Missing mails on Macbook pro - please help

[Phil B (London)]

I've just bought a MacBook Pro to supplement my Vaio Windows Desktop. On the Vaio I run Outlook express, with my mail server from BT Internet (POP3). I've set the mail server up exactly the same on the MacBook but some of my mails just don't arrive, although they're all there on the Vaio.This is pretty annoying as I'm now forced to continually check the Vaio to see if I'm missing any mails, which kind of defeats the object of having the Mac. Can anyone help???

Thanks

Phil

[Tommo]

Is there anything that links the mails that don't appear such as odd characters in the subject ?

[Phil B (London)]

Good thinking - I'll go ahead and check and report back.............

[ElDiabloConCaca]

With a POP3 account, unless you have otherwise specified in your mail application's preferences, the emails are downloaded to your computer and then deleted from the server... so if you receive an email on one computer, you will not receive it on the other computer.

If your ISP (or whomever offers you the mail account) offers an IMAP account instead of a POP3 account, that will get you what you're looking for -- with a bit of a catch... with an IMAP account, ALL messages are stored on the server, which means that if you DELETE an email from one computer, it will also disappear from the other computer.

Check your mail application's preferences or account settings for something along the lines of "Leave messages on the server after they are downloaded." This will get you what you want.

[Phil B (London)]

I tried your suggestion and it seems to have worked. You are a star.

Many, many thanks.......ahhh, the wonders of the internet.....




Phil