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The error *... Read timed out ...* means that the email server is not responding anymore or that the internet connection is bad.
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The error *... Read timed out ...* means that the email server is not responding anymore or that the internet connection is bad.
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The error *... Unexpected end of zlib input stream ...*" means that not all data was received, possibly due to a bad or interrupted connection.
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The warning *... Unsupported encoding ...* means that the character set of the message is unknown or not supported.
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The warning *... Unsupported encoding ...* means that the character set of the message is unknown or not supported.
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FairEmail will assume ISO-8859-1 (Latin1), which will in most cases result in showing the message correctly.
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FairEmail will assume ISO-8859-1 (Latin1), which will in most cases result in showing the message correctly.
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Spam filtering, verification of the [DKIM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DomainKeys_Identified_Mail) signature
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Spam filtering, verification of the [DKIM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DomainKeys_Identified_Mail) signature
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and [SPF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework) authorization is a task of email servers, not of an email client.
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and [SPF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework) authorization is a task of email servers, not of an email client.
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Servers generally have more memory and computing power, so are much better suited for this task.
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Also, you'll want spam filtered for all your email clients, possibly including web email, not just one email client.
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Of course you can report messages as spam with FairEmail,
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Of course you can report messages as spam with FairEmail,
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which will move the reported messages to the spam folder and train the spam filter of the provider, which is how it is supposed to work.
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which will move the reported messages to the spam folder and train the spam filter of the provider, which is how it is supposed to work.
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This can be done automatically with [filter rules](#user-content-faq71) too.
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Also, FairEmail can show a small red warning flag
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Also, FairEmail can show a small red warning flag
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when DKIM, SPF or [DMARC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMARC) authentication failed on the receiving server.
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when DKIM, SPF or [DMARC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMARC) authentication failed on the receiving server.
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You can enable/disable [authentication verification](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_authentication) in the behavior settings.
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You can enable/disable [authentication verification](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_authentication) in the behavior settings.
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FairEmail can show a warning flag too when the domain name of the (reply) email address of the sender does not define an MX record pointing to an email server.
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FairEmail can show a warning flag too if the domain name of the (reply) email address of the sender does not define an MX record pointing to an email server.
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This can be enabled in the receive settings. Be aware that this will slow down synchronization of messages significantly.
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This can be enabled in the receive settings. Be aware that this will slow down synchronization of messages significantly.
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If legitimate messages are failing authentication, you should notify the sender because this will result in a high risk of messages ending up in the spam folder.
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If legitimate messages are failing authentication, you should notify the sender because this will result in a high risk of messages ending up in the spam folder.
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