I want to delete all my mail off the server but leave it on all my devices. I have the same problem but the other way. I'm with you rhuttnyc, I really don't care why it doesn't work anymore when I was a kid I would spend hours or days figuring out this junk. If you do not understand why the accounts behave as they do, you likely will never get this situated to your liking. I'd strongly recommend getting off of it if possilbe (and getting over deleting email if you actual plan to use it later.īTW: Understanding WHY is the first step to any intelligent problem solving. POP is a lousy mail system for managing on multiple devices. However, the mail client may be deleting it from the server upon download. Deleting mail from one device using POP typically does not delete from other devices. It varies a little from vendor to vendor.

On the iPhone open the Settings App > Mail,Contacts,Calendars > and look for settings along the line of mail behavior or server settings. POP deleted from the server upon download if the client (app) is set up for that.

Exchange accounts also work more or less the same way (which is what your work account likely is). If the issue is with an IMAP account don't delete messages you wish to access later. An IMAP account will delete across all devices connected to them.

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