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I DON'T WANT MY WIFES MAIL!! 1

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JAG14

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Hi all,

OK, up until about 3 weeks ago, I used Outlook Express for all e-mails, worked fine very happy. Then I went and bought a Pocket PC and of course HAD to have Outlook 2002.
In outlook express we had a set of rules, most of which imported nicely into Outlook. APART FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT! (Typical M$)
The rule is DO NOT DOWNLOAD FROM SERVER. This was used to filter my Wifes E-Mail so, when she logged on her identity, a similar rule, but in reverse ensured she only received her mail.
Where is this rule in Outlook 2002? Hundreds of searches (MS, Google, TT, EE :p) Came up with nothing I could use.
And I'm now getting desperate as I really don't want 2 Cheap E-Book Offers per day or a Breast Enhancement.

Many thanks in advance.


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hi. are you looking for the check box for "leave a copy on server"?

I have OutLook 2002. I found it at tools/e-mail accounts. then there was some question and i cliked next. edit you existing account by clicking the "change..." button.
goto "More Settings" and look for the Advanced tab. In there is a Delivery section and it has a check box for "leave a copy on server".

is that what you want????
 
Alex,

Unfortunately not. as that would leave a copy of all my mail on the server and I just want to not download certain ones based on rules.

the process is that Outlook Express reads the headers of the e-mails for parameters that I specify, if it matches the WIFE rule (i.e. To: Line contains her name) It simply does not download that message from the server.
This is apparently very hard to recreate in Outlook 2002.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Not a good solution considering that e-mail to ANYTHING@MYPLACE.COM goes to one place, where we download from. This is called Catch-All Domain E-Mail.

Any other solutions?

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For those interested,

I (almost) solved it,

I created rules for outlook along the lines of...

DOWNLOAD ALL MAIL
ANY MAIL RECOGNISED AS FOR THE MISSUS (ilovemymanscreditcard@myplace.com)
FORWARD TO PERSONAL HOTMAIL ACCOUNT
PERMANENTLY DELETE MESSAGE

I know, I know! It involved another e-mail account!
But M$, in their infinite wisdom, decided that they didn't like the original rule from OE and omitted it from Outlook.

Star for AlexLights for the effort.



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