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Old 07-14-2007   #4 (permalink)
Ron Sommer


 
 

Re: Windows Mail not deleting received mail from POP3 server


"brink" <brink.2tqrd8@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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: Gary VanderMolen;382419 Wrote:
: > The email client program sends the command to delete downloaded
: > emails from the server only after ALL emails have been successfully
: > downloaded. Sometimes there is a corrupted email on the server
: > which prevents the download from finishing, so the delete command
: > is not issued, and the same emails will be downloaded on the next
: > cycle.
: > To fix this, you will have to use your provider's web interface
: > (webmail)
: > to look at the emails sitting on the server. The stuck one will
: > typically
: > be the largest, and will need to be deleted.
: >
: > Gary VanderMolen
: >
: > "Natalie" <Natalie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
: > news:7E7777F0-B960-4A51-AC37-6661DC983DA8@microsoft.com...
: > > For some reason Windows Mail is not deleting SOME of the emails off
: > of the
: > > POP3 server that I have received into my inbox. The "leave a copy of
: > > messages on server" box is NOT checked in the advanced tab. The
: > messages
: > > that stay on the server are retrieved over and over again on every
: > > send/receive and my inbox gets filled with multiple copies of the
: > same
: > > messages. Strangely, it does not happen to all inbound messages. Does
: > > anyone have any of why this is happening?
:
: Hi Natalie,
:
: You might also check to see if you have this checked to:
: 1. Click Tools. (In Window Mail)
: 2. Click Options.
: 3. Click Read tab.
: 4. Check "Automatically download message when viewing in the Preview
: Pane".
: 5. Click Ok to apply.
:
: Shawn
:
:
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: brink
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That setting does not apply to messages on a pop3 server.
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