How to stop downloading 10,000 old emails

Allan,

Thanks for your reply, and for putting me right on the other 'solution'.

At the moment, the Mail.app doesn't remove messages from the server at all, it seems (I don't think I've ever looked at this before). Would you recommend that I remove them all, then, and have it set to remove them after retrieval? I have also been accessing them via webmail sometimes, also, which I suppose I won't now be able to do, although perhaps I don't now need to, thanks to the iPhone.

Not that I fully understand such things (obviously) but having looked at some other Q&As, it would seem that an IMAP set-up would be better than the POP one I have; should I see if this is possible?

Thanks again, and with best wishes,
Jeremy

@Jamhead1991

Thanks for replying, and right both times.

Actuallly, I seem to have solved the issue with sending emails — something to do with SMTP authentication, I think — although the downloading is still an issue. Or rather it owuld be if I could now receive any emails at all. Now, when I check for emails, the actvity wheel spins for a bit, and then stops; no error message and no emails either, as though it hasn't found any. Things are working fine on my Mac, and the phone has now been synched to it a few times since, but still no joy. Am having to check for emails via my webmail on Safari, now...