[TAG] IMAP4 vs POP3

[Martin J Hooper]

Mike Orr wrote:
> On 11/21/05, Martin J Hooper <martinjh at blueyonder.co.uk>
> 
>>Thanks Mike - Another quick question..  Can you filter messages on IMAP?
> 
> 
> A client program can log in periodically and apply a filtering
> algorithm.  I don't see how you can have the server automatically do
> it.

Thanks Mike - Not a programmer so writing programs that do filtering is 
out... ;)

I was wondering if you could set up Thunderbird to filter messages from 
Inbox to various others like you can with POP3 filters.

For POP3 filtering its just a matter of defining what to look for and 
where it is in a message and then moving it to the relevant folder.

Hopefully it works the same way in Thunderbird for IMAP as well and as 
easy as POP3...