Cannot fully delete email messages from phone

using the mail app on my 6120c (S60 3rd ed) I can retrieve my Gmail email (and send also) but I cannot erase the downloaded messages from my phone. Can anyone tell me how to do this? thanks!

Also remember that when selecting "phone and server" one needs to connect to the server to refresh it.
Doing the latter will ensure the mail is deleted from the server and that it does not appear in the phones mailbox!
iPhone 5 32GB
MacBook Pro Retina 15" Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.4

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Colin,
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I have 3 Apple devices (personal MBP, work MBP, and iPhone). I run messages on all of them. If I send/receive a message from someone, I receive it on all devices, but I have to delete the message from ALL my devices - deleting it one just doesn't work. It is like Messages works like email with POP instead of email with IMAP. Extremely frustrating, and I believe that this is working as designed. Why???

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I had to wipe my 8830 due to a major sync problem but I no longer have the option to delete from the server when I delete email messages. I checked the user's guide and throughout my device. Where do I find this setting please?

Ok, here is the Knowledge Base article relating to your need.
http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/KB13509
From your MESSAGES folder > Menu > Options > Email Reconciliation > Message Services.
If those settings are not present on your device... you probably have some Service Book problems (as in not present or corrupt).
Do this: First, look at Options > Advanced > Servcie Books and delete ALL service books releated to any email account.
Then, with the BlackBerry device powered ON, remove the battery a few seconds and then reinsert the battery to reboot
Then do this:
1. Options > Advanced > Host Routing Table > Menu > Register.
2. Resend your service books from your carrier BIS site.
http://www.blackberryfaq.com/index.php/Where_can_I_log_into_my_BIS_account%3F
3. With the BlackBerry device powered ON, remove the battery a few seconds and then reinsert the battery to reboot
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I have an iMac running OS X Yosemite Version 10.10.2 and an iPhone 5. I get my email from hotmail using IMAP protocol. When I delete an email, I want it to stay in the "deleted" folder forever or until I decided to manually remove it. However, for some reason they only stay in the deleted folder for a week.
My mailbox behavior preference is set to NEVER permanently erase deleted messages. Why do the deleted message only stay for a week and how can I change this to keep them permanently?

Actually this helped on the phone but the emails on my iMac are still only staying around for one week. In prferences, it is checked to NEVER removed deleted messages from trash. What else can be wrong???

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I have set my (POP3) mail box to delete messages from its server immediately on download. But messages are not being deleted from the server. Any ideas as to why this should be?
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Ok, here is the Knowledge Base article relating to your need.
http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/KB13509
From your MESSAGES folder > Menu > Options > Email Reconciliation > Message Services.
If those settings are not present on your device... you probably have some Service Book problems (as in not present or corrupt).
Do this: First, look at Options > Advanced > Servcie Books and delete ALL service books releated to any email account.
Then, with the BlackBerry device powered ON, remove the battery a few seconds and then reinsert the battery to reboot
Then do this:
1. Options > Advanced > Host Routing Table > Menu > Register.
2. Resend your service books from your carrier BIS site.
http://www.blackberryfaq.com/index.php/Where_can_I_log_into_my_BIS_account%3F
3. With the BlackBerry device powered ON, remove the battery a few seconds and then reinsert the battery to reboot
1. If any post helps you please click the below the post(s) that helped you.
2. Please resolve your thread by marking the post "Solution?" which solved it for you!
3. Install free BlackBerry Protect today for backups of contacts and data.
4. Guide to Unlocking your BlackBerry & Unlock Codes
Join our BBM Channels (Beta)
BlackBerry Support Forums Channel
PIN: C0001B7B4 Display/Scan Bar Code
Knowledge Base Updates
PIN: C0005A9AA Display/Scan Bar Code

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Settings > General > Spotlight Search > Uncheck Messages
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the emails are in inbox of mac mail back to 2009 but when i log in the hotmail.com website they only go back to jan 2012
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I do not know if you can unfortunately, having deleted them from the POP server and as Hotmail does not offer an iMap or Exchange solution for OSX they may be 'marooned'
I will search around and see if I can find a solution.
But before anything else happens backup your mail (Mailbox Menu>Export Mailbox) and save the file somewhere you can find it, you probably don't need to hear this but you should be (have been) backing up regularly, for this and many other reasons.
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Just as with an iTunes playlist. A song cannot be in an iTunes playlist unless the song is in the main iTunes library. Placing a song in a playlist does not duplicate the song. Remove the main iTunes library or the songs from the main iTunes library that are in a playlist and the songs will no longer be in the playlist either. This way you can listen to the songs in the playlist only by selecting the playlist, or all songs in your entire iTunes library by selecting Music under Library in the iTunes source list.
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Delete message from phone only and not server

Hello,
I had an issue with my mail settings today and had to delete an email account (Hotmail) and set it up again. Upon doing this, there is no longer the option to delete downloaded message from the phone only and keep it on the server. Is that correct? I have tried everything but as soon I delete a message from my phone, it automatically deletes from the server as well.
Info : iphone 6 plus, Ver 8.3 (latest)

ampullae,
When you setup Yahoo on the iPhone it defaults to IMAP because Yahoo offers free IMAP Push for iPhone users, as discussed in this article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305882
If you add your Yahoo account as "other" it will be setup as POP.
With IMAP messages are stored on the server, and messages created in one email client, such as the iPhone, show up in the sent mailbox on both. In addition messages moved to a different folder on the iPhone, will be in a different folder when you access your Yahoo mail via a web browser or another IMAP client. Likewise message you delete, will also be synchronized and deleted.
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If you are using the native Apple email app you should be able to swipe to the left and delete. If you can't then remove and reinstall the email account. If that does work
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Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red "slide to power off" slider appears, and then slide the slider. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.
Resetting your settings
You can also try resetting all settings. Settings>General>Reset>Reset All Settings. You will have to enter all of your device settings again.... All of the settings in the settings app will have to be re-entered. You won't lose any data, but it takes time to enter all of the settings again.
Resetting your device
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button together for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. Apple recommends this only if you are unable to restart it.
Or if this doesn't work and nobody else on the blog doesn't have a better idea you can contact Apple.
Here is a link to their contacts with most of the information below.
http://www.apple.com/contact/

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How can i link my E-mail with my iPad in a way that i can delete my messages from my email inbox server also not from my iPad inbox only?
Because when i delete emails from my iPad inbox, it will be deleted on my iPad only but when i check my email inbox server from the browser its not deleted!
So how can i set up this link so when i delete any email from my iPad it will be deleted from my email inbox server also?

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