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How To delete mail on the host/server in outlook 2007?



 
 
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Old March 26th, 2008, 12:51 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
zeel
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Default How To delete mail on the host/server in outlook 2007?

I just experienced a situation where today I clicked the "send/receive"
button and
there was 65,000 email trying to download into my Outlook 2007 inbox.

I have Cox Cable and apparently when I reached about 1/2 GB of email of my 2GB
capacity, something became compromised and I could only download 65,000
email or none at all. It would not allow me to download just the new email
as it had
done each and every time previously.

And, of course, Cox blamed it all on Outlook. However, I tried to delete
one page
of email at a time and I could not do so because it would hang and then time
out and an error page would appear.

I was finally able to delete all 65,000 email using Cox's option to delete
an entire folder. However, it timed out several times before all email were
deleted.

So, MY QUESTION IS THIS: How can I choose to have my email on my Cox
Webmail account deleted when I download email to my Out;look 2007 inbox?

I searched the Help database and I cannot find anything regarding such a
setting.

Thx!

Zack
zeel.us
zeel.biz


  #2  
Old March 26th, 2008, 03:18 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
Diane Poremsky {MVP}
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Default How To delete mail on the host/server in outlook 2007?

its an option in tools, accounts.

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"zeel" wrote in message
...
I just experienced a situation where today I clicked the "send/receive"
button and
there was 65,000 email trying to download into my Outlook 2007 inbox.

I have Cox Cable and apparently when I reached about 1/2 GB of email of my
2GB
capacity, something became compromised and I could only download 65,000
email or none at all. It would not allow me to download just the new
email
as it had
done each and every time previously.

And, of course, Cox blamed it all on Outlook. However, I tried to delete
one page
of email at a time and I could not do so because it would hang and then
time
out and an error page would appear.

I was finally able to delete all 65,000 email using Cox's option to delete
an entire folder. However, it timed out several times before all email
were
deleted.

So, MY QUESTION IS THIS: How can I choose to have my email on my Cox
Webmail account deleted when I download email to my Out;look 2007 inbox?

I searched the Help database and I cannot find anything regarding such a
setting.

Thx!

Zack
zeel.us
zeel.biz


  #3  
Old April 16th, 2008, 01:45 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
steevil13
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Default How To delete mail on the host/server in outlook 2007?

There is no such option under tools, account in Outlook 2007 (I think there
use to be in Outlook 2000 to remove email from the server when it was
downloaded. I am having the same problem. So I logged into msn.com,
hotmail, and there are message that have been there for months. So, Again,
how do I setup OUTLOOK 2007 to remove email from the msn server once it has
been downloaded???

"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote:

its an option in tools, accounts.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


Outlook Tips:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:


** Please include your Outlook version, Account type, and Windows Version
when requesting assistance **


"zeel" wrote in message
...
I just experienced a situation where today I clicked the "send/receive"
button and
there was 65,000 email trying to download into my Outlook 2007 inbox.

I have Cox Cable and apparently when I reached about 1/2 GB of email of my
2GB
capacity, something became compromised and I could only download 65,000
email or none at all. It would not allow me to download just the new
email
as it had
done each and every time previously.

And, of course, Cox blamed it all on Outlook. However, I tried to delete
one page
of email at a time and I could not do so because it would hang and then
time
out and an error page would appear.

I was finally able to delete all 65,000 email using Cox's option to delete
an entire folder. However, it timed out several times before all email
were
deleted.

So, MY QUESTION IS THIS: How can I choose to have my email on my Cox
Webmail account deleted when I download email to my Out;look 2007 inbox?

I searched the Help database and I cannot find anything regarding such a
setting.

Thx!

Zack
zeel.us
zeel.biz


  #4  
Old April 16th, 2008, 04:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
Brian Tillman
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Default How To delete mail on the host/server in outlook 2007?

steevil13 wrote:

There is no such option under tools, account in Outlook 2007 (I think
there use to be in Outlook 2000 to remove email from the server when
it was downloaded. I am having the same problem. So I logged into
msn.com, hotmail, and there are message that have been there for
months. So, Again, how do I setup OUTLOOK 2007 to remove email from
the msn server once it has been downloaded???


Unless you're connecting via POP, there's no way to do what you ask.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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Old May 15th, 2008, 04:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
deeve
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Default How To delete mail on the host/server in outlook 2007?

I also don't understand why Outlook 2007 is not capable of downloading files
from my email server and deleting when I had successfully done this with
Outlook Express for many years. I tried setting up my accounts a pop3 but was
informed they could only now work under the IMAP options.. feels like yet
another Microsoft monopoly?

I do have all accounts set to download full content but this just does not
happen. BTW - I'm running Outlook on Vista, for my sins.







"Brian Tillman" wrote:

steevil13 wrote:

There is no such option under tools, account in Outlook 2007 (I think
there use to be in Outlook 2000 to remove email from the server when
it was downloaded. I am having the same problem. So I logged into
msn.com, hotmail, and there are message that have been there for
months. So, Again, how do I setup OUTLOOK 2007 to remove email from
the msn server once it has been downloaded???


Unless you're connecting via POP, there's no way to do what you ask.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

  #6  
Old May 15th, 2008, 08:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
Brian Tillman
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Default How To delete mail on the host/server in outlook 2007?

deeve wrote:

I also don't understand why Outlook 2007 is not capable of
downloading files from my email server and deleting when I had
successfully done this with Outlook Express for many years.


Years ago, MSN allowed POP access to its mail servers. They stopped that.
Outlook Express can't do it now either.

I tried
setting up my accounts a pop3 but was informed they could only now
work under the IMAP options.. feels like yet another Microsoft
monopoly?


"IMAP" is probably not what was displayed. "MAPI", perhaps. I don't
believe MSN/Hotmail allows IMAP access either and I can't imagine what
"monopoly" you mean. Any mail provider has every right to dictate what
protocols must be used to access their servers.

I do have all accounts set to download full content but this just
does not happen. BTW - I'm running Outlook on Vista, for my sins.


MSN/Hotmail accounts do not download messages in the same sense that POP
accounts do. Instead, they echo the contents of the server mailbox to a set
of matching folders on your own PC. Change one and the other synchs
automatically. If you wish to remove the messages from the server, then
just select them and delete them. If you wish to be able to see them but
remove them from the server (although it's not really needed), then create a
set of local folders and move the messages from the server to those local
folders.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

 




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