I have been auto forwarding incoming email messages from my ISP POP3 email account to my personal IMAP email account, and I’ve been using Mozilla’s Thunderbird email client for a few weeks now.
Although my phone can pick up email messages with its built-in IMAP email client, I have been reluctant to use it for the lack of any SPAM filter on the phone itself. I have been receiving a average of about 1 SPAM email every 20 minutes or so presumably all forwarded from the ISP email account, since my personal email account is relative new and I haven’t been using it in the public. I should get at least a few months of calm period free from any SPAM email to my personal account.
To enjoy this calm period, I have decided to stop forwarding emails from the ISP account and use Thunderbird to receiving email separately from these two accounts. To make use of the IMAP features, I have found out that I can simply drag and drop emails from one account to another just like one could from one folder to another within the same account. So now, whenever I receive a legit email from my ISP POP3 account, I simply drag them to my personal IMAP email account’s inbox and I get to view them from any of my computers at home and work alike. I could also receive email from my IMAP account with my phone relatively free of SPAM emails, hopefully for a long time to come.
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