 +0100
Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? Nick Finnigan <nix@genie.co.uk> - 2026-09-29 08:49 +0100
Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-29 09:04 +0100
Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-29 14:00 +0100
Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-29 14:59 +0100
Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-09-29 15:42 +0100
Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-29 17:31 +0100
Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-01 22:25 +0200
Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-01 22:29 +0100
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Re: IMAP and POP "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-10-02 20:30 +0000
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Re: IMAP and POP "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-10-03 18:29 +0000
Re: IMAP and POP "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-02 22:13 +0200
Re: IMAP and POP "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-10-02 21:17 +0100
Re: IMAP and POP "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-02 22:34 +0200
Re: IMAP and POP "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-10-02 20:38 +0000
Re: "We'll sent you a code" emails? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-02 22:04 +0200
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