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unable to delete pop3 email
Hi,
Our office uses a combination of Outlook 2003 and 2007, and while we have an Exchange server, too, several users share some POP3 mailboxes that are hosted off-site. When we originally set this up, I wanted to make sure that every user received every message, even if they were on vacation or out of the office for a while. So each copy of Outlook is set to "Leave a copy of messages on the server" and "Remove from server after 14 days", and I thought that would be the end of it. Earlier this week, one of the users told me she'd gotten a complaint that her associates were unable to send to one of these mailboxes, receiving a "mailbox full" error. When I checked, there were messages still present dating back to October 2007 ! And the other boxes contain mail dating to early 2008 I've gone looking for answers on Usenet and the web, but am not finding any. This problem is with both Outlook 2003 and 2007, which tells me it's somewhat outside the program's control. I can delete messages in these boxes manually through a telnet prompt, so there's nothing obviously wrong with the mailboxes. If there is a way to log the POP3 transaction that should help solve the problem. But does anybody have other suggestions? Could it be caused by a permission issue on the workstations? Thanks in advance, Todd |
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It's very likely an issue with having a virus scanner integrated with
Outlook which is not properly passing along the delete request. Disable this integration and try again. It might not work with already received items so you might want to change the settings or "play around" with the option that deletes it from the server when it also is deleted from Outlook. -- Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more http://www.msoutlook.info/ Real World Questions, Real World Answers ----- wrote in message ... Hi, Our office uses a combination of Outlook 2003 and 2007, and while we have an Exchange server, too, several users share some POP3 mailboxes that are hosted off-site. When we originally set this up, I wanted to make sure that every user received every message, even if they were on vacation or out of the office for a while. So each copy of Outlook is set to "Leave a copy of messages on the server" and "Remove from server after 14 days", and I thought that would be the end of it. Earlier this week, one of the users told me she'd gotten a complaint that her associates were unable to send to one of these mailboxes, receiving a "mailbox full" error. When I checked, there were messages still present dating back to October 2007 ! And the other boxes contain mail dating to early 2008 I've gone looking for answers on Usenet and the web, but am not finding any. This problem is with both Outlook 2003 and 2007, which tells me it's somewhat outside the program's control. I can delete messages in these boxes manually through a telnet prompt, so there's nothing obviously wrong with the mailboxes. If there is a way to log the POP3 transaction that should help solve the problem. But does anybody have other suggestions? Could it be caused by a permission issue on the workstations? Thanks in advance, Todd |
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... Our office uses a combination of Outlook 2003 and 2007, and while we have an Exchange server, too, several users share some POP3 mailboxes that are hosted off-site. When we originally set this up, I wanted to make sure that every user received every message, even if they were on vacation or out of the office for a while. So each copy of Outlook is set to "Leave a copy of messages on the server" and "Remove from server after 14 days", and I thought that would be the end of it. Earlier this week, one of the users told me she'd gotten a complaint that her associates were unable to send to one of these mailboxes, receiving a "mailbox full" error. When I checked, there were messages still present dating back to October 2007 ! And the other boxes contain mail dating to early 2008 So, the issue is that despite the settings for deletion, the messages still remain on the server and are fiulling the mailbox, correct? Have you also enabled the option to delete from the server when Deleted Items is emptied? To see what happens during a send/receive (and which I believe is also when Outlook would send the DELE command to the POP server, since there's no other time when Outlook communicates with the server), turn on diagnostic logging. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300479 It could be a function of the server as well. It may not honor DELE commands that aren't tied to RETR commands within the same POP session. I'm not sure this issue is completely solvable. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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On Dec 18, 9:57 am, "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]"
wrote: wrote in message ... So, the issue is that despite the settings for deletion, the messages still remain on the server and are fiulling the mailbox, correct? Have you also enabled the option todeletefrom the server when Deleted Items is emptied? To see what happens during a send/receive (and which I believe is also whenOutlookwould send the DELE command to the POP server, since there's no other time whenOutlookcommunicates with the server), turn on diagnostic logging. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300479 It could be a function of the server as well. It may not honor DELE commands that aren't tied to RETR commands within the same POP session. I'm not sure this issue is completely solvable. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] It's not a problem with isolated DELE's, because I was able to clear out 200 messages manually through a telnet session. I also don't have "the Deleted items" option enabled, as I want it running on a schedule in case somebody is out of the office and the message needs seen by multiple eyes. Thanks for the link. I used Wireshark yesterday, but that was the logging feature I originally wanted. I'm still trying to decide if I download a message from 3 months ago, and with Outlook on a set 14-day delete schedule, would it delete these messages from the server immediately or would it wait 14 days? Unless Outlook spies on the headers at some point, it would likely be the latter. Thanks again, Todd |
