Q: Is there a way to NOT delete emails everywhere using IMAP? Emails come to all devices, iPhone 6, iPad, and Outlook (2010).&n ... Is there a way to NOT delete emails everywhere using IMAP? Emails come to all devices, iPhone 6, iPad, and Outlook (2010). If I delete in my iPhone it deletes everywhere else also which I don't want it to do. more
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Feb 17, 2016 2:30 AM in response to cgemmeby Lawrence Finch,cgemme wrote:
I found this thread because I was looking for the same option. You aren't alone. There's no reason that an emil system couldn't be made to do what we're asking.
The reason is that IMAP is a world-wide email standard that is specifically designed to keep all clients accessing the same account in sync. If you don't want your email behavior to follow this standard, which was developed over 20 years ago, use a different email protocol, such as POP3.
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Feb 17, 2016 2:35 AM in response to cgemmeby Lawrence Finch,cgemme wrote:
The issue is we want to be able to archive all those old emails on our home computers but simply don't have the space for that on our phones, and the problem with a pop account is you have to throw out all your trash worthy email multiple times. And I'll have to throw them out a third time when I eventually get an iPad.
Simply moving them to another folder on my phone doesn't solve the storage space issue.
We need a third kind of system that has the best of both worlds, and there's no reason It couldn't be made.
Then what you need to do is submit a proposal to the International Standards Organization (ISO) to create a standard for an account type that works the way you want it to.
Or, you can create a local folder in the mail app on your computer, and drag the emails that you want to archive to the local folder. That way they will be kept on your computer, but removed from your iOS device. You can even create multiple local folders to sort the archived messages by subject, and with most email programs you can set up filters that will automatically sort your email into those folders.
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Jul 5, 2016 7:25 PM in response to Csound1by attk11,kzpack wrote:
I agree Meg St._Clair that it might be what other people want, but you should at least have a choice. The more people I talk to about this the more say they would like what I am asking about so I might not be such minority as one might think.
Csound1 wrote:
You do have a choice IMAP (synchronous) or POP3 (asynchronous)
You chose the one you didn't want.
As of today you do not have the choice of choosing POP3. I just got off the phone with apple support and the only way you can use POP3 is when you are setting up an email account with "Exchange". I asked if there was a way to set my hotmail account up as POP3 and the lady said as of iso 9.3.2 it is not an option.
When you setup a new email account (Set up an email account on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support) under setup an account manually you do not get the option of IMAP or POP anymore; it will come up as IMAP.
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Jul 5, 2016 7:38 PM in response to kzpackby Csound1,kzpack wrote:
I agree Meg St._Clair that it might be what other people want, but you should at least have a choice. The more people I talk to about this the more say they would like what I am asking about so I might not be such minority as one might think.
You have a choice, change your email provider to one that provides POP access (be quick while there still some left)
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Jul 5, 2016 9:21 PM in response to attk11by ChrisJ4203,It will default to IMAP if that is the type of account the mail provider supplies. There is a way to "trick" the mail client to go to POP instead of IMAP if your provider supplies both. It has been this way for a little while, since most email providers are supporting IMAP instead of POP.
To perform this, when setting the account up, go to Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars>Add Account>Other.
When you enter the email address and password, purposely enter the wrong password. Tap Next. The account will attempt to verify, and you will get an error. Tap OK when you get the error. You will then get a screen that will allow you to select POP at the top of the page. Select POP, then correct the password under the incoming and outgoing server settings. You may have to change the name of the incoming server, but you should have all of the information you need from your email provider before you attempt to add this account. After making those changes and following the onscreen instructions, your account should be added and pass verification.
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Jul 5, 2016 11:07 PM in response to ChrisJ4203by attk11,POP3 for Hotmail on iOS devices can be done!
Thanks Chris4203 your the Man!!!!!
I did have to change the host name to the following for it to work:
Incoming Mail Server
Host Name: pop3.live.com
User Name: youreamil@hotmail.com
Password: your correct password
Outgoing Mail Server
Host Name: smtp.live.com
User Name: youreamil@hotmail.com
Password: your correct password
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Jul 6, 2016 6:27 AM in response to attk11by Lawrence Finch,attk11 wrote:
kzpack wrote:
I agree Meg St._Clair that it might be what other people want, but you should at least have a choice. The more people I talk to about this the more say they would like what I am asking about so I might not be such minority as one might think.
Csound1 wrote:
You do have a choice IMAP (synchronous) or POP3 (asynchronous)
You chose the one you didn't want.
As of today you do not have the choice of choosing POP3.
That is NOT TRUE. See: Forcing creation of a POP or IMAP email account
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Jul 6, 2016 6:52 AM in response to cgemmeby Csound1,cgemme wrote:
I found this thread because I was looking for the same option. You aren't alone. There's no reason that an emil system couldn't be made to do what we're asking.
How would it do that? and who would do it?
