<![CDATA[Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam]]>I got Opera 12.16. When I try to permanently delete all spam from one of my mail accounts, not all of it gets deleted. About 15 emails come back just after deleting them. Is there a reason why this is occuring and what can I do to fix this?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/7053/deleting-spam-doesn-t-remove-all-spamRSS for NodeSun, 09 Aug 2026 18:06:45 GMTTue, 16 Dec 2014 06:32:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:22:45 GMT]]>

I dont see "disable local spam filter for this account"

"Menu -> mail and chat accounts -> the imap account -> edit -> IMAP tab"

I also dont see "learn from labeled message"

Right-click on "All Messages/Spam", goto "properties" and switch to the "options" tab.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/63038https://forums.opera.com/post/63038Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:22:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Tue, 30 Dec 2014 17:25:55 GMT]]>Hi burnout. I dont see "disable local spam filter for this account" option anywahere on my browser. I also dont see "learn from labeled message" either. Are you sure youre talking about Opera version 12.16?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/62866https://forums.opera.com/post/62866Tue, 30 Dec 2014 17:25:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Thu, 25 Dec 2014 10:55:58 GMT]]>In the "All Messages/Spam" message list, click on the "settings for this view" button on the toolbar above the message list, expand the "show" options and make sure all the show options are checked so that "All Messages/Spam" shows all spam messages that are marked as spam. On a side note, you can uncheck "show spam" for other views so they don't show spam.

Also, if your IMAP server learns from messages you add/remove from the IMAP spam folder (that you set on the "IMAP" tab in the account's properties), make sure to check "disable local spam filter for this account" on the IMAP tab in the account's properties.

If you right-click on "All Messages/Spam" and goto "properties", there are some options. One of them is "learn from labeled messages. This causes Opera to learn from messages you mark/unmark as spam. It takes a while to train though and you have ot unmark false positives for a while. Since this is IMAP, Opera will add a spam flag to each message marked as spam in Opera. But, if the IMAP server doesn't support that flag (it should), there might be a problem with Opera redetecting it as spam or it not being marked as spam properly. Given that, you might have to access a webmail just this one time to fix things. Also, unchecking "learn from labeled messages" and closing out of the properties and then going back in and rechecking "learn from labeled messages" should reset what Opera has learned. But, you shouldn't use "learn from labeled messages" unless you really know you want to.

Also, when you delete spam messages in "All Messages/Spam", shift + del them if you don't want them moved to trash first. Otherwise, you then have to permanently remove them from the trash.

Also, under the you@example.com IMAP folder access point, go to the IMAP folder view the problem spam messages are in and shift + del them from there.

If you have a trash folder set on the "IMAP" tab in the account's properties, only use shift + del in the trash view or IMAP trash folder. For other views, use del to move to the trash folder and then empty the trash or use shift + del. Using shift + del outside of the trash folder with a lot of messages can trigger a bug in Opera. So, that's why you avoid that.

There might be something messed up with the IMAP account. You can delete it from Opera and add it back in to fix things. Or, you can try unsubscribe from an IMAP folder (Menu -> mail -> imap folders) and resubscribing (besides INBOX) to fix a certain IMAP folder.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/62430https://forums.opera.com/post/62430Thu, 25 Dec 2014 10:55:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Sun, 21 Dec 2014 16:15:01 GMT]]>

Hi leo. How can I know if those folders are correctly set?

See if each one one has the correct corresponding imap folder.

Basically check if the trash field has the correct imap trash folder and so on.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/62163https://forums.opera.com/post/62163Sun, 21 Dec 2014 16:15:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Sun, 21 Dec 2014 12:43:52 GMT]]>Hi leo. How can I know if those folders are correctly set?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/62151https://forums.opera.com/post/62151Sun, 21 Dec 2014 12:43:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Sat, 20 Dec 2014 14:41:46 GMT]]>

I see.. no problem then. I'll figure it.

