Windows 10: Many bounced incoming emails. Over Quota . In spite of deleting nearly all email it...

I receive: Admin A message was sent to you that was returned to the sender bounced because it would have caused your mailbox quota to be exceeded. The following is the reason that the message was over quota. Quota type bytes in the mailbox. Quota available 0.0KB. To fix delete some messages. I have deleted nearly all messages over and over but still get the same 10-15 bounced messages at a time. This is a recent development. Was never a problem before.

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Email


There are 2 kinds of emails IMAP and POP3. Now IMAP your email provider receives your email on their server and you access it through a client or directly through a browser. No the email remains on that server until you delete it. So if you don't delete it you will be able to view if on multiple devices. POP3 is where you have a pop server that receives incoming emails and a SMTP server which is a outgoing mail server. IMAP usually you give it the link and it manages the in and out going mail. POP3 requires setting up both. POP3 when you connect with a client it downloads emails to your machine. Some providers have setting that you can set to delete emails after downloaded by default. If you don't delete the emails they will download to multiple devices.

I myself have Bright House Roadrunner which I can use either POP3 or IMAP. I use POP3 because I want emails on all devices but I have a quota of 100 MB and I have to go to the server and delete manually or emails will bounce back if I'm over the quota.

POP3 setting are like (Incoming server) pop-server.cfl.rr.com or (outgoing server) smtp-server.cfl.rr.com but I use a web browser to delete old email with the link WEBMAIL.cfl.rr.com.

It sounds like you have POP3 because IMAP once you delete you can't see on other devices. So i would check with your provider if there is a setting to delete email once it's read.

 

Bouncing emails

I use Microsoft Outlook. About a week ago my incoming emails starting bouncing back to senders "Permanent Error". I get the emails eventually but senders don't thing they are coming thru.

 

why is my email bouncing?

Hi, thanks for the reply. The email account was deleted and then added back yesterday. It's still bouncing today. So you suggest contacting RoadRunner?