If this is ticked then e-mails will be kept on the host after you have retrieved them. Normally e-mails are deleted off the host when you retrieve them, otherwise you keep getting the same messages over and over again.
If this is unticked then e-mails are deleted off the host as you retrieve them.
If you specifically delete an e-mail, such as junk e-mail, it will be deleted regardless of this option.
If this is ticked then you will only be shown e-mails on the host that have your e-mail address (as set in the E-mail address field).
If this is unticked then you will see all e-mails in your postbox on the host.
This option is used in situations where many users share the same e-mail account. For example, you could have several alias accounts that all share the same postbox:
sales@ourcompany.com
questions@ourcompany.com
jennifercox@ourcompany.com
In this case, three aliases use the same postbox. By ticking this option you will only see e-mail that is addressed to jennifercox@ourcompany.com if that is the e-mail address on the account, otherwise you'll see e-mail for all three aliases.
This will use the dial-up connection that you have set for this account whenever you try to send or receive e-mails. If another connection is already open, it will try and close that connection and then open a new one.
You would use this option if your e-mail provider insists that you connect to their server using a specific dial-up connection, or, if you have set the connection to Any dial-up connection.
This will use the dial-up connection that you have set for this account whenever you try to send e-mails, but will use any open connection for receiving e-mails. If no connection is currently open when you go to receive e-mails it will use the one selected in the connection option.
You would use this option if your e-mail provider insists that you connect to their POP server using a specific dial-up connection, but doesn't care how you connect to their SMTP server.
This will use the dial-up connection that you have set for this account whenever you try to receive e-mails, but will use any open connection for sending e-mails. If no connection is currently open when you try to send e-mails it will use the one selected in the connection option.
You would use this option if your e-mail provider insists that you connect to their SMTP server using a specific dial-up connection, but doesn't care how you connect to their POP server.
When you reply to an e-mail, the message that you were originally sent will appear in the body of the new out-going message.
When you reply to an e-mail, you will be asked whether or not you want the original message to appear in the body of the new out-going message.
If this is ticked and you choose to include the original message in your new out-going message, the original message will appear in italics.
Sets the default priority for new messages.
If this is ticked then the From: field on your out-going e-mails will appear at the other end like this:
From: "Jennifer Cox" <jennifercox@friendlymail.com>
If this is unticked then it will appear like this:
From: Jennifer Cox <jennifercox@friendlymail.com>
Some e-mail servers do not allow quote marks " in e-mail addresses and will return e-mails as undeliverable. However, as using quote marks is now an established protocol this should not be an issue.
Your out-going messages will have two parts; an unformatted part (where all fonts, sizes, colours and formatting are removed, known as plain text) and a formatted part (where the message will appear at the other end as it appeared when you typed it, including all formatting, known as rich text).
Your out-going messages will be stripped of all formatting (such as fonts, sizes and colours) before they are sent out.
If this is ticked and you forget to fill in the Subject on your out-going message, the first line of the main message will be used instead.
If this is unticked and you forget to write a Subject, the Subject will be left blank.
Some e-mail servers will not send e-mails that have no Subject because they treat them as incomplete, so the safe option is to have this ticked.
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