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Changing from POP to IMAP
20-04-2013 5:09 PM
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When I originally joined plusnet my email account was set up as a POP3, but my achiving programme "Mailstore" requires an IMAP. Is it possible to change my settings in Windows Live Mail 2011? I have tried to set up a second account, but failed miserably!
Re: Changing from POP to IMAP
20-04-2013 7:51 PM
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Follow the link for a Windows Live Mail setup help guide.
If that doesn't work probably the solution is to delete the existing POP3 account then create a new one using IMAP. However that could cause any saved messages to be lost from your local folder unless you save them elsewhere.
Re: Changing from POP to IMAP
20-04-2013 9:06 PM
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If there are any limitations it's down to the mail server in question, are you referring to the PlusNet mail service?
I only use POP to access my PlusNet email but I have accounts elsewhere that I access from multiple systems in different ways. This is quite common if you have a main account accessed from say a PC but you also want access "on the move" from an iPhone or similar. Obviously any messages downloaded via POP to a device disappear from the IMAP view, unless you use the "leave messages on server" options carefully.
Re: Changing from POP to IMAP
20-04-2013 9:56 PM
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Edit: In fact anyone who uses a POP3 mail client on a PC and also uses webmail is doing exactly the same thing.
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Re: Changing from POP to IMAP
20-04-2013 11:29 PM
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Quote from: jelv The wife uses POP3 but doesn't turn her computer on that often. I have an IMAP account to her mailbox
Funnily enough I've been doing exactly the same for years. Now she has an iPad which also accesses her email I don't bother any more.
Re: Changing from POP to IMAP
21-04-2013 3:39 PM
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Once again, thanks to you all
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21-04-2013 6:16 PM
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21-04-2013 6:32 PM
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I'm quite sure you could do that in Outlook for example. It might be a bit confusing but no more than using multiple devices such as a PC and smartphone.
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21-04-2013 9:24 PM
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21-04-2013 10:45 PM
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Re: Changing from POP to IMAP
22-04-2013 12:11 AM
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The problem with simply switching between the two is what what to do with all the current email the client knows about, which the server may not!
An alternative form of the same problem has recently reared its head with Sky switching from gmail to yahoo, where deleted and read emails suddenly appeared as new, because as far as the client software was concerned, all the mail had new IDs, so must be new!
Re: Changing from POP to IMAP
22-04-2013 8:59 AM
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Quote from: kmilburn The problem with simply switching between the two is what what to do with all the current email the client knows about, which the server may not!
It's not really a huge problem, but probably involves giving the user some choices then processing those, so easier from a software development perspective to just not allow it.
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22-04-2013 9:01 AM
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Quote from: kmilburn The problem with simply switching between the two is what what to do with all the current email the client knows about, which the server may not!
Firstly, having two "accounts" in the client - one POP3, one IMAP - pointing to one server account; I have that setup (not plusnet) to allow me to check the server SPAM folder without using webmail while continuing with POP3 "usual" access. It is supposedly a transitional state for me, though
Secondly, it is the "ideal" setup for moving from POP3 access to IMAP access. You can just copy all the e-mails from your PC* to the server and setup the subfolders as well (though I've not tested the latter ) - job done
* I use the term with it's early meaning - a "personal computer" and not a PC* running a Microsoft OS (beware recursion )
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Re: Changing from POP to IMAP
13-07-2013 8:31 PM
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For many years I have used a free-online mailbox and have accessed it on a single desktop PC using POP3 and the server mail.free-online.net, downloading all the message to my PC and deleting them from the server. I currently use Thunderbird as my email client and I have a large number of emails stored on it.
Recently, I have also started using a laptop and used a synchronisation program to copy the emails from one to the other. Then on both computers I set an option to leave the messages on the server for 60 days. This allows me to get incoming messages on both, but mail sent on one will not, of course, appear on the other.
I now think it would make more sense to switch to using IMAP on both desktop and laptop. If my understanding is correct, I believe that both incoming and outgoing messages would then be stored on the Plusnet/free-online server and also on both computers, which will each synchronise with the server when they connect.
The big question is - what do I have to do to make the change? Can I just change some settings in Thunderbird? And would the folders & messages stored on my PC then upload to the server?
A step-by-step guide would be appreciated
Re: Changing from POP to IMAP
14-07-2013 12:07 AM
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However when setting up the IMAP account, the process illustrated in that article will not work because manual setup is necessary. I suggest following the Thunderbird set up guides at the bottom of the Plusnet Email Setup help pages.
When you copy existing messages to the new inbox (as described in the article) the messages should upload to the server. Make sure everything is working properly before you delete the POP3 account in Thunderbird.
Note that there is a limit of 1GB per account for emails kept on the server (warning messages start at 600MB).
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