Is it possible to delete message in the server using Mail configured using IMAP?

Is it possible to delete message in the server using Mail configured using IMAP?
Currently when I delete the message in Mail, the server still keep a copy of it, which means it is not deleted on the server. I know that POP can do this but I still want the option of being able to access it from other computers.
My server has only a small size, so I hope that I can just delete it from my Mail instead of having to log in to the server and delete it again.
Thank you.

yxchng wrote:
Is it possible to delete message in the server using Mail configured using IMAP?
Yes, but doing so will remove it from everything else.

Similar Messages

  • In mail, I unchecked store deleted messages on the server and now I have 2 (duplicate) iCloud IMAP accounts in mail. If I delete one, will I loose my mail?

    If I delete one of my duplicate ICloud accounts, will I loose all my mail? I was searching for where I was getting the deleted mail and unchecked the store deleted messages on the server. That made changes to my account and now under accounts in mail I have the same account twice. I do not want to loose my mail and am affraid to delete one of the accounts.

    Im trying to avoid a reinstall so am hoping there is a supporting file I have missed that can be trashed. I have also just tried trashing the ~/library/mail folder but there is no change to the check box behaviour.

  • HT1277 How do I make Mail remove junk/deleted messages from the server? The only option tht works for me now is the "Remove from server" button at Account Info Messages on server.

    How do I make Mail remove junk/deleted messages from the server? The only option tht works for me now is the "Remove from server" button at Account Info > Messages on server. What am I doing wrong?

    Mail > Preferences… > Accounts > Advanced > Remove copy from server after retrieving a message

  • Macmail no longer has the option to delete messages off the server

    After upgrading to Mountain Lion, my macmail (6.2) no longer has the option to delete messages off the server in preferences / advanced settings.
    I recently had troubles with the mailbox quota being full (ie everything stored on the server) and don't want to go in and manually delete things.
    The research I've done suggests it should be as easy as checking or unchecking a box, however it's not there where it should be .
    Help please!

    Hi therese,
    Mail>Preferences>Accounts>Mailbox Behaviors. Set the Trash section to move deleted messages to the Trash Mailbox, and then to Store the deleted messages on the Server. Select how often you want deleted messages to be permanently removed from the server.
    Also, if you have stuff in the Trash, and you select some or all of it, and then go to Edit>Delete, it will ask you at that time if you want to delete it from the Server or just the Mac.
    Hope this helps!
    Cheers,
    GB

  • Apple Mail delets messages on the Server POP3

    Apple Mail delets messages on the Server Method: POP3. I use the preference to delete message if they where transfered out of the incoming box.
    Since 10.6 this seems not longer to work, what is going wrong?
    System: 10.6.4

    Hi there. This feature should work, as I have 10.6.4 and use it personally. Note that once a message is deleted from POP mail cannot put it back, so this setting once checked only applies to new messages.
    Make sure you look at the options about removing the message from the server when it's removed from the trash or after xx days.
    If these are set correctly, you may find luck in unchecking the box for leaving the messages on the server and then rechecking it.
    Lastly, you could try deleting the mail account and recreating it.
    Regards,
    -Ryan

  • Phone not deleting messages from the server

    Please help! My Blackberry Curve 9360 is not deleting messages from the server meaning that, after returning home from a week working away, i've still got a few hundred messages to wade through on my PC.
    I receive e-mails on the PC via Outlook Express. I've clicked on 'tools', 'accounts' then 'advanced' to ensure that the box for 'leave a copy of the message on the server' is unchecked i.e. messages sould be being deleted from the server when prompted to by the phone but this is not happening. Not sure what else to try or perhaps there was something i did / didn't do during the set-up of the phone.
    Any guidance would be much appreciated.
    Thanks in advance,
    Barry.

    Hello,
    Please check this KB:
    KB05133 Email reconciliation features for the BlackBerry Internet Service
    All reconciliation capabilities between your BB and your email SERVER are governed by that KB. So, even if you set the other settings (e.g., "Delete On") correctly, they will be irrelevant if your email service does not support it (as per that KB).
    Further still, reconciliation between your email SERVER and your PC CLIENT software are something completely separate. Only in a very few circumstances (e.g., IMAP) does (for instance) Outlook reconcile items deleted at the Server down to the PC Client.
    Good luck!
    Occam's Razor nearly always applies when troubleshooting technology issues!
    If anyone has been helpful to you, please show your appreciation by clicking the button inside of their post. Please click here and read, along with the threads to which it links, for helpful information to guide you as you proceed. I always recommend that you treat your BlackBerry like any other computing device, including using a regular backup schedule...click here for an article with instructions.
    Join our BBM Channels
    BSCF General Channel
    PIN: C0001B7B4   Display/Scan Bar Code
    Knowledge Base Updates
    PIN: C0005A9AA   Display/Scan Bar Code

  • How can I set up a new account without auto deleting messages on the server?

