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User profile for user: Sparky Marky
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Mail delete email from server?

I have a POP email acount. I would like to set up Mail on my iPhone so that I can receive email on my iPhone when I am out of the office. However I also want my emails to download to my iMac when I am back in the office. Hence I don't want the iPhone to delete the email from the server after retrieving a message. I want the emails to stay on the server until I download them on my iMac.


Anyone know if Mail on the iPhone deletes email from the server or not? Please remember this is for a POP account.


Thank you


Mark

iPhone 5, iOS 6.0.1

Posted on Mar 11, 2013 4:14 AM

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User profile for user: wjosten
wjosten
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Posted on Mar 11, 2013 4:18 AM

By default, the Mail app on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch will never delete messages from the server. You have to change this under advanced.

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