Receiving all old mails when reconfigure Outlook 2003

[Prem Soni]

Dear All,

I am running MS-Outlook 2003 on windows Vista Ultimate Edition.
I have pop3 email account and I have set the my outlook to leave a mail's
copy on server but whenver i format my system and configure MS-Outlook again
its starts receiveing all old & new mails from server and in result i get all
duplicate mail again which i already have in my inbox.
Now is ther any way in which i can set my outlook to not to receive old
mails which i already have in my inbox
Awating for possitive responce...
I hope i am able to make u understand my problem.

Thnaks
PREM SONI

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I am running MS-Outlook 2003 on windows Vista Ultimate Edition.
I have pop3 email account and I have set the my outlook to leave a mail's
copy on server but whenver i format my system and configure MS-Outlook
again
its starts receiveing all old & new mails from server and in result i get
all
duplicate mail again which i already have in my inbox.
Naturally.

Now is ther any way in which i can set my outlook to not to receive old
mails which i already have in my inbox

If you've reformatted your system and reinstalling Outlook, clearly Outlook
has no way of knowing that in its previous incarnation it downloaded those
messages before. Outlook is simply asking your server, "do you have
messages in your Inbox", the server is answering, "yes", and Outlook is
saying, "OK, send them to me." Because it's a fresh install, even if you
kept your PST from the previous time, Outlook believes they're all new.

My recommendation is tpo log onto your server via its web interface, create
a new server-side folder, and move all those old messages from the server
Inbox to that new server folder. If they're not in the server Inbox,
Outlook can't download them again, yet they'll still be available on the
server if you need to access them from another site.

 

[Melih Melik SÖNMEZ]

Dear Brian/Prem,

Brian,is there anyway to tell OUTLOOK to receive only X days mail from
server?
Prem did you solved your problem by using Brian's solution or find a way ?

Best Regards,
Melih Melik SÖNMEZ

 

[DL]

No

Dear Brian/Prem,

Brian,is there anyway to tell OUTLOOK to receive only X days mail from
server?
Prem did you solved your problem by using Brian's solution or find a way ?

Best Regards,
Melih Melik SÖNMEZ

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Brian,is there anyway to tell OUTLOOK to receive only X days mail from
server?

No. There only way to address the issue is as I describe in the message you
quoted - use the server to rearrange the messages so that the server won't
tell Outlook about them when it asks.