In the account settings, check in the imap tab if the folders for sent mail, spam and trash are correctly set.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/62095https://forums.opera.com/post/62095Sat, 20 Dec 2014 14:41:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Sat, 20 Dec 2014 11:50:10 GMT]]>I see.. no problem then. I'll figure it. Thanks for the help anyway guys. I appreciate it except for the troll with the troll comment.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/62088https://forums.opera.com/post/62088Sat, 20 Dec 2014 11:50:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:44:07 GMT]]>

I'm using IMAP. And there are no options as linuxmint suggested.

Those are for pop accounts.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/62015https://forums.opera.com/post/62015Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:44:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:43:21 GMT]]>

You have two nods of vulnerability instead of only one.

What this comment (and yours other ones) has to do with what the OP is asking ?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/62014https://forums.opera.com/post/62014Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:43:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Fri, 19 Dec 2014 13:12:13 GMT]]>You have two nods of vulnerability instead of only one.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/61985https://forums.opera.com/post/61985Fri, 19 Dec 2014 13:12:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:41:03 GMT]]>I'm using IMAP. And there are no options as linuxmint suggested.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/61981https://forums.opera.com/post/61981Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:41:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:38:43 GMT]]>Hi guys. I'm using IMAP. >

So, accessing mail on the web browser is something I don't want to do.

Why not?

You got to be kidding me.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/61980https://forums.opera.com/post/61980Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:38:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:21:58 GMT]]>Are you using pop or imap? Are you emptying the trash after deleting the spam?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/61876https://forums.opera.com/post/61876Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:21:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:28:42 GMT]]>

So, accessing mail on the web browser is something I don't want to do.

Why not? You should check if your actions in mail client are taken effect in your mail.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/61869https://forums.opera.com/post/61869Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:28:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:21:43 GMT]]>I don't think having any client is a good idea for security reasons*:sherlock:*

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/61868https://forums.opera.com/post/61868Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:21:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:46:19 GMT]]>Definitely version 12, there is no mail facility at all in the later Opera versions post 12.
What does appear in that tab?
I've no experience of using IMAP, only POP, so if the options don't appear in IMAP accounts and that's what you're using I can't suggest anything I'm afraid.
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/61866https://forums.opera.com/post/61866Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:46:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:44:38 GMT]]>POP email accounts might have it. I got only IMAP accounts and there indeed is no such setting.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/61865https://forums.opera.com/post/61865Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:44:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:53:00 GMT]]>

In the main menu, click 'Mail and chat accounts...', then select the particular account from the list in the window that appears and click 'Edit...'. Go to the 'Incoming' tab and place a tick in the the following two places, 'Leave messages on server' and 'Until I permanently delete them'.

There are no such options on my Incoming tab on my mail account. Are you sure you're talking about Opera 12.16?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/61859https://forums.opera.com/post/61859Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:53:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:24:57 GMT]]>▲▲ What he said! ▲▲
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/61804https://forums.opera.com/post/61804Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:24:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:13:40 GMT]]>In the main menu, click 'Mail and chat accounts...', then select the particular account from the list in the window that appears and click 'Edit...'. Go to the 'Incoming' tab and place a tick in the the following two places, 'Leave messages on server' and 'Until I permanently delete them'.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/61802https://forums.opera.com/post/61802Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:13:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:04:09 GMT]]>Hi davehawley. The point is to delete spam from Opera which will delete the spam on the server side. So, accessing mail on the web browser is something I don't want to do. You mentioned that setting Opera to delele mail from the server and local end. Where in Opera's settings can I do that?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/61786https://forums.opera.com/post/61786Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:04:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting Spam Doesn't Remove All Spam on Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:57:21 GMT]]>I assume you have Opera set to delete the messages from the server as well as locally.
If you can access your e-mails using the web browser as well as the e-mail client, try going to the webmail page of your e-mail provider, and delete the messages there.
Hopefully that will fix it and you won't have to keep on doing that.
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/61708https://forums.opera.com/post/61708Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:57:21 GMT