POP e-mail behaviour

[sesinger]

I have a rogers s621 with WM6. I am getting different behaviour when I download messages from 2 different POP accounts.

On the first POP account, when I download a message (2k limit set) and then open the message and download the rest of it the original message is retained on the server. This is what I want to happen.

When I do the same thing on the 2nd POP account the message is not retained on the server.

The settings for the 2 pop accounts are the same except they have different e-mail addresses and point to different pop and smtp servers.

There is a setting to leave messages on the server, but that is only when deleting messages and I did not delete the message on the 2nd POP account. Is there another "leave message on the server" setting that controls deletion as a result of downloading that I am missing?

Any help would be appreciated.

[jeonatl3]

If the settings are the same then I would assume that it is server configuration that is causing the problem.

POP3 mailboxes should behave as in the first example, messages should not be deleted until the full message has been retrieved, and then only deleted if an option to leave messages on the server is not checked.

It looks like the second server is assuming the entire message is getting downloaded when the client accesses messages and then deletes them.

Depending on who the e-mail provider is, you could talk to them but not sure how much luck you would get!

You might also consider switching to IMAP if the provider offers it, as it is far more intelligent in handling these sort of situations, as it is assumed that mail remains on the server at all times unless expressly deleted by a client.

[sesinger]

You were right. The issue was with my provider. They don't allow leaving messages on the server for POP accounts.

The solution to get it work the way I want is to have it as a POP account on my PC, and an IMAP account on my S621. That way when I'm on my PC the messages get downloaded and removed from the server, and when I'm out I can check them on the S621 and they will stay on the server so I can get them again the next time I'm on the PC.