To store messages on mail servers

Received messages are typically stored on your computer; however, you can store messages on either a POP3 or IMAP mail server. Storing messages on the server is useful if you need to read mail from more than one computer. When you log on to this account from a different computer, Outlook Express downloads messages according to the options you have set.

1. On the Tools menu, click Accounts.

2. Click the mail account, and then click Properties.

3. Click the Advanced tab.

   If you are connected to a POP3 mail server click Leave a copy of messages on server.

   If you are connected to an IMAP server, type the path in the Root Folder Path box. The root folder path identifies the mailbox that contains all of your folders on the server.

   Do not end the root folder path with a hierarchy character. For example, ~username/Mail is a valid root folder path, but ~username/Mail/ is not. If you are not sure what to type here, leave this box blank.

Note

• If your IMAP server is a Cyrus server, your user folders must be contained in the Inbox folder. If your IMAP server is UNIX-based, your mail is usually stored in its own directory in your user home directoryùfor example: ~username/Mail.