Mac Mail - Downloading latest emails
Hi,
Is there an option where I can only select to download new emails from hotmail account? There thousands of emails in hotmail account that I do not want to download.
Thank you.
Jose
Is there an option where I can only select to download new emails from hotmail account? There thousands of emails in hotmail account that I do not want to download.
Thank you.
Jose
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Ah; but, the strength of POP email is that you actually download the email to a file on your own PC and, if there are business or financial transactions, you have them locally even if the server goes kaput. They do need to part of your backup plan; though.
With virtually all of the online accounts, the only folder that gets downloaded is the Inbox so folks need to be careful about which PC (or Mac) they use for cleanup.
With virtually all of the online accounts, the only folder that gets downloaded is the Inbox so folks need to be careful about which PC (or Mac) they use for cleanup.
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Thank you so much for your help. I will test this today. I will split the points as I feel both you have provided valuable information.
Let me know if you guys are okay with this.
Let me know if you guys are okay with this.
Sure, ok
And its OK with me, too.
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Thank you.
Thanks for clarifying what I'd not made it clear that if you move all read emails OUT of the INBOX on Hotmail first .. so that the Inbox is empty or almost empty .. then setup the POP3 account.
When I say that all new and unread emails will only appear .. it will depend how you setup the POP3. For example you can choose to allow your mail client to immediately delete emails from the Hotmail inbox when they download to the computer .. or leave them online for a specific period .. or only remove them when deleted.
In any case .. POP3 is not a great solution and I'm pretty sure not what Jose is looking for .. the BAD NEWS is that if you check email on multiple devices ..you'll need IMAP or Exchange protocols and there is NO WAY with these setups to choose not to download the entire mailbox. There can be options in SOME email clients (including Mac Mail) not to download email attachments unless required which can save space but that is about the limit of what you can control.