Mac Mail having issues with

[rhett7660]

Hello..

I have a Microsoft MSN account. I am using apple mail to pull in my emails from that account.

Yet every time I start the account it pulls ALL of my emails from months back. So I have to go through and delete them ALL AGAIN. How do I stop this? Do I have to go online to msn.com and log in to my hotmail also to delete them, what do I need to do to stop this from happening?

Very frustrating to say the least.

 

[WildCowboy]

In Mail's preferences for the MSN account, check to make sure that the option to delete all messages from the server after downloading is checked and set to "Right Away."

 

[rhett7660]

WildCowboy....

Thank you for the quick response. I went under preferences for my msn account. I could not find the delete all messages from server or something similiar. I looked under, general,, accounts,,junk mail etc. But could not find anything.

I did mark the Move deleted message to the Trash and have the permanently erase deleted messages on quitting mail so hopefully that is what you were referring too.

 

[rhett7660]

Nope that doesn't seem to be working either.

 

[WildCowboy]

I'm on Tiger, so things may be different in Leopard, but the option is located on the Accounts --> Advanced preference page for me.

 

[rhett7660]

Under what you described I have a drop down list with the following:

Delete downloaded messages

Which is what I now have it set to. It is under the "Keep copies of messages for offline viewing"

Is the same as yours?

 

[rhett7660]

I think that might be working now............ I will let you know as soon as it is done downloading the emails..