If you prefer not to have a copy of your messages left on the Yahoo! Mail server, you can configure your POP3 client to delete them from the server.
To learn the steps, select from this list of supported clients:
Microsoft Outlook 2002 (XP) and 2003
- From the Tools menu, choose "Email Accounts."
- Select the radio button next to "Add a new email account" and click the "Next" button.
- Double-click the AT&T Yahoo! Business Email account.
- Select the "Advanced" tab.
- In the Delivery section at the bottom of the window, make sure the box next to "Leave a copy of messages on server" is unchecked. If you want to save your AT&T Yahoo! Business Email messages on both the Yahoo! Mail server and your local computer, then check this box.
Microsoft Outlook 98 and 2000
- From the Tools menu, select "Accounts."
- Click on the "Mail" tab.
- Select your AT&T Yahoo! Business Email account and click "Properties."
- Click on the "Advanced" tab.
- Check "Leave a copy of messages on server" if you want to save your AT&T Yahoo! Business Email messages on both the Yahoo! Mail server and your local computer. If you want your messages to be deleted from the Yahoo! Mail server after you have received them in Outlook Express, do not check this box.
- Click "OK."
- Close Microsoft Outlook and restart.
Microsoft Outlook Express
- From the Tools menu, choose "Accounts."
- Select the "Mail" tab.
- Double-click the account labeled "pop.bizmail.yahoo.com."
- Select the "Advanced" tab.
- In the Delivery section at the bottom of the window, make sure the box next to "Leave a copy of messages on server" is unchecked. If you decide you want to save your AT&T Yahoo! Business Email messages on both the Yahoo! Mail server and your local computer, check this box.
Microsoft Outlook Express for Macintosh
- From the Tools menu, choose "Account."
- Select the "Mail" tab.
- Double-click on your AT&T Yahoo! Business Email account.
- Select the "Options" tab.
- In the Server Options section at the bottom of the window, make sure the box next to "Leave a copy of each message on the server" is unchecked. If you want to save messages on both the Yahoo! Mail server and your local client, check this box.
Eudora Pro 5.1 and Higher
- Click on the "Tools" menu and select "Options."
- Click the picture on the left that says, "Incoming Mail."
- Make sure the box next to "Delete from server after..." is unchecked. If you decide you want to keep messages on the Yahoo! Mail server after you have received them in Eudora, check this box.
IncrediMail
- From the Tools menu, select "Accounts."
- Click on the "Mail" tab.
- Select your AT&T Yahoo! Business Email account and click "Properties."
- Click on the "Advanced" tab.
- Make sure the box next to "Leave a copy of messages on server" is unchecked. If you decide you want to save your AT&T Yahoo! Business Email messages on both the Yahoo! Mail server and your local computer, check this box.
Netscape Mail 7.0
- From the Edit menu, select "Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings."
- In the Account Settings window, select "Server Settings" in the left column.
- Toward the bottom of the window, make sure the box is unchecked next to "Leave messages on server." If you decide you want to keep a copy of messages on the Yahoo! server, check this box.
Netscape Mail 6.2
- From the Edit menu, select "Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings."
- In the Account Settings window, select "Server Settings" in the left column.
- Toward the bottom of the window, make sure the box is unchecked next to "Leave messages on server." If you decide you want to keep a copy of messages on the Yahoo! server, check this box.
Netscape Mail 4.5
- To set POP3 mail server properties, click on the "Mail Server Properties" panel and choose the "POP" tab.
- Make sure the box next to "Leave messages on server after retrieval" is unchecked if you don't want to store messages on both the Yahoo! Mail server and your computer.
- Also, uncheck the box next to "When deleting messages locally..." if you prefer not to leave messages on the Yahoo! Mail server.
- Click "OK."