I work from two computers, so I set up a "backup" e-mail account to make sure that all of the messages I send to clients from one computer are available on the other one. My business e-mail account on each computer is configured to automatically send a blind copy of my e-mails to my backup address. Each computer downloads messages from the backup address and I can sort the messages sent from computer A into the proper folders on computer B and vice versa.
But after working for a week on computer B, I started computer A and there was nothing to download from the backup mail account. Because computer B has apparently been deleting everything from the server as soon as it downloads.
I went into computer B's settings for the backup account and apparently I set it up as an IMAP account. And there is NO setting for "leave messages on the server". So I need to know either 1) how do I set IMAP to leave copies on the server, or 2) how do I change the protocol from IMAP to POP so I can leave copies on the server, because there doesn't seem to be a "change protocol" button?
Weirdly, Wikipedia tells me that "IMAP was designed with the goal of permitting complete management of an email box by multiple email clients, therefore clients generally leave messages on the server until the user explicitly deletes them", but that's the exact opposite of what I've got here. Never had any problems leaving messages on the server with POP.
Please advise!
But after working for a week on computer B, I started computer A and there was nothing to download from the backup mail account. Because computer B has apparently been deleting everything from the server as soon as it downloads.
I went into computer B's settings for the backup account and apparently I set it up as an IMAP account. And there is NO setting for "leave messages on the server". So I need to know either 1) how do I set IMAP to leave copies on the server, or 2) how do I change the protocol from IMAP to POP so I can leave copies on the server, because there doesn't seem to be a "change protocol" button?
Weirdly, Wikipedia tells me that "IMAP was designed with the goal of permitting complete management of an email box by multiple email clients, therefore clients generally leave messages on the server until the user explicitly deletes them", but that's the exact opposite of what I've got here. Never had any problems leaving messages on the server with POP.
Please advise!