Outlook 2003: Don't want to download ALL email from POP server

[newyorkny]

Hello, Tippers:

I recently re-rolled my home XPP machine, necessitating a reinstall of Outlook 2003.

When I had OL back up and running, its first send and receive saw it downloading 1.2GB of email, 99.5% of which would have been duplicates. I used a PST file when reinstalling which had all but the last two-three days of email.

(I bought a neat duplicate removal program a year ago, but would prefer not to have to use it to remove 5,000 emails/1.2GB if I can avoid it)

The question is, how can I avoid downloading the whole kit and kaboodle, and just get the last couple days? Is it something on the Outlook side that can be done, or is it a server side operation? I access the email administration of the pop server through C-panel--it's a standard Linux installation, and I don't recall the POP software's name.

Looking for any clues on this one. Cannot seem to find this addressed anywhere, and send/receive in OL2003 doesn't seem to have anything relevant to the desired outcome.

Many thanks,

NY

 

[newyorkny]

Hmm...appears to be a very similar question about OL2K7 re-downloading all emails right under my own question. Did not come up in my search.

I will see if there is anything I can do on the webmail side to prevent re-downloading, as seems to be suggested in that message.

I use RoundCube. Maybe I can move all the older emails to another folder or something.

Still interested in any replies!