Android email keeps downloading old messages

Viewed 8k times. Improve this question. Have you checked your server settings for POP3? It might not be set to "delete from server". Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Michael Michael 86 3 3 bronze badges. This is untrue. I have a Samsung Tab The tablet will not download old messages but leave them for download when I get home.

Let Outlook download the mail then add the Modified date field to the view, sort by it and delete all of the mail you just downloaded that was previously downloaded. To add the Modified date field to the view and delete the duplicate messages: - Close the Reading Pane. Right click on the row of field names and choose Field Chooser. Drag Modified to the row of the field names and drop it between two fields.

Click on the Modified to sort. Select the first message you downloaded in the session. Scroll to the last or last non-duplicate , hold Shift as you select the message. Press Delete. Thanks and regards Shweta G. Saturday, January 17, AM. I used this solution. It really worked to fix my problem.

Thank you! Tuesday, May 30, AM. Safe mode or r e-create a computer user profile? User's post on March 23, Tried that. First time I re-ran Outlook all was well. Thought maybe that had cracked it. Try running outlook in safe mode, type outlook. Is this outlook for business? User's post on March 24, The first time I open Outlook , it re downloads all the old messages.

Still the same problem and no further ideas about what to do. No-one seems to have a solution despite a large number reporting this problem.

Donna Men Moderator. Ray In regards to your issue, you can follow these steps: From Outlook , click on File. Choose Account Settings , then click Account Settings again. Highlight the account to fix. Click Change , then More Settings.

Go to Advanced tab. Set the Server Timeout to Short. Click OK. If you need further assistance, feel free to reply to this thread. In reply to Donna Men's post on April 3, High Sierra use V5. Reindex messages 2 See post by Linc Davis. Communities Get Support. Sign in Sign in Sign in corporate. Browse Search. Ask a question. User profile for user: calebfromsnelling calebfromsnelling. Question: Q: Question: Q: MAIL keeps downloading old messages Hi, My mail will move to a snails pace--to the point of not even downloading the most recent-- but it shows for example, of 3, messages downloaded.

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