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There is an increasing number of spams that have a message body that is complete gobbledygook but which have an attached GIF file that the spammer hopes you will open and read. ISP spam traps have a hard time with them, and it is tiresome binning them manually. Therefore I would like any email from someone not in my address book to be filtered into my junk mail folder if the email has an attached file with any extension defined by me (.GIF being the obvious first target). It's really just an extra message filter rule. | There is an increasing number of spams that have a message body that is complete gobbledygook but which have an attached GIF file that the spammer hopes you will open and read. ISP spam traps have a hard time with them, and it is tiresome binning them manually. Therefore I would like any email from someone not in my address book to be filtered into my junk mail folder if the email has an attached file with any extension defined by me (.GIF being the obvious first target). It's really just an extra message filter rule. | ||
== Spam filter 2== | |||
Using the destination address for filtering spam. I receive most spam on an hardly used emailaddress. An other emailaddress on the same mailbox is used more frequently. I know, I should contact the last people using the old address and remove is, but in the meanwhile I have not the impression the spam filter makes any difference. | |||
== Spam filter 3== | |||
I suppose it is not possible for the spam filter to access the internet and to check if the links in the mails are spam advertised or/and are pointing to very recent sites? | |||
== Virtual folders only. == | == Virtual folders only. == | ||
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into the virtual folder directories. | into the virtual folder directories. | ||
== Nested flolders add subtotals within subfolders == | |||
Currently, the total number of new messages within a nested folder is not necessarily displayed in the parent directory. This causes messages to go unread and makes organization difficult for users who receive a large number of e-mails. Else, the user is forced to nest the most important messages in the root directory, rather than by category. Conversely, automated messages are sometimes safe to ignore, but a record of them is required. The current feature of filtering unread folders does not address the second case. Therefore, a feature which totals the number of unread messages within all child sub-folders could be a valuable option for parent folders. Prioritizing e-mails through filters is a possible workaround, but this is clumsy at best, since it requires the user to ignore categorization in favor of static priorities--The frequency with which a certain sub-category of emails must be actively monitored is not a always consistent. | |||
== Auto filing. == | == Auto filing. == | ||
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Ideally suggested tags would be separated from user set (or accepted) tags. | Ideally suggested tags would be separated from user set (or accepted) tags. | ||
== Address book == | |||
1) Make it possible to sync it with your mobile phone (fuction similar to outlook), this is a function Thunderbird really needs to stay in the running with outlook. | |||
2) Let users change names, phone numbers,... in the list of your contacts by double clicking on that field (similar to the file renaming behavior in windows or editing your music database in iTunes), so you don' t always need to open the more advanced editing options window. | |||