Re: IMAP?

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Yeay. thank you. Very good info. In fact I think he should keep this set up. I have never used it so couldn't help. His ISP being business directed must have helped configure it but he maybe didn't get it.
But after reading more it all makes sense to me so I'll pass it on.
Thank you
Jen

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Can someone please give me some info on what IMAP is and does?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imap

My brother-in-law's Outlook(2003) has 2 Mail Folders. Don't know how he set this up but here's how it is.
When receiving emails, they go into folder2 inbox. He uses Webmail service with domain and what not for his business.
His webmail quota is now full causing his emails to bounce, so my sister wanting to help, as she is a bit more savvy than him, started to delete emails to make space and almost had a heart attack when she found they had all disappeared from his Outlook (AFTER she cleared the trash bin!) They are newly weds thus he was very forgiving.

If your mailbox on the server gets full, you have no choice but to delete data from the mailbox.

Looking at it, the only difference between the two folders in outlook is that Folder2 receiving the emails has "IMAP folders" and "Update folder list" so I'm guessing that IMAP is something to do with the connection directly to the inbox in his webmail because if you delete something in Outlook it gets a line across it and if you delete something from the webmail it disappears from the Outlook inbox, unless you move it to Folder1 which is a pain.
He doesn't want this situation. He wants to use Outlook normally so that he can keep the emails indefinitely.

Well, there's nothing really abnormal about IMAP. It may be something to which you're not accustomed, but it's completely normal. Why is he using an IMAP account if he doesn't like how it works? I don't know of any IMAP server that doesn't also allow POP access, so why not switch to that account type? The mail provider will have instructions.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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