Message List (Inbox)

The message list window shows a list of all messages in your inbox and allows you to delete messages without downloading them or to quick view the first few lines of the message (e.g. to determine if you really want to delete them.)

You can choose functions either from the Message menu in the program's menu bar, from the toolbar, or by right-clicking a message.

Message Deletion

When you select the delete function the message is marked for deletion and will actually be deleted after you confirmed the delete operation when choosing Apply Deletion or when switching to another account's message list. Depending on your spam options, messages can be already marked for deletion when you open the list.

Message Texts

If your mail account supports text downloading and if text downloading is enabled in your account profile (Account, Edit) you can also view the message text without actually downloading it to your Mail program. Please be aware that this is only a quick view function, i.e. the message will remain on the server and can still be accessed via your regular mail program. Also, the message will only be displayed in plain text, so the appearance may be quite different from the actual mail program

Spam

If the account contains mail, that earned itself evidence points, you can show a spam log file for the message, to see why a message is suspected of spam (or why it isn't). Looking at the spam log will give you clues that can help you to fine tune the spam detection.

Friends/Spam Senders

MailBell maintains lists of email addresses to determine mail from friends and from spam senders. If you receive mail from either, you can add them to these lists, from the Message menu (however, you should only do this for spam senders, that are not otherwise detected and who send spam more than once).

Sorting

You can sort the message list by clicking on the column headers.