How do I stop emails from being deleted off server at the same time as I delete them from iPod touch. I want to save room on iPod but eant to keep emails on server for download to laptop

Want to save space on iPod touch, but if I delete emails on iPod they are also deleted from server. Want to retain on server to download to Laptop later. Can find no settings to stop emails being deleted from server. Can anyone help ? Thanks

iPod touch, iOS 7

Posted on Jan 3, 2014 11:41 PM

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Jun 3, 2015 6:06 AM in response to roaminggnome

It's my iMac (not iPod as original poster) and it's not a space issue - it's that I don't like a million messages in my inboxes. I like to copy messages I want to keep into appropriate folders elsewhere on my computer and then delete from inboxes, but every so often I find myself needing to refer to an email in the past that's on the server that I didn't copy and save. With POP I could do this. Oh well...

Sep 16, 2014 12:52 PM in response to lllaass

mmm no. I have identical emails on both my Ipod Touch and my Yahoo account on the web. Whenever I delete one email on my Ipod Touch it will get automatically deleted on Yahoo web too. This is what I don't want.


Now, I can find no place where there is such "never delete from server" option within the email settings on iOS7 .....


Would you tell me more specifically what you mean and the procedure you are referring to?

Jun 3, 2015 4:23 AM in response to lllaass

I just went from POP to IMAP and now any messages I delete on my desktop (iMac) get deleted on the server even when set to Never delete messages. I'm assuming that is the nature of IMAP and the only way around it is to copy and save emails that you want to keep archived on your computer. Or is there a way to delete emails in an Apple Mail IMAP account but have them stay on the server?

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