Outlook 2007 Email Sync Not Deleting Messages

Question

Can someone help me understand how sync is 'supposed' to work? I access my POP emails and I understand that the iPhone does not delete the emails from the server. I wish they would fix that since I'm choosing the option to 'Delete from server'. However, if I delete the messages in Outlook and then perform a sync, the emails show up as new unread emails on the iphone. WHAT IS HAPPENING?? This is extremely frustrating since it seems that common sense indicates 'sync' would do just that?
If someone has figured out how to fix this, please email me at [email protected] Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

With a POP account, the iPhone's mail client can delete messages from the server when downloaded with the following settings available by account.
Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
Select the POP account.
Select Advanced for the account settings.
Under Incoming Settings at Delete from Server, the options are:
Never
Seven Days
When removed from Inbox
The iPhone sync process with iTunes does not sync account mailboxes and messages.
Although a POP account can be accessed with more than one email client, it is designed to be accessed with a single email client only.
If you want the same new messages that are received at the incoming mail server server available with both Outlook and with the iPhone's mail client, you need to select Never for remove messages from the server with the account settings with Outlook, and with the iPhone's mail client.
When accessing an email account with multiple email clients, an IMAP account is preferable since all server stored mailboxes for the account are kept synchronized with the server automatically with each email client used to access the account.
Unless you aren't concerned about receiving spam at your Gmail address, you should never provide your email address out in the open at a public forum such as this.