How do I get my Mac running Yosemite and my iPad to sync POP3 mail? My Android phone does it automatically but I can't figure out how to make Apple products do it. Anyone know how?
MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), also IOS products
Please clarify. POP3 does not support synchronization at all. It's not part of the protocol.
Are you trying to figure out how to retrieve your POP3 mail using the Mac Mail client?
I have an account at Pipeline (one of the two original consumer online companies from the late 80's/early 90's now owned by Earthlink). On my Android phone, when I delete an email from the inbox on my Mac or my iPad, it is automatically deleted from the phone. I would like the Mac and the iPad to automatically trash an email that I delete on any of my two Apple devices or my phone to delete on all of the devices. Similarly, if I send from the phone I would like it to sync. The Pipeline account is, in fact, a POP3 account. I hear what you are saying but I can't figure out how Android is able to do it and the Apple devices don't.
And yes, I am using the MacMail client on the Air and the latest iOS mail on the iPad mini.
POP accounts don't sync, maybe you will have to ask your ISP how this is achieved with one.
I am wondering if maybe when the Android goes to fetch the mail (through the same port etc), it syncs to what the whole CURRENT mailbox is. If so, I am wondering if there is a way to do that on Apple...although when I try just using the "synchronize" tab it still doesn't delete the emails that were deleted on another device. CSound1, I don't think it is an ISP issue as Android does it and I didn't have to do any work arounds automatically so I think it must be an Apple OS situation. But happy to be wrong. I am just befuddled...and frustrated having to constantly delete bunches of emails on multiple Apple devices.
POP accounts do not sync, it has nothing to do with the clients.
I have no idea what you are seeing, but if it is a sync it's not a POP account. If Google had found a way to sync POP we would all know about it
I find this very fascinating, since POP mail cannot sync. When mail is fetched in a POP account, it is downloaded from the server to the local device. I wonder if the mail account is being handled by a 3rd party service with the Android. When setting up the mail on the Android device, do you enter the mail server settings directly? Or is it possible it is doing this through your gmail Google account?
Well, we all now do. I have been doing this stuff since the mid-80's and I can not for the life of me figured out how they do it. That's why I thought I would try here to see if anyone else can help in figuring it out.
I understand what you're saying, and I don't doubt that you see this happening, but there must be some kind of middleman somewhere. It's simply not possible achieve the results you describe using POP3.
It is setup the same way (to the user) where you go to accounts, add an account, put in the server and port. I don't know if they then (hidden from the user) do it through gmail somehow (although I doubt that) but it isn't through my gmail account since I don't have one. It is absolutely befuddling.
htwoopup wrote:
It is setup the same way (to the user) where you go to accounts, add an account, put in the server and port. I don't know if they then (hidden from the user) do it through gmail somehow (although I doubt that) but it isn't through my gmail account since I don't have one. It is absolutely befuddling.
What are the settings, server and ports
I agree. I would be interested in seeing the settings as Csound1 has requested. That may answer a lot of questions. Be detailed please, just blank out your username and password.
ChrisJ4203 wrote:
I find this very fascinating, since POP mail cannot sync. When mail is fetched in a POP account, it is downloaded from the server to the local device. I wonder if the mail account is being handled by a 3rd party service with the Android. When setting up the mail on the Android device, do you enter the mail server settings directly? Or is it possible it is doing this through your gmail Google account?
I did find this, which refers to using a Gmail account in order to emulate IMAP with a Pipeline POP account.
http://hdwiki.butlercc.edu/index.php/How_do_I_setup_my_phone_to_receive_email
Yes, a lot of the smaller educational institutions are starting to look at Gmail and other solutions, instead of their own email servers. I still feel this is similar to what Blackberry does with their mail, since the accounts go through their servers instead of direct as they do with iOS. Once mail is picked up by the client, it is marked so the client doesn't pick it up again, even if left on the server. I'm betting their is some middleman on this.
That is interesting. What is interesting also is that the phone asked if it was IMAP or POP and in setting it up I picked POP, put in the server name and port and I guess it knew to do what the link you posted suggests. In fact, when I look at the advanced settings after it says it is a POP3 account. So, the user experience is easy. Going to try re-setting up the accounts on the Apple devices as described in wiki link and see if that does it. Thanks!
Syncing POP3 mailbox
