Interviewed by CNN on 26/09/2012 16:20, LMH told the world: > I have my seamonkey set to leave messages on the server until I delete > them. Part of this is because I may dowload messages with seamonkey from > more than one computer and I want all of my mail to be everywhere. At > some point, I presume my server directory gets filled with mail and I > need to delete some or all of it. I don't like having to log into yahoo > and do this (which is why I use a client in the first place). Most of my > accounts don't have a yahoo account associated with them anyway. > > Is there a way in seamonkey to tell the server to delete stored > messages, or messages on the server that are older than some time frame, > and still leave my setting to "keep messages on server until I delete them"? > > I presume that Yahoo will automatically clear messages if I am past my > allocated space, but I would prefer to be able to manage that myself. > Lately, I have been getting repeat downloads of messages, meaning that > seamonkey is downloading messages from the server that I already > received. On one day, seamonkey said I had new mail and the inbox looked > like it had downloaded a duplicate copy of every message that was > already in the inbox, some more than an year old. I am wondering if this > something that happens if the server clears the mail from the server > directory, meaning that they send you everything that is on the server > before they clear it.
First... I do believe that Yahoo has been advertising "unlimited" mail storage for a while now. You would have to check if this applies to your account, and what exactly do they mean by "unlimited" (words tend to have unexpected meanings after lawyers finish having their way with them) but if it does, space shouldn't be a problem. Second... if you go to your account settings/Server Settings, right below the line that says "leave messages on server", you have two more options -- "for at most (x) days" and "until I delete them". Those should help getting rid of stored messages, and they seem to be exactly what you are asking for. Third... an alternate way to attack the problem is to access your Yahoo account via IMAP instead of POP. It's a bit of work to set up initially, since you will have to redo quite a bit of work you have done previously, and to use it to its fullest advantage you have to switch *all* your computers to IMAP, but it does offer some interesting advantages: 1. Storage is centralized on the Yahoo servers and only replicated on your computer(s). So, no matter which mail client you are using (Seamonkey, Thunderbird, webmail, phone, tablet, Outlook <shudder>), not only the mail store but the status (read messages, deleted messages, folders etc.) is the same. 2. Since sent messages are stored in a central location, those are also available everywhere. 3. You have easy access to the Yahoo spam folder to check for false positives. -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my magic mirror. * Added by TagZilla 0.7a1 running on Seamonkey 2.12.1 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
