Change imap to pop in mail

I have an imap account and i need to chenge it to pop

Move all emails out of your client Inbox - -
I should have mentioned that the above should be done after ensuring that the old IMAP interface has been disabled to prevent it attempting to synchronising with the server.
Whilst the simple process I described earlier in this thread works well the more technical may wish to have a cleaner email folder by starting afresh as follows:
Mail
Quit Mail. Put a copy of your Mail folder in your Library onto your Desktop. Here are two different methods:
Delete the original Mail folder in your Library to invoke the install wizard
Use the simple process described earlier in this thread
At any time old mbox folders can be given a unique name and imported into Mail. Before you import change the old containing folder names to a short name which will not conflict with account names.
Thunderbird
Quit Thunderbird. Put a copy of your Profile onto your Desktop. It is in your Thunderbird folder in your Library. Here are three different methods:
Remove your old Profile to invoke the install wizard
Make a new Profile - both Profiles will be functional
Follow these instructions: http://links.zero.eu.org/thunderbird/seed-1.html
At any time old mbox files can be given a unique name and moved from one profile to another.
See above Thunderbird link to discover how to avoid old email being downloaded again.

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Change IMAP Port in Blackberry mail config

I hope someone can help me. I'm configuring the email account from my University in my Blackberry Torch 9800. The common port for the IMAP protocol is always 995, unfortunatelly the port used un my university is 993. How can i Change the IMAP port configuration to access in my blackberry? The configuration assistant from the mail, does not give the option to configure de port and it gives an unnexcpected error, sinces it tries to get acces by 995 port.
Best regards

Hey jduguet,
Welcome to the BlackBerry Support Community Forums.
Thanks for the question.
If the email is integrating under 995, that means it is integrating as POP3 SSL. You are unable to change the port numbers in the BlackBerry Internet Service.
Also IMAP SSL is port 993.
Are you not receiving email when it is added via port 995?
I look forward to your reply.
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Changed email from pop to imap in entourage 2008 and apple mail and have lost a lot of messages

Changed email from pop to imap in entourage 2008 and apple mail and have lost a lot of messages. I am a rookie and don't know what to do to correct the situation

I found this great set of mail AppleScripts:
http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/Mail_Scripts.html
It includes one script to delete duplicate messages. So if we can't find a way to do this right, then I'll just download all the duplicates then delete them. Of course I don't want to actually do that, lets call this the nuclear option.
So can anyone think of a way to make an IMAP account for my gmail without it downloading all the messages again that I have already downloaded?

Changing from ".Mac" account in Mail to "IMAP"

When I orginally set up my primary Mail account on my laptop it was ".Mac", rather than IMAP or POP. I'm finding I can't fully take advantage of the Alias features. Another posting here explains that if I delete the existing ".Mac" account and build a new one as IMAP, I'd then be able to create alias email addresses. In the present configuration I can "create them", but they don't appear as available in the pull down menu when I send mail. I'm a bit reluctant to delete my present .Mac account in Mail because I get a warning that all my mail will go away if I delete that account. To complicate matters, I sometimes work on my iMac at home, and that one's set up just the same as a ".Mac" account. Presumably I'd have to change that one too? Or is there some way I can make setting up the alias addresses work while keeping my primary account as a .Mac account? Obviously I'm not relating conceptually to what's going on here!
Tom
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I access my .Mac account as a .Mac type account with Tiger Mail and I use/access a single .Mac alias address at a time. I have no problems with the alias address being available as an address to choose from via the Accounts selection when composing a message.
Do you access more than one alias address at a time?
Does it make any difference when selecting Edit Email Aliases under the Email Address field available under the Account Information tab for the account preferences?
Since a .Mac account is really an IMAP type account and behaves in the same way, when deleting the account in Mail, no messages available at the server in the account's Inbox or any other server stored messages will be affected when deleting the account and re-creating it as an IMAP type account.
What you do lose when deleting an account in Mail are any locally stored mailboxes/messages for the account such as Drafts, Sent, Trash and Junk if these messages are not stored on the server.
If you don't store Sent messages on the server, before deleting the account you need to do the following:
Create/utilize an "On My Mac" location mailbox which is stored on the hard drive and not associated with any account. Transfer the account's Sent messages from the locally stored Sent mailbox for the account to the user created "On My Mac" location mailbox.
Delete and re-create the account in Mail as an IMAP type account. All server stored messages in the account's Inbox mailbox will be available again in the account's Inbox mailbox and after sending a message with the newly created IMAP account which will create a new Sent mailbox for the account, you can transfer the old sent messages from the "On My Mac" location mailbox to the new Sent mailbox for the account so no messages will be lost.

