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Normally when you check for new messages in a | Normally when you check for new messages in a POP3 account, all new messages are downloaded. However, you may want to only retrieve messages meeting certain criteria. One way to do this is to fetch only the headers and then set up a message filter to determine which should be downloaded. | ||
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You can configure Thunderbird to download only the message headers via "Tools → Account Settings → Server Settings → Fetch headers only." You can then create a [[Filters_%28Thunderbird%29 | message filter]] that tests (for example) whether the sender was in your address book, and checkmark the "fetch body from POP server" action for the filter. | |||
In this way, any valid message filter rule can be used determine whether you want to download the message body. | |||
Revision as of 06:16, 17 September 2005
Normally when you check for new messages in a POP3 account, all new messages are downloaded. However, you may want to only retrieve messages meeting certain criteria. One way to do this is to fetch only the headers and then set up a message filter to determine which should be downloaded.
You can configure Thunderbird to download only the message headers via "Tools → Account Settings → Server Settings → Fetch headers only." You can then create a message filter that tests (for example) whether the sender was in your address book, and checkmark the "fetch body from POP server" action for the filter.
In this way, any valid message filter rule can be used determine whether you want to download the message body.
