Originally Posted By: MacManiac
Sounds to me Artie as if at some point in the past you manually re-configured the default preferences in Mail to leave the emails on your POP server.....most POP accounts limit the amount of data that they will retain to manage server space and therefore the default behavior they would expect is for emails to NOT be retained.

I can speak only for my own situation...

Originally Posted By: Verizon
Email Retention
All Email will be retained indefinitely as long as your Email account remains active and you do not exceed the maximum storage quota for your mailbox. You can determine the available storage space for your mailbox via the Email Storage window in the left column of your mailbox.
All Email in the trash folder will be deleted after 2 days.
All Email in the Spam detector folder will be deleted after 4 days.

Edit: And if I were to theorize that all POP providers acted similarly, I'd be supported by the Mail option referenced in my response to joemike.

Last edited by artie505; 02/07/16 05:57 AM.
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