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From: "Gerry Hickman" <gerry66...@yahoo.co.uk> To: support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2016 6:48:37 PM Subject: Re: Seamonkey24.0 x Win 7 Harsha Godavari wrote: >> I have nearly 1.0GB of data on my ISP's mail server (including Inbox/Sent >> etc going back a long time). I am going >>to install Seamonkey24.0 on my >> system. I would like to download all that data onto my computer including >> all the >>old messages. Can I do this With Seamonkey? If so I would >> appreciate any help you can provide. Thank you. >You need to clarify what you mean by "mail server". >If it's a P0P3 server, you'd normally set up SeaMonkey to download the >mail each day and (by default) delete it from the POP3 server at the >same time. This way, your email will only exist on your local machine >and you will need to have good local backup. >Many people use "web based email" which is really just an HTML web page >showing you the messages (inbox / sent) on your ISPs big central server >(some support IMAP), and your ISP would be "responsible" for backup. >The help file inside SeaMonkey has good information on setting up email >accounts. -- Gerry Hickman (London UK) _______________________________________________ At this point I am using Webmail on the ISP's mail server to read & reply my mail . It has nearly reached my quota of the space. I need to clear some space on that server (messages from the postmaster :-) ). However it is stuff that I want to save for future reference. So instead of deleting that mail, I want to download it on to my computer. My ISP's server supports both POP and IMAP prtocols and they recommend using IMAP. I want to download all the mail (and various sub-folders) on to my system and delete it all from the ISP's server. Thunderbird was recommended but I find it a bit overpowering :-) and I do prefer the Browser+Mailer combination of Seamonkey. I looked at "synchronise option" but find it confusing ( thats my own lack of grey-cells). So how do I download the mail (inbox/sent mail/ address-book etc) and simultaneously delete it from the ISP's server. The messages go back several months :-( My OS is Win-7 and I downloaded Seamonkey v2.40. I would appreciate some help in setting up that "Synchronise" feature. Thanks for your help. regards harsha godavari _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
