Can't find "Delete mail from host once successfully retrieved" option.

jstifel

posted Oct 4 '09 at 2:35 am

Ah Hah!

You are a scholar and a gentleman, kind sir. When I selected "Edit," there it was - as if by magic! It was well hidden, but you are correct that it is there. It also does not exist in the Help or database files by any key word that I could think up.

I thank you so much and wish you a wonderful evening and weekend.[:)]

Ah Hah! You are a scholar and a gentleman, kind sir. When I selected "Edit," there it was - as if by magic!&nbsp; It was well hidden, but you are correct that it is there. It also does not exist in the Help or database files by any key word that I could think up. I thank you so much and wish you a wonderful evening and weekend.[:)]

jstifel

posted Oct 3 '09 at 5:00 pm

I love Pegasus so much that I have only just yesterday upgraded from Version 3.11 to 4.41 and now today to 4.51. I am also getting ready to install the program for a friend and was searching for the option which used to allow me to decide if I wanted retrieved mail on the host POP3 to remain or be deleted once I have downloaded. It seems not to exist in the newer versions.

It's very easy for me to manage my mail on the host mail server if I am away from my computer but my friend is hopelessly unable to understand how to do that and I would prefer to install a newer version of Pegasus for him rather than install my old version of 3.11 just so I can set it to delete his mail from the host instead of it endlessly building up. I have searched the Help files and the knowledge database on the web site and I can't find any reference to this option. Any help would be appreciated.

Also, please let me take this opportunity to thank you for this wonderful program, which is the ONLY email client I have ever used and the ONLY one I will ever use. At work I am forced to use the Microsoft client within a network and it only makes me appreciate my beloved Pagasus that much more.

Thank you for the opportunity to ask this question. I have never been to this forum before because my Pegasus 3.11 has been giving me flawless service since the mid-90's and I have simply have had no need of help. "If it ain't broken, don't fix it." :-)

Judi, Port St. Lucie, Florida USA

I love Pegasus so much that I have only just yesterday upgraded from Version 3.11 to 4.41 and now today to 4.51. I am also getting ready to install the program for a friend and was searching for the option which used to allow me to decide if I wanted retrieved mail on the host POP3 to remain or be deleted once I have downloaded. It seems not to exist in the newer versions. It's very easy for me to manage my mail on the host mail server if I am away from my computer but my friend is hopelessly unable to understand how to do that and I would prefer to install a newer version of Pegasus for him rather than install my old version of 3.11 just so I can set it to delete his mail from the host instead of it endlessly building up. I have searched the Help files and the knowledge database on the web site and I can't find any reference to this option. Any help would be appreciated. Also, please let me take this opportunity to thank you for this wonderful program, which is the ONLY email client I have ever used and the ONLY one I will ever use. At work I am forced to use the Microsoft client within a network and it only makes me appreciate my beloved Pagasus that much more. Thank you for the opportunity to ask this question. I have never been to this forum before because my Pegasus 3.11 has been giving me flawless service since the mid-90's and I have simply have&nbsp;had no need of help. "If it ain't broken, don't fix it." :-) Judi, Port St. Lucie, Florida USA

Thomas R. Stephenson

posted Oct 3 '09 at 7:22 pm

I love Pegasus so much that I have only just yesterday upgraded from
Version 3.11 to 4.41 and now today to 4.51. I am also getting ready to
install the program for a friend and was searching for the option which
used to allow me to decide if I wanted retrieved mail on the host POP3
to remain or be deleted once I have downloaded. It seems not to exist
in the newer versions.

It's there. Go to Tools | Internet option and select the POP3 setup. Edit the POP3 setup and hit the "Download controls" and check out "Download only unread mail"

Download only unread mail The usual practice when retrieving mail from a POP3 host is to delete it from the host when it is successfully downloaded. If you do not delete it, you would normally expect to see it again the next time you download mail from the host. Pegasus Mail incorporates a powerful and complicated facility which allows you to leave mail on the POP3 host without deleting it, but only download mail you haven't already seen. Because the POP3 protocol does not actually provide this facility, there are some limitations on this command, the most specific being that if you run Pegasus Mail on more than one machine, each one will have a separate list of what you have already seen; so, if you download mail using one machine then access your account later from a different machine, you will probably get the mail you downloaded the first time again, where downloading the mail on the same machine you originally used would only show mail which had arrived since the last time you accessed your account. Check this control to instruct Pegasus Mail to attempt to download only mail you have not read. The effect of this control is probably meaningless if you do not also uncheck the "Delete retrieved mail on host" control. Using this feature can significantly increase the time it takes for Pegasus Mail to retrieve your new mail.

<blockquote>I love Pegasus so much that I have only just yesterday upgraded from Version 3.11 to 4.41 and now today to 4.51. I am also getting ready to install the program for a friend and was searching for the option which used to allow me to decide if I wanted retrieved mail on the host POP3 to remain or be deleted once I have downloaded. It seems not to exist in the newer versions.</blockquote>It's there.&nbsp; Go to Tools | Internet option and select the POP3 setup. &nbsp; Edit the POP3 setup and hit the "Download controls" and check out "Download only unread mail" Download only unread mail&nbsp; The usual practice when retrieving mail from a POP3 host is to delete it from the host when it is successfully downloaded. If you do not delete it, you would normally expect to see it again the next time you download mail from the host. Pegasus Mail incorporates a powerful and complicated facility which allows you to leave mail on the POP3 host without deleting it, but only download mail you haven't already seen. Because the POP3 protocol does not actually provide this facility, there are some limitations on this command, the most specific being that if you run Pegasus Mail on more than one machine, each one will have a separate list of what you have already seen; so, if you download mail using one machine then access your account later from a different machine, you will probably get the mail you downloaded the first time again, where downloading the mail on the same machine you originally used would only show mail which had arrived since the last time you accessed your account. Check this control to instruct Pegasus Mail to attempt to download only mail you have not read. The effect of this control is probably meaningless if you do not also uncheck the "Delete retrieved mail on host" control. Using this feature can significantly increase the time it takes for Pegasus Mail to retrieve your new mail.

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