Re: oe downloads imap mail

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From: N. Miller (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:32:41 -0700

In article <#Tl5f99bEHA.2812@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>, Serhan BAKIR says...

> I'm using outlook express to check email from an imap account. I've figured
> out that OE not just shows the headers but downloads all of the e-mails
> completely to the hard drive and keeps a copy of them.

If you synchronize the email, yes, it does that. Or do you mean to say that
it is deleting the messages from the server?

> - It's the same as using a pop3 account so what is the difference of pop and
> imap?

POP3 deletes messages from the server, IMAP doesn't.

> - And how do I make OE behave like a webmail.

You don't; MSOE is a mail client. It keeps copies of email in local storage.
As long as the original message remains on the server, then things are
working as they should be.

> - How do I prevent OE from downloading and keeping copies of e-mails from an
> imap account.

Don't synchronize the account.

> - I'm using several different computers to check that account and I want to
> keep e-mails at the server side, not on every computer that I use. How??

>From the root folder of the account, your right side pane should show the
"subscribed" folders. It should also show the synchronization settings for
those folders. Across the top of that pane should be three buttons labeled:

"Synchronize Account", "IMAP Folders", and "Settings".

For each folder, change the settings from "All Messages"; you have two
choices: "New Messages" and "Headers only". Using the "Headers only" setting
should make your IMAP folders behave as close to a Hotmail account as it
will get.

> There is an option to automatically view the message or not, when selected
> from preview pane... but that's not the solution because when viewed, OE
> downloads the message permanently. Is there a way to configure OE to
> download the message bodies temporarily? Thanks for any answers and advices.

I don't know about temporarily. I haven't experimented with all of the
settings, yet, either. Maybe try setting MSOE to purge the folders when it
closes? Something like, synchronize the headers only, just read the ones you
want to read. Delete them when you are done, then close MSOE. With MSOE set
to purge the IMAP folders when it closes, the messages should be gone the
next time you open MSOE. I think...{time to play...} 

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