How do I change my email account from IMAP to POP on my MacBook Pro

My email provider has changed and no longer uses Yahoo IMAP, so I need to change the email to a POP account but my MacBook automatically chooses Yahoo IMAP when I try to create a new account. Any suggestions how I can change from IMAP to POP?

My email provider is BT and they have just moved me from BT Yahoo Mail to BT Mail. I deleted the Yahoo email account and then used the Other Account option to input BT Mail, but unfortunately my MacBook decided that it still wanted me to use BT Yahoo. So for several weeks I keep getting locked out of my mail and get the message box "Can't access mail' or something like that and wants me to put in the Yahoo mail password which is no longer valid. I don't actually want to use POP (and actually have no idea what IMAP AND POP do!), but when I contacted BT support they suggested that I needed to use POP for BT Mail. However having trawled the BT site I think what I was told was a load of rubbish. So I suppose the real question is how to get rid of Yahoo Mail.

Change mobileme imap to pop

after trying to change my mail account from MobileMe IMAP to POP, when i tried to log in, it said that either my username or password was incorrect.
any clues guys?

Sorry, but I just realized I'd asked the question backwards. IMAP to POP is actually fairly straightforward, easy to grasp, and covered pretty well in KB articles and elsewhere.
My real question: What about the reverse, changing from POP to an IMAP account? I can't find any coverage on that at all, KB or otherwise, so —
a) Are server contents (bound to be sparser than IMAP, perhaps none) also untouched?
b) Won't all the mboxes in the POP-named folder disappear? In fact, doesn't the folder itself disappear? Doesn't that mean that all messages in those mailboxes (Inbox, Sent, Trash, etc.) are lost unless you back them up or otherwise move/copy them out of those locations?

When I set up my e-mail on the ipad, it gives me only the imap and not pop. How do I get the choice of imap or pop

Can someone help me set up my pop3 e-mail account on ipad? When I set it up as indicated, I should get both imap or pop, but I get only the imap. How do I change it to pop?

Instead of using the large preset account settings icons (Google, AOL, Yahoo, etc), use the "Other" option on the bottom. You'll have to enter more info manually, but, if offered by your service provider, you can choose between IMAP and POP by the settings you provide.

HT201320 I want to set up a POP3 email account but in all the help I have found so far I should get the option to choose IMAP or POP. This doesn't appear and I need POP3 because I don't want anything deleted from the mail server. I have an iPhone 5s and

How do I set up a POP3 email account on my iPhone5s, using iOS 7.1.1. All the help I have found tells me to select IMAP or POP but I am not given the choice. I need to be able to set 'Don't delete from mail server' which can't be done in IMAP.

tim.fry wrote:
My email provider is BT and they do support POP3, that's what I have been using for a number of years
Okay.
Then set it up.

How do I change the default POP account directory (~/Library/Mail)?

With Mail 1.0 in 10.3.9, I could change the default ~/Library/Mail storage location for a POP account. I did this by setting up an account and in the advanced tab choosing a path.
With Mail 2.0 in 10.4.4, when going through the guided account setup, the directory option is no longer available. But the option still shows greyed-out, so I assume it's possible to change.
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How do I get my POP account to store somewhere else?
G4 1.25 MDD Mac OS X (10.4.4)

hmmm.. I've been complaining about this to the engineers for over a year. The storage location should be chooseable as should there also be a backup feature (as in Addressbook and iCal).
for those that want to change this... it would be cool for someone to write a non cryptic, complete 1,2,3 stepped procedure.
That is.. exactly what do you change to what in the mail user preference file? And what do you use to change it.. text edit? "[ ]" heretofor = folder
I would like to change my Mail storage location to the my [Documents] . Using Text Edit, I went into my user [Library], to [Preferences] and opened the com.apple.mail.plist and changed all the ~/Library/mail storage locations to ~/Documents/Mail
lastly I moved the [Mail] that was in the [Library] to my [Documents].
Didn't work. Restarting Mail got me into the guided set a new account (and as far as I can see there IS no way of not taking the guided set up as alledged above). There must be something, some built-in direction other than in the [Preferences] defaulting mail to be saved in the [Library] folder
If someone has done this and been successful.. a 1,2,3.. list would be apprecaited... and please don't leave any details out. Thanks
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IMAP vs POP mail storage on iPad

An advantage of IMAP is said to be that it doesn't take up an ever growing amount of local storage space. But I get the impression that POP behaves the much same way on the iPad, in that the IOS Mail app keeps only so many pieces of email locally. If so, am I right in thinking that deleting mail in either IMAP or POP makes no practical difference to the amount of storage used? I.e if you have Mail set to display, say, 100 pieces of mail, that's how much mail gets stored locally on the iPad using either POP or IMAP?

