Re: How can I keep my ISP from downloading email to my laptop?

"JerryI" <JerryI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> How can I keep my ISP from downloading email to my laptop? I have a wireless
> network in the house with a desktop computer and a laptop computer. I want
> to avoid downloading email messages into my laptop when I read them so that I
> don't end up with some of them on the desktop computer and others on the
> laptop. If I could leave them on the ISP server until I download them onto
> the desktop computer that would be ok, but I can't seem to avoid downloading
> them onto the laptop if I peek at them from there. I have tried to turn off
> the option to download messages at the laptop in vain. I cannot seem to be
> able to store all the dbx files in some shared folder on the desktop either.
> Is there a way to solve this problem?


In addition to the other suggestions you could ask your ISP if they have
IMAP accounts. Then you could just download header information
instead of the entire E-mail (or so I understand; I have never actually
used IMAP myself.)

BTW is the problem that you want to send on that account only?
In that case use the Tools menu command Send All (Alt-T,S,S)
You could also try experimenting with changing the server name
to something which wouldn't connect, such as localhost
(e.g. in Accounts, Mail, Properties, Server, Incoming Mail Server (POP3))
--in case you ever forgot to use that command exclusively and
sometimes tried to use the Send/Receive Toolbar button, etc. <eg>

In that case also there would be some default options which you
would want to change such as (in Options, General tab)
uncheck: Send and Receive messages at startup
uncheck: Check for new messages every...
and in the Mail Account Properties
uncheck: Include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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