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... It's not a problem with isolated DELE's, because I was able to clear out 200 messages manually through a telnet session. I also don't have "the Deleted items" option enabled, as I want it running on a schedule in case somebody is out of the office and the message needs seen by multiple eyes. Thanks for the link. I used Wireshark yesterday, but that was the logging feature I originally wanted. I'm still trying to decide if I download a message from 3 months ago, and with Outlook on a set 14-day delete schedule, would it delete these messages from the server immediately or would it wait 14 days? Unless Outlook spies on the headers at some point, it would likely be the latter. UIDs generated in a POP listing of messages on the server are a cooperative effort between the client and server. If at any time you create a new mail profile on any one of the three PCs that share access to the mailbox, that PC will not have any knowledge of what messages are old or new and the UID values will be regenerated so that might also be a contributing factor. Of course, you would have noticed if one of those PCs had redownloaded all of the messages in the mailbox's Inbox, so that may not be a concern. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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On Dec 18, 2:39 pm, "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]"
wrote: wrote in message ... UIDs generated in a POP listing of messages on the server are a cooperative effort between the client and server. If at any time you create a new mail profile on any one of the three PCs that share access to the mailbox, that PC will not have any knowledge of what messages are old or new and the UID values will be regenerated so that might also be a contributing factor. Of course, you would have noticed if one of those PCs had redownloaded all of the messages in the mailbox's Inbox, so that may not be a concern. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] Well, I've done some more testing, including 1) Manually deleting all but 13 days' worth of email from one of the mailboxes. Mail from 12/5 should have been deleted sometime after Friday. 2) Configuring Outlook 2003 on my computer to check, process, and delete mail for this POP3 account, just as the other employees do. 3) This morning I manually disabled the virus checker on my computer and hit Send and Receive a couple times. 4) But checking the mailbox manually now, the 12/5 mail is still there. 5) The Outlook log shows it logging in, generating the UIDL and LIST data, comparing the old and new versions, and downloading any new messages. It also prints the deletion settings in shorthand. Here's a snip from the end of a log: [tx] RETR 11 rx +OK 7349 octets Do deletions: LoS: yes, DA: 14, DoN: no Disconnecting from host [tx] QUIT rx +OK Disconnected from host but it never seems to act on those settings! I am still hoping for more insights into Outlook's POP3 logic, exactly what it's supposed to do, how, and when. As an aside, the POP3 RFC suggests there is no cooperation in generating UID's. They are sever-assigned and persistent between sessions: The unique-id of a message is an arbitrary server-determined string, consisting of one to 70 characters in the range 0x21 to 0x7E, which uniquely identifies a message within a maildrop and which persists across sessions. This persistence is required even if a session ends without entering the UPDATE state. The server should never reuse an unique-id in a given maildrop, for as long as the entity using the unique-id exists. Could it be that Outlook expects the UIDL's in a specific format? The list we're getting looks like 1229975412.998534.m1gemini00-02.prod.mesa1.1081039200 which I assume is a hash (or random numbers), not an encoded date format, ticks, or anything related to the send dates. Any other ideas? I think I will call the email host, in case they've heard of this before. Thanks, Todd |
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On Dec 22, 4:37 pm, wrote:
On Dec 18, 2:39 pm, "Brian Tillman [MVP -Outlook]" wrote: wrote in message Well, I've done some more testing, including 1) Manually deleting all but 13 days' worth of email from one of the mailboxes. Mail from 12/5 should have been deleted sometime after Friday. 2) ConfiguringOutlook2003on my computer to check, process, anddeletemail for thisPOP3account, just as the other employees do. 3) This morning I manually disabled the virus checker on my computer and hit Send and Receive a couple times. 4) But checking the mailbox manually now, the 12/5 mail is still there. 5) TheOutlooklog shows it logging in, generating the UIDL and LIST data, comparing the old and new versions, and downloading any new messages. It also prints the deletion settings in shorthand. Here's a snip from the end of a log: [tx] RETR 11 rx +OK 7349 octets Do deletions: LoS: yes, DA: 14, DoN: no Disconnecting from host [tx] QUIT rx +OK Disconnected from host but it never seems to act on those settings! I am still hoping for more insights intoOutlook'sPOP3logic, exactly what it's supposed to do, how, and when. As an aside, thePOP3RFC suggests there is no cooperation in generating UID's. They are sever-assigned and persistent between sessions: The unique-id of a message is an arbitrary server-determined string, consisting of one to 70 characters in the range 0x21 to 0x7E, which uniquely identifies a message within a maildrop and which persists across sessions. This persistence is required even if a session ends without entering the UPDATE state. The server should never reuse an unique-id in a given maildrop, for as long as the entity using the unique-id exists. Could it be thatOutlookexpects the UIDL's in a specific format? The list we're getting looks like 1229975412.998534.m1gemini00-02.prod.mesa1.1081039200 which I assume is a hash (or random numbers), not an encoded date format, ticks, or anything related to the send dates. Any other ideas? I think I will call the email host, in case they've heard of this before. Update: the email provider has no idea why this is happening, but their webmail system has an auto-purge feature that I wasn't aware of. I'm annoyed that Outlook isn't doing what it's supposed to, but this is at least a workaround. If anybody has other ideas, I'm all ears. (I may try comparing the results to Outlook Express, Thunderbird, Pegasus Mail, etc. to verify this is a Windows problem.) Thanks, Todd |
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On Dec 22 2008, 4:59 pm, wrote:
On Dec 22, 4:37 pm, wrote: Update: theemailprovider has no idea why this is happening, but their webmail system has an auto-purge feature that I wasn't aware of. I'm annoyed thatOutlookisn't doing what it's supposed to, but this is at least a workaround. If anybody has other ideas, I'm all ears. (I may try comparing the results toOutlookExpress, Thunderbird, Pegasus Mail, etc. to verify this is a Windows problem.) For those who are interested, Outlook is now deleting old messages correctly. I never enabled the email provider's auto-purge system. For anyone else experiencing this problem, my advice is to trim your email messages manually to within the auto-delete range, and then be patient for a few days. I still think the logic involved needs re- examined (or perhaps just better explained), but in the end, it does work. Todd |
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