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Choose your email client

  1. Microsoft Outlook 2002 (XP) & 2003
  2. Microsoft Outlook 98 & 2000
  3. Microsoft Outlook Express
  4. Microsoft Outlook Express for Mac
  5. Eudora Pro 5.1 and higher
  6. Netscape Mail 7.0
  7. Netscape Mail 6.2
  8. Netscape Messenger 4.5

Save email messages on the server

Leave messages on the Vanilla POP server

Try not to leave an attachment with a size greater than 5MB on the server, as this will slow down your access.

You can configure your POP3 client to leave messages on the Vanilla Mail server or to delete them from the server. Check the instructions for configuring POP settings for your mail client.

To learn the steps, select from the list of supported clients:

Microsoft Outlook 2002 (XP) & 2003

  1. From the Tools menu, choose Email Accounts.
  2. Select the radio button next to Add a new email account and click the Next button.
  3. Select your email account and click Properties.
  4. Select the Advanced tab.
  5. In the Delivery section at the bottom of the window, check the box next to Leave a copy of messages on server is unchecked.

If you don't want to save your mail messages on both the Vanilla email server and on your local computer, uncheck this box.

Microsoft Outlook 98 & 2000

  1. From the Tools menu, select Accounts.
  2. Click on the Mail tab.
  3. Select your email account and click Properties.
  4. Click on the Advanced tab.
  5. Check Leave a copy of messages on server if you want to save your email messages on both the Vanilla email server and on your local computer. If you want your messages to be deleted from the Vanilla server after you have received them in Outlook Express, do not check this box.
  6. Click OK.
  7. Close Microsoft Outlook, and restart.

Microsoft Outlook Express

  1. From the Tools menu, choose Accounts.
  2. Select the Mail tab.
  3. Select your email account and click Properties.
  4. Select the Advanced tab.
  5. In the Delivery section at the bottom of the window, check Leave a copy of messages on server if you want to save your email messages on both the Vanilla email server and on your local computer.

If you want your messages to be deleted from the Vanilla email server after you have received them in Outlook Express, do not check this box.

Microsoft Outlook Express for Mac

  1. From the Tools menu, choose Account.
  2. Select the Mail tab.
  3. Select your email account and click Properties.
  4. Select the Options tab.
  5. In the Server Options section at the bottom of the window, check the box next to Leave a copy of each message on the server.

If you don't want to save messages on both the Vanilla email server and your local client, uncheck this box.

Eudora Pro 5.1 and higher

  1. Click on the Tools Menu and select Options.
  2. Click the picture on the left that says Incoming Mail.
  3. Check Delete from server after... if you want your messages to be deleted from the Vanilla email server once you have received them in Eudora.

However, if you want to save your email messages on the Vanilla email server, as well as on your local computer, do not check this box.

Netscape Mail 7.0

  1. From the Edit menu, select Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings.
  2. In the Account Settings window, select Server Settings in the left-hand column.
  3. Toward the bottom of the window, check the box next to Leave messages on server.

If you don't want to keep a copy of messages on the Vanilla email server and, uncheck this box.

Netscape Mail 6.2

  1. From the Edit menu, select Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings.
  2. In the Account Settings window, select Server Settings in the left-hand column.
  3. Toward the bottom of the window, check the box next to Leave messages on server.

If you don't want to keep a copy of messages on the Vanilla email server and, uncheck this box.

Netscape Messenger 4.5

  1. To set POP3 mail server properties, click on the Mail Server Properties panel and choose the POP tab.
  2. Check Leave messages on server after retrieval if you want to store messages on both the Vanilla email server and your computer.
  3. Check When deleting messages locally... if you want to leave messages on the Vanilla email server.
  4. Click OK.