Outlook Express for Macintosh: Leave Mail On Server

To set Outlook Express for Macintosh to leave e-mail on a server for a specified number of days:

1. Launch Outlook Express.
2. Go to the Tools pull-down menu and select Accounts.
3. In the Accounts window that appears, there will be several tabs. Click on the tab labeled "Mail" then click once on the account you wish to modify from the list that appears below the tabs.
4. Directly above the tabs are several buttons, labeled Add, Edit, etc.... Click on the Edit button.
5. Once the Edit Account window appears, click on the tab labeled "Options."
6. Check the checkbox labeled "Leave a copy of each message on the server", and then check the checkbox labeled "Delete messages from the server after" (enter a number of days to leave mail on the server in the box to the right of the second checkbox).
7. Click on OK to close the Edit Account window.
8. Close the "Accounts" window.

NOTE: The procedure for configuring Entourage for Office 2001, Office X, and Office 2004 to leave mail on server is the same as that for Outlook Express.