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How to Leave a Copy of Messages on the Tango Hosting (POP3) Mail Server

You can configure your POP3 client to leave messages on the Tango Hosting Mail server or to delete them from the server. Check the instructions for configuring POP settings for your mail client.

To learn the steps, select from the list of supported clients:

Microsoft Outlook 2002 (XP) & 2003
Microsoft Outlook 98 & 2000
Microsoft Outlook Express
Microsoft Outlook Express for Mac
Incredimail 6.1 and higher
Eudora 5.1 and higher
Netscape Mail 7.0
Netscape Mail 6.2
Netscape Messenger 4.5

Microsoft Outlook 2002 (XP) & 2003

    1. From the Tools menu, choose "Email Accounts."
    2. Select the radio button next to "Add a new email account" and click the "Next" button.
    3. Select your Tango Hosting Mail account and click "Properties."
    4. Select the "Advanced" tab.
    5. In the Delivery section at the bottom of the window, check the box next to "Leave a copy of messages on server" is unchecked. If you don't want to save your Tango Hosting Mail messages on both the Tango Hosting Mail server and on your local computer, uncheck this box.

Microsoft Outlook 98 & 2000

    1. From the Tools menu, select "Accounts."
    2. Click on the "Mail" tab.
    3. Select your Tango Hosting Mail account and click "Properties."
    4. Click on the "Advanced" tab.
    5. Check "Leave a copy of messages on server" if you want to save your Tango Hosting Mail messages on both the Tango Hosting Mail server and on your local computer. If you want your messages to be deleted from the Tango Hosting Mail server after you have received them in Outlook Express, do not check this box.
    6. Click "OK."
    7. Close Microsoft Outlook, and restart.

Microsoft Outlook Express

    1. From the Tools menu, choose "Accounts."
    2. Select the "Mail" tab.
    3. Select your Tango Hosting Mail account and click "Properties."
    4. Select the "Advanced" tab.
    5. In the Delivery section at the bottom of the window, check "Leave a copy of messages on server" if you want to save your Tango Hosting Mail messages on both the Tango Hosting Mail server and on your local computer. If you want your messages to be deleted from the Tango Hosting Mail server after you have received them in Outlook Express, do not check this box.

Microsoft Outlook Express for Mac

    1. From the Tools menu, choose "Account."
    2. Select the "Mail" tab.
    3. Select your Tango Hosting Mail account and click "Properties."
    4. Select the "Options" tab.
    5. In the Server Options section at the bottom of the window, check the box next to "Leave a copy of each message on the server." If you don't want to save messages on both the Tango Hosting Mail server and your local client, uncheck this box.

Incredimail 6.1 and higher

    1. From the Tools menu, select "Accounts."
    2. Click on the "Mail" tab.
    3. Select your Tango Hosting Mail account and click "Properties."
    4. Click on the "Advanced" tab.
    5. Check "Leave a copy of messages on server" if you want to save your Tango Hosting Mail messages on both the Tango Hosting Mail server and on your local computer. If you want your messages to be deleted from the Tango Hosting Mail server after you have received them in Incredimail, do not check this box.

Eudora Pro 5.1 and higher

    1. Click on the Tools Menu and select "Options."
    2. Click the picture on the left that says "Incoming Mail."
    3. Check "Delete from server after..." if you want your messages to be deleted from the Tango Hosting Mail server once you have received them in Eudora. However, if you want to save your Tango Hosting Mail messages on the Tango Hosting Mail server, as well as on your local computer, do not check this box.

Netscape Mail 7.0

    1. From the Edit menu, select "Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings."
    2. In the Account Settings window, select "Server Settings" in the left-hand column.
    3. Toward the bottom of the window, check the box next to "Leave messages on server." If you don't want to keep a copy of messages on the Tango Hosting server and, uncheck this box.

Netscape Mail 6.2

    1. From the Edit menu, select "Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings."
    2. In the Account Settings window, select "Server Settings" in the left-hand column.
    3. Toward the bottom of the window, check the box next to "Leave messages on server." If you don't want to keep a copy of messages on the Tango Hosting server and, uncheck this box.

Netscape Messenger 4.5

    1. To set POP3 mail server properties, click on the "Mail Server Properties" panel and choose the "POP" tab.
    2. Check "Leave messages on server after retrieval" if you want to store messages on both the Tango Hosting Mail server and your computer.
    3. Check "When deleting messages locally..." if you want to leave messages on the Tango Hosting Mail server.
    4. Click "OK."

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