How to limit the number of emails the mail application downloads.

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How to limit the number of emails the mail application downloads.

I have over 5000 emails in my online account and I do not want mail do download more than 50 of my newest emails to be downloaded into the mail application. Is there a way to limit how many emails the mail application downloads? Thanks.

Message was edited by: monkthehonk

Macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Dec 7, 2008 8:43 PM

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Answer 1

Mulder

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Dec 7, 2008 8:45 PM in response to monkthehonk

Sorry, but there's no way to do that.

Mulder

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Answer 2

Dec 8, 2008 1:15 AM in response to monkthehonk

Did you want to delete the others? - you can delete messages without downloading them: in Mail, hit command-i and a window will open listing the messages on the server (if you have more than one account you can select the one you want). You can select a message or groups of messages and delete them.

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monkthehonk Author

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Dec 14, 2008 2:19 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

well I wanted a way to keep my emails intact online and have the email app only download the new ones so my mac doenst get cluttered with so much mail.

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Answer 4

Dec 14, 2008 3:56 AM in response to monkthehonk

This question cannot really be addressed without knowing whether you are using a POP or IMAP account? Since a POP account only downloads new emails from a POP3 server, if using the same computer, then I assume you have an IMAP account? With an IMAP account, where the Inbox actually resides on the server, only the messages you seek to read are downloaded, if in Mail Preferences/Accounts/Advanced you choose an option under "Keep copies of messages for offline viewing" to not keep any copies. Of course all messages remain online on the server.

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Ernie

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