On 11/3/03 7:31 PM, "Jim Warthman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2003-11-03 1:30 PM, "Diane Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 11/3/03 7:40 AM, "Jim Warthman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> The problem is, the messages I receive in these POP3 accounts *also* get >>> copied to "Inbox" directly under "On My Computer". This is annoying. I don't >>> want to copy all the spam, and I may not want to copy messages to *that* >>> folder. >>> >> Are you running a schedule to download to your computer? >> >>> Since I have checked "Allow Online Action", shouldn't Entourage avoid *also* >>> placing messages in the Inbox? Or do I just need to learn more about POP >>> mail and it's quirks? >> >> Online access just allows you to see the mail on the server. Sort of a poor >> mans IMAP. It does not stop the downloading of mail if you have a schedule >> set. > > Diane, > Thanks for your reply. Yes, I have a schedule running, and my IMAP and POP > mail accounts are all checked with the schedule. > > The thing is, I tried un-checking "Include this account in my Send/Receive > All Schedule". Entourage just stopped checking my POP mail accounts! This is the expected behavior. > > So, it appears that any time I check my POP mail - either with or without a > schedule - the contents of my POP mailbox will *always* be shown both in my > Inbox under "On My Computer", and in the separate mailbox folder for the POP > mail account? When you say separate mailbox folder are you referring to the online account? Do you have "leave on server" checked? If you do then you would receive mail and still see it on the server. However, Entourage will not download it again. > > Is there any way to get this to behave differently? There is more info on the Entourage Help Page, but I think your problem is your understanding in the behavior of a POP account. <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/help/send_receive/learning/accounts.html> Basic POP info: A POP account downloads mail to your local computer by default. Often, when a message is downloaded, it is deleted from the ISP�s mail server. This prevents you from reading the same messages when you go to a different� computer. Some mail clients, including Entourage, let you tell POP servers to leave mail on the server for a certain period of time. This allows you to read the same messages again from another computer, if necessary. You might want to do this if you read your mail from computers at work and at home, or on a desktop and a laptop computer. Even if you are using a single computer, it is a good idea to leave messages on the server for a day or two, in case you accidentally delete them from your local computer and wish to download a second copy. -- Diane Ross Mac MVP Entourage Help Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
