Do one of the following:
Manually download headers only
Automatically download headers only each
time you check e-mail
Download some items in a folder
After you have manually or automatically downloaded headers, you can mark items to be downloaded from the server. When you download messages, they are placed only on your computer. When you delete messages, they are removed from both your computer and the server.
Mark headers for messages to download from
the server
Delete messages from your computer and from
the server
Note You can select multiple items for deletion by holding down CTRL while clicking the messages, and then clicking DELETE.
Download all items in a folder