>>I can honesty say I haven't had this issue. I use AOL for my email >>and Mail autosyncs the inbox, so after a few weeks mail just >>disappears. Anything I want to save I just move to a folder. Yeah, >>in some strange way it's not good, but it does force me to act upon >>any emails I need to, just because I know I can't go back a month >>later and read them in the inbox. I also have it set to delete >>unedited downloads when the email is deleted. >> > >Oh. Well that's different. you're using an imap connection for AOL. I was >talking about POP connections. Sorry I forgot to specify. Actually, >thanks for mentioning it, I didn't even stop to wonder if imap >connections treat attachments the same way, but I guess they are really >different.
Actually, the way the IMAP handles it will have to do with a: how you have your connection setup, and b: how the mail host has it set up. Most mail hosts will NOT automatically delete your email after a certain period of time. AOL does this as a way of keeping mail volume on their server to a minimum. Because they have always been of the email mentality of "keep it all on the server", they delete email after x period of time or x volume of email. If you have your IMAP connection setup to leave the mail on the server and just display what it there, then yes, when the mail host removes mail, it will magically disappear from your client as well. But you can setup your IMAP connection to work more like POP, that is, download all email to the local client. If you do that, then no mail will magically vanish for you. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
