Yes as per the description under #2 above. #5 - Changing from IMAP to POP - will it make a difference #4 - There are two ways to remove items from the server using the Outlook desktop app - essentially both amount to the same thing, just a different way to get there.Ī) create a new PST file in Outlook, add the folders you want and move items from the iMAP folders to the folders in the newly created PST file OR #3 - Creating a folder under has no impact on reducing the mailbox capacity - just moving things from one folder to another on the server Nothing gets deleted from the server unless it is explicitly deleted either via the Outlook desktop app or webmail (accessing the account via a brwoser) IMAP is a bi-directional sync of all email folders. If the option for is not set, everything is automatically deleted from the server
SETTING UP LOCAL FOLDER IN OUTLOOK DOWNLOAD
POP3 is a one-way one-time download of the folder. #2 - Quick overview of difference between POP3 and IMAP That option applies to email accounts that are configured as POP3 accounts. #1 - Re: > In the past could change a setting to remove email from server after so many days/weeks.but can't find this option on his local outlook settings. Just to go over some basics to get those out of the way appreciate an idiots guide.Ĭan we change to PO3 and would this make a difference in future. I'm not a Windows user, so am flying blind here.
SETTING UP LOCAL FOLDER IN OUTLOOK ARCHIVE
So my 1st question is, how do we find/view this archive folder in his Outlook.Īnd then going forward, how do we remove older emails from Hosting server in future, so that it doesn't use up too much space. Oddly, when we 1st did it, the ARCHIVE folder appeared as a subfolder in his INBOX in Outlook, but now it has disappeared and we can't find it anywhere on his local Outlook system.We can still see it on the HOST when logging in via mail2web. However, seems to have created a new folder (called archive) on the DOMAIN HOSTS email server with the emails in question.
On his local INBOX we created a folder called ARCHIVE and dragged older emails across to that, thinking that they would be removed from his INBOX etc. In the past could change a setting to remove email from server after so many days/weeks.but can't find this option on his local outlook settings. & outlook, which get his email from domain hosting platform via IMAP I think, there are emails going back to 2018 on hosting server which needs to be removed to free up some space.