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[solved] Configure Bd Antispam For Gmail (imap) On Thunderbird

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hnyaji
hnyaji
edited October 2009 in Bitdefender 2009 products

Hi


how to configure BD antispam for gmail (IMAP) on thunderbird?


help is appreciated!


thanks,


Hemanth

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  • alexcrist
    alexcrist ✭
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    Hello Hemanth,


    BD Antispam, as far as I know, only works on POP3 and SMTP protocols at the moment. Maybe future versions will provide IMAP protection also.


    Cris.

  • hnyaji
    hnyaji
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    Hi Cris


    How about the AntiVirus for Gmail on Thunderbird? I have configured Gmail using IMAP for Thunderbird.


    thanks


    Hemanth

  • alexcrist
    alexcrist ✭
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    I have talked to someone about this. Apparently, the IMAP protocol makes it basically impossible for any realtime email monitoring/filtering, including antivirus/antispam. So this could be a very god reason why BitDefender Antispam can't filter IMAP accounts.


    The only feasible solution is a server-side filtering.


    On the other hand, GMail already has a very good antispam filter on their server (as I said, server-side filtering). I also use GMail as my primary mail account, and never had spam problems, even though I receive hundreds of them (but they all get in the SPAM folder automatically).


    About antivirus protection, GMail also offers it, so any infected files should already be filtered. Any other files that you receive, you should download and manually scan with BitDefender before execution. It's the safest way.


    I will come back with other details if I find out something else.


    Cris.

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