You can't do what you want. You have to download the entire message from the
server with a POP3 account. What you could do is to go to your ISPs Website
and check your mail there. Delete what you don't want and then open OE and
download whatever you left on the server.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

"musiclover" wrote in message
...
correct, thanks. i want to download only headers from email server. then
i
can delte them if desired or pick up the whole message if desired. ery
useful
when using dialup at the lake. i understood from OE help it would work.
but
iot is only for news? never use that. thanks.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

DL = Delete? onbox = Inbox?

Are you referring to this from Help? It is only for newsgroups. If you
delete message headers in an OE folder, you delete the message as well,
and
if you didn't, you wouldn't be able to find it anyhow.

To delete a newsgroup message

Newsgroup messages are stored on a news server. In order for them to be
available for other people to read, they cannot be deleted from the
server.
However, you can delete newsgroup messages or headers that have been
downloaded to your computer.

1.. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2.. On the Maintenance tab, click Clean Up Now.
3.. Click Browse, and select either a news server or a specific
newsgroup,
and then click OK.
4.. To delete message bodies only for the selected item, click Remove
Messages.
-or-

To delete headers and messages for the selected item, click Delete.

News items deleted in this manner are permanently removed from your
computer.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"musiclover" wrote in message
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OE help files say you can DL headers only by adjusting folder settings.
I
can
not find the way to the settings. please - how do you get OE to DL
headers-only for the onbox?? then you can choose to DL the whold
message
or
not?