How to fix SPAM on iPhone if you use IMAP + Mail.app

This isn't going to work for everyone, but for me, it works beautifully. I thought I'd share this here in case anyone else is in the same boat
Summary: Since my G5 is turned on 24/7, I have Michael Rothwell's IMAP-IDLE plug-in installed, and do all of the filtering near real-time in Mail.app. My iPhone is set to check every 15 minutes, and because the junk is filtered instantly at Mail.app, I never see it on the iPhone except in the junk mail folder
(1) download the imap-idle plugin at http://fivepoundsflax.blogspot.com/
(2) install into mail.app
(3) configure spam filtering in mail.app
(4) leave running 24/7 to filter email on the fly and near real-time

Or you could try this:
Delete the account you want to change from POP to IMAP
Put the iPhone into Flight Mode so that it doesn't automatically set up the POP account.
Create the new account and enter the settings
Server incoming and out going: mail.btinternet.com
Incoming Port: 993 SSL security
Outgoing Port: 465 SSL security
Once the IMAP settings are entered remove Flight Mode.
During the set up process you will probably get a few messages complaining that your iPhone can't connect to your email server.
Just ignore these

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