Thanks Bob for your reply.
I'm well aware that IMAP has syncing advantages. My question was strictly about storage but perhaps I wasn't clear.
Am I right in thinking that — either with IMAP or POP — I need not worry about excess storage of mail on an iPad because the iPad self-limits to, say, 100 pieces of mail or whatever you set the limit at?
Regards.

How do I convert yahoo email on iPhone FROM IMAP TO POP?

I have Yahoo Mail Plus. When I first got my iPhone 4, I set it up so my yahoo email was accessible on my phone without my doing anything. I only check the email from two devices: my desktop via the internet, and my iPhone. I'm pretty sure the email set up on my phone is an IMAP protocol, because when I delete an email from one device, it deletes it on the other device.
I actually want to change it so that when I delete an email on my phone, it DOESN'T delete it from the Yahoo server. I think that's the POP protocol. I realize setting it up as POP will require that I delete the emails multiple places. I can live with that. What I don't currently like is that all of the emails I've saved in my Yahoo account, in multiple folders, are now also sitting on my iPhone. It's a risk exposure I'd like to eliminate. My iPhone password is a start, but I'd feel better if I could purge old emails off my iPhone. Right now, if I delete the various emails and folders from my phone, it's my understanding they'll also be gone from my Yahoo internet account. I don't want that.
I've read various posts saying I should delete my Yahoo email account on my iPhone and then set it up as a new account and select POP.
1. Is that the only way to change from IMAP to POP?
2. If I delete Yahoo mail on my iPhone, what will happen to my stored emails on Yahoo? Will they be saved or deleted?
3. Is there another solution?
4. Any other advice?
Thanks for any help. And if I've skewered any terms here, forgive me. Sometimes dealing with this stuff is like learning another language. Cindy

First off, you are correct in the assumption that emails are sitting on your iPhone. You should, however have the option to set how much to sync, as well as what folders to sync to determine what is visible. The only setting to change that is to set a passcode on the phone.
Also, deleting the emails and folders from the phone will result in them being deleted from the server, this is how IMAP works.
To answer your other quesetions:
1. That would have to be answered by Yahoo, since the server would have to be different. An IMAP server acts differently than POP.
2. Deleting will delete everything everywhere.
3. The only other solution I can think of is as I stated earlier is if there is a setting for days to sync in IMAP. I'm not sure of this since I do not use an IMAP account. I know that Exchange behaves in this way.
4. If this does not work as you want after talking ot Yahoo, then maybe selecting a POP email provider and forwarding the Yahoo mail to that and picking up the POP mail on the iPhone.
I think that Yahoo will give you information that you will need to start your search for answers.

POP E-Mail

What are the best settings for pop e-mail on the iPhone?
The one thing I don't like is that you have three options with pop for deleting from the server:
1. Never
2. Seven Days
3. When removed from Inbox
I think there should be another option:
Prompt: This would ask from server or hand held (this is how the BB worked and it was a great feature).
So as it is now, if I don't want an e-mail on the phone but still on the server I have to change the setting to never and delete it from the iPhone and then change it back to When removed from Inbox so if I get spam it won't be there when I finally open up my e-mail on my PC.
Are there any plans to add this to the iPhone?

tsaunders,
The best recommendation for POP accounts is to leave the iPhone set to "Never" and specify a time period on one main client (typically your computer) of which the message will be removed from the server.
Many people prefer the IMAP protocol over POP as with IMAP, it allows you to manage your messages from the server directly; if you delete a message from your iPhone, it's get delete from the server automatically and never makes it to your PC. The same holds true when you delete a message from your PC, it won't make it to your iPhone. IMAP is a more modern protocol and is optimized for use with multiple clients (i.e; your iPhone, your PC, etc.). POP much older was originally intended for use with one client at a time, as that was what was expected during the time.
Here is a good article on the topic: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/mac32.html
With that said, you're always welcome to submit any feature requests for the iPhone here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
Hope this helps,
Raleigh

Imap or (pop/smtp) ?

I am advised by ntl/Virgin (my isp) they don't support imap and I've certainly had some intermittent but not total failure email service since switching from PC and Outlook Express (which was pop/smtp) to my new macbook pro just a week or so ago. Advice I get privately is that imap is the newer technology and preferable. So just what is the difference between these systems for a complete technophobe ? And should I change my isp, or switch to pop/smtp on my mac as ntl/Virgin are advising - well the advice of one of their call centre folk at any rate ?

POP downloads the messages from the server when you check your mail. Usually the messages are deleted from the server at the same time, but it's possible in Mail to change this to delete after a set period.
IMAP leaves the messages on the server unless you specifically download them. When you check your mail, Mail simply displays the messages on the server (exactly like webmail). The advantage of this is that you can check mail from several different computers, and, for example, if a message is marked as read on from one computer, it shows as read on the others.
If your ISP doesn't offer IMAP then you don't have any choice. It hardly seems worth going to the hassle of changing ISPs for - POP works well enough for most people, but only you can tell if you need it badly enough to find another ISP.

