Hi, outlook keeps downloading old messages from the server, can anyone tell me how to stop that?

Question

every once in a while and sometimes all the time, outlook 2003 in all the computers in the office download all the old messages from the server, the host company says it's outlook and that I have to delete everything from webmail, can any one help me with information, is it really an outlook problem? and if it is, how can i fix it?

thanks

vaasem

Answer 1

Yes, it's an Outlook problem.

Go to Tools--> Accounts

Select your account and click the "Properties" button. Then click the "Advanced" tab.

UNCHECK the "Leave a copy of messages on the server" option and ok your way out.

You'll need to do this on every computer that uses the same email account or you may read a mail from a computer that hasn't set this option, only to get the mail again from another computer.

Answer 2

its real simple mate.. what normally happens is, ur mail get saved at 2 places.. ur server and ur outlook express.. it might be a problem often.. all u need to do..

*open outlook express
*Click on tools on the top
*goto the option email accounts
*click the radio button which says "view or change existing email accounts"
*click next
*u might see a window which says Internet Email settings, where u mght have a button which says more settings
*click on it and go the tab which says "Advanced"
*Now look down, and u shud see an option which might say "leave a copy of messages on server"
*UNCHECK IT
*Click on OK and ull come out of the window
*Click next and finish and UR DONE.

now ur emails wont be saved on ur server and it jus comes thru to ur outlook express. beware: In this case, once u delete ur email, it s gone forever.

hope this helps mate :)

Answer 3

open out look
delete email address"s
then choose
deleted items
go to file or edit
choose select all
then choose delete
all gone