    Ive got accounts on COMCAST.NET (are those imap accounts?) and when I created a user account on Thunderbird for one of them the autocreate process immedaitely started downloading messages from my server before I was able to set the "keep messages on server" flag. (Its been a few months, forgive me if I am not using the exact right option text but you get the idea.)
    How can I create a Thunderbird account that will download all the message on my server (comcast.net) and leave them all there?
    That's the only thing keeping me from switching to Thunderbird. Please help - comcast's online web client is not the most bug free thing in the world.
    (Note, I am setting up a new win7 system, had been using OE 6 on winXP. I assume I am better off trying this than running OE in XP in a virtual window - and even if I moved my old message bases from XP I still need to create an account that won't immediately start downloading/deleting messages from my server before I can configure it not to.)
    Any help appreciated.

    Comcast only offers POP accounts, and one way to set up the account and enter all the settings before it connects to the mail server, might be to do it Offline:
    https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/991539#answer-547878
    The server settings are given [http://customer.comcast.com/help-and-support/internet/setting-up-thunderbird/ here], but the method is for Online account setup.

  • IPhone not moving deleted message on the Server

    Okay,
    I have an IMAP account on my iPhone and my web mail is set to move deleted messages into the Trash Folder.
    But for some reason when I delete a message on my iPhone it will show up in the Trash folder on the Phone but on the web mail it’s only marked (line thought it).
    Is this do to the iPhone or?

    I am having exactly the same issue. My boss uses a Samsung Blackjack (Windows Mobile) and his will remove from the server the emails he deletes from his Blackjack. When I delete my IMAP email from the iPhone it does NOT delete from the server - even when I empty the Trash folder.
    Message was edited by: neilmitch

  • IMAP and deleting messages from the server

    Anyone else trying to use IMAP in the default mail app and seeing that messages deleted locally are not removed from the server?
    I found a lot of posts about this issue on older Android versions and devices, but nothing for the Bionic yet.
    And unlike for POP accounts, there is not an option in the settings to turn this on. IMAP is all about keeping messages and folders in sync between multiple clients, so this is an annoying bug.
    I have been using K-9 as a work around, but I'd rather not use two different mail programs, and don't like the look/feel of K9 as much either.

    DCZim,
      Are you using IMAP or POP?  Also, are you using a popular public IMAP service like GMail, MSN, etc. that can be "auto configured" without having to manually enter the server name?
      Per Google the IMAP bug (which has been fixed some time ago in the Android Mail app but not yet in Motorola's Blur mail app) is triggered by visiting the incoming server settings for the account.
      IMAP's entire purpose it to keep everything in sync between multiple devices/clients.  If you want to delete messages on your phone without deleting them from the server, you should use POP3 instead of IMAP and ensure you have the client configured to NOT remove messages from the server when deleted locally and to always "leave a copy of message on the server".  This is a general concept of POP3, nothing specific to the Bionic, Blur, or Android.

  • I've already set up an email through my B;ackberry Internet Service. I want to change my email client settings to leave messages on the server. although I am using somebody's pc., can I do it? Please help. thank you! Rosa

    If the email client does not leave email messages on the server, the Blackberry Internet Service may not be able to deliver them to my Blackberry device.
    Can you please walk me through it? Or should I contact my service provider?
    Thanks and keep up the good work!
    Rosa

    Best to contact your service provider.
    1. Firefox isn't available for BlackBerry or any RIM devices. <br />
    2. Firefox doesn't do email.

  • How to delete message from the fodler of  AOL account using Java mail

    Hello All,
    I am using Java MAil API in my application, i want to delete message from AOL account's folder,
    when i set the folder as "Recently Deleted" or "Trash" , i get an exception as "folder does not exist".
    when i tested , some times mail is moving into Recently Deleted folder, but not every time.
    this is happening in both the interface as AOl Interface or my application.
    when i use folder.close(true) after setting the flag of message as DELETED. it completely remove the message from the acount.
    but i want to let the message be remained in the Recently Deleted folder. what should i do.
    i dont want to remove the message completely from the account.I am using IMAP also.

