"jim" wrote in message
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I have Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 on different PCs, but they both
have a behavior that I find baffling.

I have to keep some files on the mail server to be able to access them
from work and home, but to keep the mail server from filling up, I
thought I'd make sub folders on my desktops and place messages I want
to keep in them.

I'd like to make that more clear.... The sub folders that I made are
under the Inbox in Outlook...not out somewhere on my desktops.

When I move emails from the Inbox to a sub folder, I'd like them gone
from the server. Otherwise, how will I keep my emails handy and still
not fill up my email server?


Errrrr.... I think I am missing an important bit of information.

What type of mail server is it?

I mean, that behaviour makes perfect sense for an Exchange environment,
as well as an IMAP environment. Actually, it makes sense for a POP
environment too. The solution would just be different for all three
types of servers.

Its a POP3 server.


Then the solution is an ugly one. Basically, it's 'Don't do it, see if your
ISP provides IMAP access.'

Basically, POP has one function, retrieve mail from the server (if you count
the fact that it deletes the mail immediately after downloading, then it has
two.. and yes, this is a grossly over-simplified description). There isn't
a way for the client to update the server after the fact. It isn't just an
Outlook thing. It's a POP thing. You'll have the same affect in Outlook
Express, or whatever other POP clients still exist out there.
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f.h.