Windows: IMAP/POP3 email profile settings

Windows: IMAP/POP3 email profile setting

Description

Delete email from server

This setting specifies how email messages are treated when a user deletes them. Email messages can be deleted from the server (hard delete) or removed from the inbox but kept in the Trash folder (soft delete).

This setting is valid only if the value for the "Email type" is set to "IMAP."

Domain

This setting specifies the domain of the mail server.

Synchronization interval

This setting specifies how often a Windows device downloads new content from the mail server.

Initial retrieval amount

This setting specifies the number of days in the past to synchronize email messages and organizer data to a Windows device.

Only use the cellular network and not Wi-Fi

This setting specifies whether email messages are sent and received only over the wireless network.