How do I make my Macbook Pro control email sync and not my iPhone?

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How do I make my Macbook Pro control email sync and not my iPhone?

Since upgrading both my iPhone and Macbook Pro to new machines and OS the iPhone seems to control what emails get deleted on both machines - and seems to do a highly inconsistent job of it. I would really like to go back to letting each machine decide what emails to keep and what emails to delete.

Short of that, I would prefer that the MacBook Pro is the controlling machine in the sync, not that iPhone.

Why is this all messed up now? I hate it when upgrade break something that was working just fine.

Eric

iPhone 11

Posted on Sep 20, 2021 8:50 AM

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Tesserax

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Sep 20, 2021 9:03 AM in response to hank_stamper

Let's start with a few questions, if you don't mind:

Does this issue happen with all of your email accounts or just one specific one?
Regardless, is/are this/these account(s) IMAP or POP3 type accounts?
Do you use the respective Apple Mail app on both of your devices?
Do you use the same Apple ID on both devices?

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How do I make my Macbook Pro control email sync and not my iPhone?

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