@discerptor: Yes, any email client advises you as to new emails being received. The purpose of the app I currently use is a little different; it polls whatever server you receive email on, and advises you that there are new unread emails there. At that point, just by looking at the information this app gives you (sender, recipient, subject, date), you can usually figure out whether it's a legit email or not, and if it is not, just delete off the server. The email never makes it into your local machine--there's even an option to "View as text" (again, still not yet letting the email into your inbox) for items which you suspect are spam-y HTML emails. The point is to keep your inbox free of junk by acting as a human spam filter (the best kind, if you don't mind putting in a little effort--if I got a lot of email, this approach wouldn't work for me, I suppose, but getting only a moderate amount, it works fine), and never letting the junk into your inbox in the first place.
@MacHeadCase: One app does not equal the beginning and end of my computing needs. There's other stuff for which I want a Mac, where there is no Windows equivalent, either. I was hoping to find analogous programs for all my favorites. If I can't, then that's just something else I'll have to consider before making the plunge. But I promise, I'm not trolling here. Just looking for help