Googlemail folders (IMAP vs POP Which is the lesser of the two evils)

I just changed my googlemail account to IMAP from POP as I was sick of rereading emails on my iphone that I had already read on my laptop. Now emails appear twice, in 'Inbox' and also in the googlemail 'All Mail' folder. I've tried the 'mailbox' / 'use this mailbox for' trick but it obviously doesn't work for the 'all mail' one.
I just want for my Apple mail folders to appear as they did when it was set up through POP but for it to unmark the messages I've read on other devices/online and vice vercer.
I'm tearing my hair out and ready to just revert to reading all emails online, at least then I won't have to read them twice. Any help comes much appreciated

Hello Jonny!
As I understand the matter, Google IMAP keeps messages in the "All Mail" folder and just tags labels like "Inbox" or "From Uncle Al". This means that for every message there inevitably will appear a duplicate in the "All Mail" folder in Apple Mail.
If you already have read all messages and the unread counter next to the "All Mail" folder still says "7" then select "Mailbox" > "Sync all accounts" in Mail.app.
One more addition: if you don't like "Drafts" and "Spam" to be sub-entries to the white GoogleMail folder in the sidebar, you can move them by selecting each in turn and setting "Mailbox" > "Use this mailbox for".
Hope that clears up the matter.
You might also be interested in a previous post of mine concerning the interworking of [Apple Mail and Gmail IMAP|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1747527] (click the link).
floba
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IMAP versus POP, room for improvement

IMAP su cks, and POP is 'grouchy' what to do....
I want (need actually) all incoming and outgoing mail to be saved permanently on my mac. Problem is using IMAP, when the mail from the server is deleted - it gets deleted everywhere (synced). EVEN IF YOU SET MAIL TO KEEP A LOCAL COPY. How stupid is that? POP suits me to a 'T', however with more than one platform retrieving mail from the same server a problem develops.
I set my iPhone to not delete from server when retrieving and my mac to delete as soon as the mail is retrieved. This works really well. I usually respond on the mac, and mostly use the iPhone to check mail on the road. If I do send a reply, I Bcc it back to my account so it ends up on my mac.
Trouble is when my mac and iPhone check the same account within a few minutes of each other, the mail server won't let the later of the two machines log in (as one is still logged in). This causes the mail retrieval to fail along with its associated annoying 'wrong password' messages and/or the account goes offline.
I have an elegant solution that would create a 'hyper IMAP' without breaking any IMAP or POP rules.
Using the IMAP protocol, outgoing iPhone mail could easily be copied, tagged to indicate its status and emailed back to the same account. IPhone would ignore it as it has a 'tag'. The main mac would retrieve it, read the tag (remove the tag) and store it in the right folder (sent box, or even sent form iPhone box). All mail sent/received on the main mac would be treated like POP, in that it would be stored locally. Using tags the mac would know if files should be cleared from the server or not, as any deleted by the iPhone would actually be 'tagged' as deleted. As long as a copy existed on the main mac it could be cleared from the server.
This is really basic stuff. Easy to solve, with very few lines of code. APPLE!!!!! help me out here!!! I want IMAP with the ability to keep a local copy of ALL email in and outgoing from either iPhone or a Mac to end up on my main mac. I regularly search for items in email going back many years, and need a copy on my mac to search.
I am not alone in this!! Many just put up with IMAP or POP shortcomings. Why? This is 2009!!!! and we are using such primitive methods for getting text messages.
This would really offer some great functionality with very little effort for your programing team.
Does anyone else have a better (but simple) way to do this now?
Cheers,
Jeremy Williams
p.s. thanks for incorporating my ideas in the latest Nano - its nice to know you guys listen! (feel free to cut me a cheque sometime)

Hi Jeremy,
The "technology" already exists if you put a little work at it. I have an Apple Script do it for me. It's a bit complex but it gets the job done very nicely. I run the script and it does the following:
1.) Takes the account offline temporarily
2.) Copies the contents of all IMAP folders to local folders of the same name
3.) Quits mail
When I launch Mail I have the option to run in normal, online mode. Or run in offline archive mode which shows me all of my folders since the last sync that the script performed. This way I have current, archived and untouched version of my IMAP account (Inbox, Sent, Trash, all subfolders).
It works great and it sounds like exactly what you're after. I can't take credit for it, though. I actually got the script after a demo of it, during MacWorld '07. The developer indicated that he published it online (never looked for it) under the name: IMAP Anywhere Archive

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