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Q173502: Storage Durations For MSN Internet Access E-mail Messages

Article: Q173502
Product(s): The Microsoft Network
Version(s): 2.6,5.0,5.1,5.2,5.3,5.4,5.5,6.0,6.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbmsn
Last Modified: 28-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- The Microsoft Network versions 2.6, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.0, 6.1 
- The Microsoft Network Version 5.5 
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SUMMARY
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When you receive an e-mail message using your MSN account, the message is stored
on MSN servers for a specific amount of time, depending on whether you have Post
Office Protocol (POP3) e-mail or Web-based e-mail (HTTP).

MORE INFORMATION
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If you receive POP3 e-mail via your MSN Internet Access e-mail account, then
when a POP3 e-mail message is sent to your e-mail address, the message is stored
on the MSN server until one of the following conditions is met:

- You log in to your MSN e-mail account. When you log in to your MSN e-mail
  account, messages on the server are forwarded to and stored on your computer.

- 30 days have passed since the e-mail message was received by the MSN server.
  When an e-mail message has been stored on the server for over 30 days, the
  message is deleted to free disk space and improve performance.

Note: If you use MSN version 5.6 or earlier, you are using POP3 e-mail. If you
receive your e-mail in MSN Explorer, your MSN Internet Access e-mail is
Web-based.

If you have Web-based e-mail, messages may be deleted by MSN from your account
for the following reason:

- You exceeded the size limit for your e-mail account. MSN Internet Access
  subscribers have a 10 MB size limit for e-mail accounts.

Note: MSN Explorer users who use Internet Service providers (ISPs) other than MSN
Internet Access have a 2MB size limit for the e-mail accounts they access with
MSN Explorer.

Additional query words: 2.50 2.60 email msnmail kbimu

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Keywords          : kbmsn 
Technology        : kbMSNSearch kbMSN600 kbMSN610 kbMSN520 kbMSN530 kbMSN510 kbMSN500 kbMSN100 kbMSN260 kbMSN105
Version           : :2.6,5.0,5.1,5.2,5.3,5.4,5.5,6.0,6.1
Issue type        : kbinfo

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