Make the iPod NOT download emails (only view online)

Question

Okay this is basically the situation.
I have a domain and hosting; the person in charge wanted to route that email through Gmail (using Google's domain tools, I think) for better spam protection and easier setup. I just got an iPod touch, and set up the email under Gmail, and in no time all the messages showed up in my box.
To test if the messages were stored locally or if it was viewed online and relied on the internet connection, I turned off the Wifi. The messages were still viewable, and I deduced that the messages had been downloaded to my iPod.
How can I make it so that I can only VIEW and SEND when I'm connected to the internet, and not make it store the info locally on my iPod?

Answer 1

you don't need to ask questions twice. bear in mind that these are world-wide user forums. the people who come on here aren't apple employees paid to sit and answer tecchy questions. they either have a problem, or have come here to help others. the vast majority of them have lives outside of Apple User Forums, and the one with your answer may be sleeping/working/living life at the time you post. in my experience, everyone here is very friendly and willing, IF they have the answer they will tell you, and if not they may try to make suggestions to solve your problem.
as to your question, i'm not sure how to do that, or if indeed it is possible. but i'm not sure how much space it takes up either, i've never been a massive user of email on the ipod, so am probably not the best person to help.
i might be wrong, but i think when i've deleted emails off my ipod, then logged into my account on a computer, they've still been there.