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Mail problem with Outlook 2003

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by dodemba

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I transfer a user from one windows machine to another and set up an account in MS outlook 2003.On clicking Send/Receive, all mails including those that have been read 1,2 or 3 months are also downloaded. This happens also when a new profile is created for the same user on the same machine for our mobile users.

Certainly it's not my mail server problem.I run Gentoo mail server.Unix/Linux buddy says it is Outlook.

I need a solution,this whole thing eats so much of my bandwidth(I use ADSL connection).Any ideas will be appreciated

Thanks

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by boxfiddler Hot topic

configured Outlook to "remove messages from server" when collecting mail?
This needs to be done through Tools - Accounts - view or change existing email accounts - Change - More Settings - Advance Tab - Delivery
Lear the checbox nest to "Leave a copy of messages on server".

by dodemba

I tried all that was suggested by boxfiddler, thanks for taking the trouble.I was still not lucky, then i updated XP and MS office using the internet.Once that was complete, I tested by creating a new profile on each machine and the problem was gone.It only dowloads mails that had not been downloaded.
I thought I could put this here to help anyone with same problem

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