Help! How can I delete mail on my iPhone without it deleting on my Mac?

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Help! How can I delete mail on my iPhone without it deleting on my Mac?

hey everybody!
so, i used to be able to delete e-mails on my iphone (through my gmail account) without having them get deleted from my inbox on my mac's mail app. however, lately, this is not the case. i would like to be able to delete certain messages so that they won't have to stay on my phone but i still need them on my mac.

does anyone have any solutions to this problem?
thanks!

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Apr 3, 2011 5:22 PM

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Apr 4, 2011 9:57 PM in response to Lauren412

I'm interested in this too as I'm trying to help someone with the exact same issue with Gmail. It just started. I tried changing the settings to "On My iPhone" > "Trash" and it doesn't work.

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jannea

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Apr 5, 2011 8:23 AM in response to Lauren412

I need the same answer applicable to Microsoft Exchange on a pc. When deleting email from the iphone it is deleting it from everywhere. I need it to stay on the laptop so that the laptop "controls". I just switched over from a blackberry and there was a email control function where you could tell the berry to defer to the laptop when deleting.
I also having an issue in that my "sent" emails are not appearing on the laptop - anywhere. I cannot find a location to alter this.
Please advise and thank you.

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tone81

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Apr 5, 2011 4:18 PM in response to jannea

I'd also like to hear if there's a way to accomplish this. Same thing, switched over from a blackberry and trying to figure out how I can leave messages on the server but delete off of the phone.

Thanks!

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