deleting spam

[albertine]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

My 'empty junk email' schedule is set to run after 1 day, but it fails to remove spam messages which somehow manage to have future dates on them (e.g. a current one is dated 21/12/19). I know I could just move it to the deleted folder or delete it manually, but I don't want to view potentially offensive material. Is there another solution?

 

[Ed Kimball]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

My 'empty junk email' schedule is set to run after 1 day, but it fails to
remove spam messages which somehow manage to have future dates on them (e.g. a
current one is dated 21/12/19). I know I could just move it to the deleted
folder or delete it manually, but I don't want to view potentially offensive
material. Is there another solution?

If you don't want to view these items, turn off the Preview Pane (View ->
Preview Pane -> None). Then select the items and delete them. You can then
reset the Preview Pane if you like.

 

[Guest]

Version: 2004 > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) > Processor:

Power PC > > My 'empty junk email' schedule is set to run after 1 day,
but it fails to > remove spam messages which somehow manage to have future
dates on them (e.g. a > current one is dated 21/12/19). I know I could
just move it to the deleted > folder or delete it manually, but I don't
want to view potentially offensive > material. Is there another solution?





If you don't want to view these items, turn off the Preview Pane (View
-> Preview Pane -> None). Then select the items and delete them. You can
then reset the Preview Pane if you like. -- Ed Kimball





Thanks for this.But I'd still like to know why these messages aren't deleted
by the automatic schedule. Albertine

 

[Diane Ross]

Thanks for this.But I'd still like to know why these messages aren't
deleted
by the automatic schedule.

The schedule is probably set on "older than" so the future messages will not
get caught.

Let me ask you a question....do you view your junk mail for "good" mail? If
yes, why not just select all messages after you check and nuke them?

Nuke Messages:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/downloads/scripts/Nuke.zip>

 

[Ed Kimball]

Power PC > > My 'empty junk email' schedule is set to run after 1 day,
but it fails to > remove spam messages which somehow manage to have
future
dates on them (e.g. a > current one is dated 21/12/19). I know I could
just move it to the deleted > folder or delete it manually, but I don't
want to view potentially offensive > material. Is there another
solution?





If you don't want to view these items, turn off the Preview Pane (View
-> Preview Pane -> None). Then select the items and delete them. You can
then reset the Preview Pane if you like. -- Ed Kimball





Thanks for this.But I'd still like to know why these messages aren't
deleted
by the automatic schedule. Albertine

They're not deleted because the delete schedule only deletes "old" messages,
and since these have future dates, they're not old!

 

[Guest]

So basically there's no way such future-dated messages can be removed except by selecting them. I had hoped to avoid this (even thoiugh I now know how not to view them, thanks to your advice). Can the sender tell if messages have been opened?
Albertine

 

[Ed Kimball]

So basically there's no way such future-dated messages can be removed except
by selecting them. I had hoped to avoid this (even thoiugh I now know how not
to view them, thanks to your advice). Can the sender tell if messages have
been opened?
Albertine

Yes, you must delete future-dated messages manually.

I don't believe that Entourage sends return receipts to tell the sender that
a message has been opened. (Perhaps one of the MVPs can confirm or deny.)
But it shouldn't matter if you open it without viewing it. That doesn't
count as "opening" so no receipt should be sent, even if the sender
requested one.

 

[Guest]

Well, that's answered my concerns: that (a) if i open junk the sender can identify that I've done so, and be encouraged to send more, and (b) viruses can get in via spam if opened. So thanks to everyone who has replied to my query. I appreciate all your advice.

Albertine