Prevent outlook from flagging items as read on server

[still]

Hi all,

I'm trying to setup outlook to download messages from my pop3 account.
Everything is set up properly and I can download the new messages, but it
seems that in order for outlook to keep track of which messages it has
downloaded, it goes in marks messages read on the server. When I try and
download messages on a different computer, those message are no longer
downloaded. Furthermore, my webmail application (Horde) shows these messages
as being read/seen. Is there anyway to prevent outlook from tagging the
messages as read on the server when it downloads the messages?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Set your advanced e-mail account options to leave mail on the server.

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After furious head scratching, still asked:

| Hi all,
|
| I'm trying to setup outlook to download messages from my pop3 account.
| Everything is set up properly and I can download the new messages,
| but it seems that in order for outlook to keep track of which
| messages it has downloaded, it goes in marks messages read on the
| server. When I try and download messages on a different computer,
| those message are no longer downloaded. Furthermore, my webmail
| application (Horde) shows these messages as being read/seen. Is there
| anyway to prevent outlook from tagging the messages as read on the
| server when it downloads the messages?
|
| Any help would be greatly appreciated.
|
| Thanks

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

outlook should not be marking messages read when they are downloaded - it
will mark them as downloaded, but not as read.



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[still]

Thanks Diane for clearing that up for me. But I got a question: will this
marking as "downloaded" prevent the messages from being downloaded by outlook
on a different computer? Is it possible to tell Outlook to not mark messages
as downloaded at all?

It seems that my webmail application (Horde) uses the downloaded mark as
analogous to "read" mark.

outlook should not be marking messages read when they are downloaded - it
will mark them as downloaded, but not as read.



--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Hi all,

I'm trying to setup outlook to download messages from my pop3 account.
Everything is set up properly and I can download the new messages, but it
seems that in order for outlook to keep track of which messages it has
downloaded, it goes in marks messages read on the server. When I try and
download messages on a different computer, those message are no longer
downloaded. Furthermore, my webmail application (Horde) shows these
messages
as being read/seen. Is there anyway to prevent outlook from tagging the
messages as read on the server when it downloads the messages?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

The marks outlook uses are unique to each acct/computer (and stored in the
pst), so the other outlook's should be able to download it. It's possible
that horde handles it differently than other mail servers - I know I've
never had a problem downloading mail from multiple machines and reading it
online - the web client sees all mail as unread. I haven't used a Horde
server though.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Thanks Diane for clearing that up for me. But I got a question: will this
marking as "downloaded" prevent the messages from being downloaded by
outlook
on a different computer? Is it possible to tell Outlook to not mark
messages
as downloaded at all?

It seems that my webmail application (Horde) uses the downloaded mark as
analogous to "read" mark.

outlook should not be marking messages read when they are downloaded - it
will mark them as downloaded, but not as read.



--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
(e-mail address removed)

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
(e-mail address removed)

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.

Hi all,

I'm trying to setup outlook to download messages from my pop3 account.
Everything is set up properly and I can download the new messages, but
it
seems that in order for outlook to keep track of which messages it has
downloaded, it goes in marks messages read on the server. When I try
and
download messages on a different computer, those message are no longer
downloaded. Furthermore, my webmail application (Horde) shows these
messages
as being read/seen. Is there anyway to prevent outlook from tagging the
messages as read on the server when it downloads the messages?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks