ARCHIVED: In Outlook 2000 or Outlook Express, how do I download a folder from an IMAP server for offline viewing?
Check your mode
In Outlook 2000, to download a folder from an IMAP server (e.g., from your Cyrus mail account at Indiana University) for offline viewing, you must be using Outlook in Internet Mail Only mode. To check your mode, from the Outlook menu, select . Your mode is listed just below the version number. Make certain that Outlook is in Internet Mail Only mode.
Set up access to your IMAP server
Next, you need to set up Outlook 2000 or Outlook Express to access your Cyrus mail account:
- Start Outlook 2000 or Outlook Express. From the menu, select , and then click the button.
- To start the Internet Connection Wizard, select . When you are prompted for your "Display name", enter your full name, and click .
- Select
If you are unsure of your exact IU email address, see Your IU email address.
,
and enter your IU email address. Click .
- For the incoming mail server type, select
imap.iu.edu
. . For the
name of your incoming mail server, type - In the "Outgoing mail (SMTP) server:" field, if you are located on
any IU campus except IPFW (which uses the POP protocol and its own
SMTP servers), or are dialing into the IUB or IUPUI modem pools, type:
mail-relay.iu.edu
Click
. - Type your username. If you want the system to remember your password, enter your password (don't do this if anyone else can access your computer). Otherwise, deselect the checkbox. Leave unchecked.
- In Outlook Express 4 (but not 5), it will also prompt you
for:
- "Friendly name:" Enter something you associate with the server and account. A good example would be "Work Email" or "My Cyrus Account".
- "Connection type:" Choose the connection type as
follows:
- Choose if you want to dial in automatically when you start Outlook or Outlook Express.
- Choose IUware before you start Outlook or Outlook Express. if you usually connect with Dial-up Networking or the Communications Software available from
- Choose Ethernet connection. if your computer has a direct
- Click , and then click .
- For Outlook 2000, from the
For Outlook Express, from the
menu, select . menu, select .
- In the
Accounts
window, click the tab, highlight the account you wish to edit, and click the button. - Click the tab, and, under "Outgoing Mail Server", select .
- Click the tab, and, under both "Outgoing mail (SMTP)" and "Incoming mail (IMAP)", select .
Download the folder
Note: These directions apply to Outlook 2000 and versions of Outlook Express prior to version 6. If you are using Outlook Express 6, see the directions in the "Outlook Express 6" section, below.
To download a folder from the IMAP server, do the following:
- In the Folder List, click the Inbox of the account from which you want to download folders.
- From the
Note: In the
IMAP Folders
dialog box, if is checked, only the folders you are subscribed to will display when you download folders. (You can access this dialog box by selecting from the menu.) menu, select , and then
click .
- To download all of the items in a folder:
- In the Folder List, click the folder that contains the items you want to download.
- From the menu, select , and then click .
- You will need to select each individual folder and then select .
- To download only some of the items in a folder:
- In the Folder List, click the folder that contains the items you want to download.
- Select the headers of the items you want to download.
- From the menu, select , and then click .
To check whether the items have been downloaded, look at the icon representing the download status. If the download was successful, this icon will resemble a full piece of paper instead of a half piece of paper.
Outlook Express 6
To download all of the items in a folder in Outlook Express 6, from the Folder List, click the folder that contains the items you want to download. Then, from the
menu, select , and click . After the next time you click the button, all messages marked for download will be downloaded and available offline.To download only some of the items in a folder in Outlook Express 6, from the Folder List, click the folder that contains the items you want to download. Then right-click the headers of the items you want to download, and from the
menu, select .
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Last modified on 2018-01-18 13:17:21.