Imail does not have the ability to do that. Try doing a Google search for Fetch Mail. I think that is the name of a 3rd party app that will do that.
John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kirk zeus > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 10:59 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Newbie-IMAP setup problems > > Many thanks for the reply Andy. > > Yes, I want to access my email stored on my ISP's mail server using IMAP. > Unfortunately my ISP doesn't support > > IMAP. So I'm stuck with POP3 as a means to access my email held at my ISP. > > So the question is, how do I set up IMail to automatically download the > email from my ISP's POP3 server into > > IMail (which is on my home network) and then access the downloaded email > via > IMAP on IMail using MS Oultook? > > This is all happening over a dial up 56k modem connection from my home. > > Thanks. > > > >From: "Andy Ognenoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Newbie-IMAP setup problems > >Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 17:51:50 -0600 > > > > > I now want to use IMAP on my local network, which I believe I can only > >get > > > to work by downloading the email from my ISP's POP3 server. > > > >Are you saying you want to access your mail stored on your ISP's mail > >server > >via IMAP? If so, then your ISP must support IMAP access or you need to > >have > >your mail forwarded from your ISP mail server to your IMail server and > >access it via IMAP from there. > > > > > On Outlook 2002 I have set up an email account 'Fred'. This has > outgoing > > > mail server (SMTP) as 'localhost', incoming server (IMAP) as > > > 'pop3.myisp.co.uk'. > > > >This is isn't going to work unless your ISP allows access via IMAP (which > I > >doubt they do using the server you specified. > > > > > The problem I have is when I try to download email using Outlook 2002, > I > > > get > > > a dialogue (titled 'Internet E-mail - fred') which prompts me for the > > > username and password for pop3.myisp.co.uk, which are already filled > in > > > ('tim.bloggs' and the password). I try re-entering the password but > >still > > > get the same dialogue back. > > > >Again, is probably because your ISP does not support IMAP access via that > >server. You may want to check with your ISP if they do support IMAP, in > >which case IMail doesn't really play a role in this scenario unless you > set > >it up so your ISP mail account is forwarded to a local account you > created > >in IMail then accessed everything from there. > > > >- Andy > > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > >List Archive: http://www.mail- > archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > >Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