    You'll need to figure out what the real name of the "Recently Deleted" folder is on the AOL IMAP server
    (assuming it's a real folder and not some sort of "virtual" folder), then copy the message into that folder.
    See the folderlist.java demo program as a way to explore the names of all the folders on the server.

  • Ipad mail is not deleting messages off the server

    I have my setting configured to delete email;s from server when removed from inbox but it doesn't.  My provider stopped my account because I had 1200 messages in there.  Any ideas?

    Are you sure that instead of "when removed from inbox" it isn't "when deleted"?
    It may be a problem with how your provider interacts with commands coming from the device.  Which provider is this?  Perhaps someone who uses the same service will be able to assist you.

  • I don't want Mozilla to delet messages from the server as soon as I download them, I want Mozilla to wait a week so I can access those messages from my phone.

    There is an option for this in the settings tab. It says something to the effect of wait at least 14 days, or until I delete the message. I have checked both boxes, but Mozilla doesn't wait 14 days. It doesn't even wait 14 seconds! As soon as I download my email onto my laptop, it's gone from my phone.

    ''CameronJackson [[#question-1046781|said]]''
    <blockquote>
    There is an option for this in the settings tab. It says something to the effect of wait at least 14 days, or until I delete the message. I have checked both boxes, but Mozilla doesn't wait 14 days. It doesn't even wait 14 seconds! As soon as I download my email onto my laptop, it's gone from my phone.
    </blockquote>
    I'm using Google Gmail.

  • On my iphone4 i need to be able to use both TDS and Yahoo e-mail.  TDS works only sporadically.  For instance, today I was able to both send and receive, then an hour later could not send.  got the message that the server was not recognized.

    On my iphone4 I need to be able to receive and send both TDS and Yahoo e-mail accounts (I also need to access from my Macbook Pro and my HP desktop).  I have NO problem with Yahoo, but with TDS, the e-mail seemed to work on my phone.... and then it didn't.)  In adding the TDS account, I chose "other" ( TDS is somehow accessed on the back end through gmail).  For the incoming server I used the Incoming Sever Name of pop.gmail.com and the Outgoing Mail Server as smtp.gmail.com.  I have using SSL "on" and the server port is 995.  Is this setup correct for TDS?

    FYI: POP will by default, delete messages from the server after downloading them (This applies to most pop clients, computer or mobile). POP is old tech and is not recommended if IMAP or Exchange are available. The default when setting up a g-mail type account is IMAP. Full synchronization with the server. You may also be able to set it up as an Exchange account, allowing for push e-mail and sync of calendars and contacts as well. See the Gmail help pages for instructions.

  • How can I set it to delete messages off my server after they download?

    How can I set it to delete messages off my server after they download?

    IMAP email is server based. The messages stay on the server and just view them remotely with an email client like Thunderbird. If you want to keep a copy on your computer you need to move a copy of the email message to a folder under Local Folders. If you delete the message off the server, it is going to be gone otherwise.
    The delete from the server option is a POP email server. It does not apply with IMAP email.

Maybe you are looking for

  • Camera is not working after Lumia Cyan update WP8....

    Hellooo Sir, I am Kailash Kumar from India (Uttar Pradesh). I have Nokia Lumia 620, I got this from my friend May 2014 and he bought it from Saudi Arbia and now it is out of warrently.. when I got this its front camera was not working But rear(back)

  • Access Variable from a dynamic name

    Hello, I have a the following example variable in a script defined as such: mcDrg05OriginalX = mcDrg05._x; I wish to access this variable data within a button script, but dynamically by assembling the actual variable name: newName = holdName[landingC

  • OWB process issue

    We are getting the following error while deploying process flow RPE-02002: The Database Link ODS@WB_LK_TEST_PFP cannot be created or updated to reference schema odsrep_run using (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=GGNSBIMID4)(PORT

  • Photoshop CS2 (Mac) bricht bereits beim Starten ab

    Hallo, arbeite mit CS2 (Mac). Photoshop bricht seit Kurzem bereits beim Starten ab. Auch Neuinstallation hat nichts gebracht. Adobe konnte mir "nur" mit einer englischsprachigen Anweisung zur Fehlerbehebung aushelfen mit der ich, sprachlich bedingt,

  • SEM-BPS Variable buffer clearing issue

    Hello experts, I have a situation where my user wants to use BPS functionality to perform direct data entry and validations. I know it's not standard, but that's not the point. How do I clear the variables buffer so that each time the user enters the