This setting is found in the tab when configuring a POP3 account 14 days) after which anything on ther server reaching that age AND has been read, gets deleted from the server. The additional option available at the server level is to indicate a time period (i.e. With POP3, there is one very important setting that governs what happens at the server level once the desktop client has read any new email that has arrived which is whether or not the newly arrived email should be left on the server after it has been downloaded to your desktop client or leave a copy of it on the server and it’s really important to understand the ramifications of the choice once made especially if you have limited space on the server. It does not support any kind of sub-folder structure at the server level and similarly has no functionality in relation to such things as contacts, calendar and tasks. POP3 only involves new email that has arrived in the on the server hosting your account. pst file without a version of Outlook being installed.
mbox files and Thunderbird cannot directly import data from a. Outlook for instance cannot import data from. How information is stored locally is governed by the email client and the ability to move information from one program to another depends solely on the import/export capabilities of the email client. PST files for POP3 accounts whereas Thunderbird uses. In the case of Outlook – POP3 accounts utilize. This protocol allows for a “one-way” movement when reading email from the server and then stored in a local data file. Summary of email protocols POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) This is done via extensions to the email client no different then installing an Outlook addin to accomplish the same thing when using Outlook (desktop). The email clients on some devices are able to directly connect to contact/calendar info from various providers such as Google, Yahoo etc. There are also 3rd party programs available that provide a wide-range of extended features such as Sync2 from 4Team or CompanionLink for Outlook from the CompanionLink folks. Apple provides an Outlook addin to connect to iCloud data. In the case of Google, this would required the Google App Sync addin (provided by Google with paid Google accounts). In Outlook (desktop), 3rd party addins are required to access such things as Google or iCloud based contact/calendar items. In terms of contact/calendar data, neither the POP3 or IMAP protocol supports these data items. With the exception of and hosted Exchange accounts, generally, only POP3 and IMAP are supported by a given provider. Thunderbird could access an Exchange account via either the Imap or POP protocols but that is different then accessing the server using the native Exchange protocol.īy the same token, not every email service provider supports every emai protocol. For example, Thunderbird cannot support using the EAS protocol and it can’t access a Microsoft Exchange account natively without an addin. It has nothing to do with what is or is not supported at the server level. What protocols are supported by a given email desktop/mobile client depends solely on the developers of the given client. Protocol support – email client versus email server The result for any of the above will be similar to the following This can be reached in one of two ways, directly from within Outlook by going toįrom menu bar –> Tools –> Account Settings –> Email tab The information regarding how an existing email account is configured in the Outlook profile is found by looking at the accounts configured under Email tab). The purpose here is to provide an understand of what happens with each of the main protocol in use today. That will be covered in greated detail in “Understanding Outlook Configuration & Profiles”. This article doesn’t focus on the “how-to configure” aspects of a given protocol. Each of these protocols which are governed by universal standards (at the core level) have a specific set of capabilities in terms of how data is handled at the server level and stored at the local level. The email protocol is the process by which an email desktop/mobile client accesses the information (From and To) contained in an email account (your email address).
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