Making Outlook leave my mail server alone...

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InorganicMatter

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All I want is Outlook to display the folders on my mail server. If I get a new message and view it in Outlook, I want there to be a copy of it when I log onto my Webmail. If I send a message from Webmail, I want it to appear in Outlook's sent folder. If I send form Outlook, I want it in my Webmail's sent folder.

Is this a setting in Outlook or on my mail server? As it is now, Oulook deletes stuff from my inbox once downloaded, and doesn't put a copy of a sent messages into my server.
 
Unless your email server supports IMAP or RPC over HTTPs, your not going to get everything you want.
 
SJConsultant said:
Is that the current configuration your having issues with? if not, how do you currently have Outlook configured to access your email?
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Actually, I was wrong. My mail server DOES have support for POP, SMTP, and IMAP. I'm currently using POP/SMTP. IMAP functionality does exist, I'm probably just not using it.
 
InorganicMatter said:
All right, I think I've got it. I just set Outlook to sync with my IMAP folders, right?
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No.
If you’re using a POP3 server, just go to your Outlook email account settings ( from []btools[/b] and then E-mail accounts).

Next choose: “view or change existing email settings.”

Now pick your account and click “ more settings,” then click tab that says “advanced.”

Finally tick off : Leave a copy of messages on server. You can also set a time limit for those messages that are left.
 
warbird said:
No.
If you’re using a POP3 server, just go to your Outlook email account settings ( from []btools[/b] and then E-mail accounts).

Next choose: “view or change existing email settings.”

Now pick your account and click “ more settings,” then click tab that says “advanced.”

Finally tick off : Leave a copy of messages on server. You can also set a time limit for those messages that are left.
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That will not meet his requirements since anything he sends from outlook, he wants a copy on the server. You can't do that using SMTP/POP3. IMAP is required which makes your suggestion moot since he won't be using POP3 or SMTP.

InorganicMatter said:
All right, I think I've got it. I just set Outlook to sync with my IMAP folders, right?
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Yeppers. :p That should meet all of your requirements for functionality.
 
SJConsultant said:
That will not meet his requirements since anything he sends from outlook, he wants a copy on the server. You can't do that using SMTP/POP3. IMAP is required which makes your suggestion moot since he won't be using POP3 or SMTP.
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Alrighty then!
I guess I misunderstood his requirements. But just so it’s clear, if his email is sent to a POP3 server, it can be read and left on that server using outlook.
 
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