spam folder and POP users

[Robert Schetterer]

Am 21.11.2014 um 09:34 schrieb Reindl Harald:
> 
> Am 21.11.2014 um 08:50 schrieb Frank Elsner:
>> On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:29:05 -0500 Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>
>>> I am using roundcubemail for the webmail IMAP client.  Is there any way
>>> for POP users to indicate that they do not want spam so nicely auto
>>> moved to the IMAP spam folder?
>>
>> Mixing POP and IMAP is really bad due to many reasons.
>> Peopla always complain "where is my mail" when using a web interface
>> after they have POPped at home.
>>
>> You should consider to switch off POP. POP is for people living in caves
> 
> no - it's for non-technical people not understanding that the trash
> folder also lives on the server and just delete messages aka move them
> in a different folder don't solve the quota warning
> 
> we sometimes consider to switch IMAP off if there would not be a few
> accounts where it really makes sense and not only work and problems
> 
> that said from somebody with currently 40 shared IMAP folders using it
> heavily
> 

however, use virtual folder setup with pop3 and global sieve rule
for filtering

see

https://sys4.de/de/blog/2013/02/11/dovecot-virtual-setup-mit-globaler-sieve-spamfilter-regel-fur-pop3-nutzer/

sorry german but config should speak for its own

Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer

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