How can I delete past 30 days Email from server without downloading messages?

[Derik]

Dear All:

Microsoft 2003 Outlook failed to delete all my messages from the server when
I downloaded them, even though the proper checkbox was checked. The E-mail
has been left on the server for 30 days now. I am stuck with old Email and
cannot retreive my new Email unless I go through the entire download process
again, create duplicate Emails in my client etc. etc.

I need to be able to just delete the past 30 days Emails from the E-mail
server without downloading. How can I do this?

Thanks MS for wasting my time again. The 60 day free trail from my brand new
Toshiba laptop is not going well. Yahoo E-mail and others on the web
services platforms are looking like the only truly reliable E-mail solutions
for my desktop. Really unhappy with your products. Why should I pay for
more an update? The products I have from you already now are not working that
well either. Too many bells and whistles that do not work properly . They
all badly done and simply add to the complications of using the softwate and
increase they increase the failure rate of important issues....like Email
that works. My opinion. Unhappy customer.

Derik
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Seems to work for the vast majority of users - seems like your ISP is at
fault, not the software.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Derik asked:

| Dear All:
|
| Microsoft 2003 Outlook failed to delete all my messages from the
| server when I downloaded them, even though the proper checkbox was
| checked. The E-mail has been left on the server for 30 days now. I
| am stuck with old Email and cannot retreive my new Email unless I go
| through the entire download process again, create duplicate Emails in
| my client etc. etc.
|
| I need to be able to just delete the past 30 days Emails from the
| E-mail server without downloading. How can I do this?
|
| Thanks MS for wasting my time again. The 60 day free trail from my
| brand new Toshiba laptop is not going well. Yahoo E-mail and others
| on the web services platforms are looking like the only truly
| reliable E-mail solutions for my desktop. Really unhappy with your
| products. Why should I pay for more an update? The products I have
| from you already now are not working that well either. Too many
| bells and whistles that do not work properly . They all badly done
| and simply add to the complications of using the softwate and
| increase they increase the failure rate of important issues....like
| Email that works. My opinion. Unhappy customer.
|
| Derik
| (e-mail address removed)

 

[Derik via OfficeKB.com]

Dear Mille:

A criticsm of an ISP instead of Microsoft Outlook's obvious failure to solve
a particular problem, (erasing a batch of email) )is not really a helpful
contribution. The ISP's failure is already a known problem, which I have to
deal with.

How long have your worked for Microsoft? Make sure that they pay you. The
company has a bad reputation for a good reason....

The suggestion to go mail2.com was helpful.. I am thankful for that
contribution which you did not make. Thanks.

Derik
d.rawson_at_rawsonweb>com

Seems to work for the vast majority of users - seems like your ISP is at
fault, not the software.

| Dear All:
|
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| Derik
| (e-mail address removed)

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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Dear Mille:

A criticsm of an ISP instead of Microsoft Outlook's obvious failure
to solve a particular problem, (erasing a batch of email) )is not
really a helpful contribution. The ISP's failure is already a known
problem, which I have to deal with.

This isn't necessarily an Outlook problem, note.

How long have your worked for Microsoft? Make sure that they pay
you. The company has a bad reputation for a good reason....

MVPs don't work for Microsoft.

The suggestion to go mail2.com was helpful.. I am thankful for that
contribution which you did not make. Thanks.

Derik
d.rawson_at_rawsonweb>com

Seems to work for the vast majority of users - seems like your ISP
is at fault, not the software.

Dear All:

[quoted text clipped - 21 lines]

Derik
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

MVPs are volunteers and most do not work for MS.


| Dear Mille:
|
| A criticsm of an ISP instead of Microsoft Outlook's obvious failure to
solve
| a particular problem, (erasing a batch of email) )is not really a helpful
| contribution. The ISP's failure is already a known problem, which I have
to
| deal with.
|
| How long have your worked for Microsoft? Make sure that they pay you. The
| company has a bad reputation for a good reason....
|
| The suggestion to go mail2.com was helpful.. I am thankful for that
| contribution which you did not make. Thanks.
|
| Derik
| d.rawson_at_rawsonweb>com
|
|
| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
| >Seems to work for the vast majority of users - seems like your ISP is at
| >fault, not the software.
| >
| >| Dear All:
| >|
| >[quoted text clipped - 21 lines]
| >| Derik
| >| (e-mail address removed)
|
| --
| Derik
|
| Message posted via OfficeKB.com
| http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/ms-outlook/200512/1

 

[Derik via OfficeKB.com]

Dear Rob:

"Most" is an interesting word...lol.

Actually, I really do appreciate this forum, and in a search of past postings
it seems that I am not alone with my problem with Microsoft Outlook 2003.

Other people are having the same problem as I am...basically E-mails left on
the server that keep being downloaded again as duplicates, and cannot be
removed from the server in a batch process. Outlook 2003 has this problem
and apparently XP before it, so this is a very old issue, which Microsoft
should have fixed long ago and has not. There also is no cure for this
problem from Outlook 2003 after it happens.

I am still looking for a batch removal software solution which will remove
old Emails after 30 days without having to download them all as duplicates
first. I am trying to use mailweb2.com, but it looks like it deletes all the
E-mail, not just selected batches. Thank you all for your help. I will keep
on trying to repair the damage that Microsoft Outlook 2003 bas caused.

PS- If you want to see the old Emails on this subject which have been posted
here long before I arrived on the scene, I can copy them for you and re-post
them.

Derik

MVPs are volunteers and most do not work for MS.

| Dear Mille:
|
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
| >| Derik
| >| (e-mail address removed)

 

[Brian Tillman]

Other people are having the same problem as I am...basically E-mails
left on the server that keep being downloaded again as duplicates,
and cannot be removed from the server in a batch process. Outlook
2003 has this problem and apparently XP before it, so this is a very
old issue, which Microsoft should have fixed long ago and has not.
There also is no cure for this problem from Outlook 2003 after it
happens.

Some ISPs allow one to do this on the server side - i.e., expire messages
after a certain time. There are also freeware apps that allow one to
manipulate messages that remain on the server in various ways. Mailwasher
is an example. The alt.comp.freeware newsgroup would be a good place to
look.