Re: Outlook 2003 and mail server question...

Tech Tip: Click here to run a free scan for Windows Errors and optimize PC performance

"jim" <jim@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:gFokj.69204$rc2.23537@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 on different PCs, but they both have a behavior that I find baffling.

I have to keep some files on the mail server to be able to access them from work and home, but to keep the mail server from filling up, I thought I'd make sub folders on my desktops and place messages I want to keep in them.

I'd like to make that more clear.... The sub folders that I made are under the Inbox in Outlook...not out somewhere on my desktops.

When I move emails from the Inbox to a sub folder, I'd like them gone from the server. Otherwise, how will I keep my emails handy and still not fill up my email server?


Errrrr.... I think I am missing an important bit of information.

What type of mail server is it?

I mean, that behaviour makes perfect sense for an Exchange environment, as well as an IMAP environment. Actually, it makes sense for a POP environment too. The solution would just be different for all three types of servers.

Its a POP3 server.


Then the solution is an ugly one. Basically, it's 'Don't do it, see if your ISP provides IMAP access.'

Basically, POP has one function, retrieve mail from the server (if you count the fact that it deletes the mail immediately after downloading, then it has two.. and yes, this is a grossly over-simplified description). There isn't a way for the client to update the server after the fact. It isn't just an Outlook thing. It's a POP thing. You'll have the same affect in Outlook Express, or whatever other POP clients still exist out there.
--
f.h.

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Still unable to send email to the same domain as me.
    ... ntlworld.com emails to download from their mail server at ... I think this is because the exchange server is trying to send the email ... internally rather than to the internet to my isp's mail server which is ... on the ISP mail server when using pop3 connector to receive emails. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: Still unable to send email to the same domain as me.
    ... ntlworld.com emails to download from their mail server at ... I think this is because the exchange server is trying to send the email ... internally rather than to the internet to my isp's mail server which is ... on the ISP mail server when using pop3 connector to receive emails. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: Spam - Harmful or Just Annoying
    ... I did not mean that they bypass the server. ... I meant that I have tthe server's options set to not retain any emails, but to pass them to me without filtering out those that it thinks are spam. ... they are not on your mail server, ... It's not at all dangerous to disable anti-spam. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail)
  • Re: Fining source of email messages relaying through Exchange Serv
    ... Originally I was getting NDR messages for emails with spam subjects sent to ... my admin mailbox once port 25 was blocked by my ISP. ... I have since paused the SMTP server and discovered that the messages are ... I stopped forwarding port 25 traffice to my mail server and I ...
    (microsoft.public.exchange.admin)
  • Re: unable to Send email to yahoo or hotmail a/c
    ... If you're relaying to another server, you will have a potential wait ... associated with your emails getting picked up by that server. ... If you do not maintain communication with the mail server admin, ... >>> THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY. ...
    (microsoft.public.inetserver.iis.smtp_nntp)