Using
Remote Mail to Retrieve and Delete Mail Messages.
This
document is designed to help use the Remote Mail component of
MS Exchange/ Windows Messaging to delete large files from your
mailbox. If you find that you are unable to remove the large
message using the instructions below contact Technical Support
on 0870 909 8201.
Before continuing you will need to know: your user login name*
and your password. If you do not know any of these details then
please contact Customer Services on 0870 909 8200 who will be
able to advise you.
You are advised to read these instructions carefully before
undertaking any of the following procedures.
*
Referenced as <USERID> below.
Stage
1: Ensuring Remote Mail is Active.
- Click
on Start then Settings then Control Panel.
- Within
the "Control Panel" window double click on either
Mail or Mail and Fax.
- Click
on the Services tab. Within here click once on Internet
Mail then click on Properties.
- Select
the Connection tab and click in the option for Connect
using the modem. Within the "Dial using the following
connection:" entry ensure that your MinistryofSound
connection is selected via the drop down menu.
- Click
on the Login As... button and enter the following details;
"User Name" - <USERID>@ministryofsound.net
"Password" - Your login password
- Click
OK. Ensure that the option for Work off-line and
use Remote Mail is enabled with a tick.
- Click
OK, Click OK on MS Exchange Settings Properties
and close Control Panel.
Stage
2: Using Remote Mail.
- Double
click on the Inbox icon on your desktop.
- Click
on Tools then Remote Mail. If you get a menu
from Remote Mail click on Internet Mail. If
you do not get the menu simply click on Remote Mail
itself.
- A
"Remote Mail" window will now appear.
- Click
on Tools then Connect. This will then connect
you to your mail box and download the headers of your e-mail
messages. The sizes of each message will be displayed on the
far right hand side of the window.
- To
mark a message to be downloaded from the server click once
on the message header then click on Edit then select
Mark to Retrieve.
- To
mark a message to be deleted click once on the message then
click on Edit then Mark to Delete.
- When
you have marked all the messages as you wish, click on Tools
then Connect. This will connect you once more. The
headers you marked will disappear from the window.
- Click
on File then Close. You will then be returned
to the main "Windows Messaging" or "MS Exchange"
window. The mail messages you marked for retrieval will be
displayed in your Inbox folder. Those you marked for
deletion will have been deleted from the server.
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