When I delete an email from my iphone it also deletes it from the server, how can I keep on server

I am brand new to the iphone (5s) and have a problem when I delete email from phone it also deletes it from the server and it's not available to on my PC inbox. I found the area in settings where it shows what happens to the deleted email on the phone and server. It sends the deleted message to the trash folder on both the phone and server. On the server, it shows all the various folders in my account including the inbox, but the inbox is greyed out and I can't change to that. Is there a setting somewhere where I can make it stay in my inbox on the server.


I was a Blackberry user before I just got the iphone and that is the way they handled the emails (not deleted from inbox on server).

Posted on Jun 30, 2014 10:00 AM

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Jun 30, 2014 10:39 AM in response to Phil0124

Phil, thank you for that info. I just found the incoming section, but is different from what you show. I don't have the "Delete from server" setting on my phone. After Authentication mine shows IMAP Path Prefix/ and then goes to the Server Port as the next setting. This is in my work email account and the one I really want to save on the server. Any other idea or explanation on why different??


On my personal account (Yahoo), the advanced screen was much different, but I think I found the same setting and changed it to never. That one appears to be working.


I appreciate your help a lot!!

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