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Subject: Re: Deleting/Filtering mail from POP3 server before its download?
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ekrem _ wrote:
[...]
>>> I'd like to be able to delete my emails from my ISP's POP3 server, 
>>> especially to avoid
>>> the recent bombardment of the W32.swen.A virus which come with a 
>>> 150kb+ attachment.
>>> So I'm looking for such a filter or spam detector which will delete 
>>> from spam directly from the POP server.
>>
>>
>>
>> I can't vouch as to whether it works because I don't use POP, but the 
>> following program was posted to Perlmonks yesterday.
>>
>>   http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=292982
>>
>> David
>>
> 
> Thanks David, and to Bart Lateur (the author of the perl script),
> 
> I'm using the perl script from the above link and it's working fine. 
> It's already saving me
> download time and bandwidth.

Great news. You should post to the page in question and relate your 
success. You don't have to create an account, Perlmonks supports 
slashdot anonmymous-coward-type posts. I'm sure other people would 
like to hear confirmation that the scripts works from a third party.

David
:x