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th3godf4th3r · 10-05-2009, 08:25 PM

is there any way to keep my emails on my mac even when i delete them on my iphone?

everytime i delete an email on my phone it removes it from my inbox on my mac

i have gmail btw

gibby71 · 10-05-2009, 09:01 PM

When you hit delete on your iPhone with gmail you are actually only archiving it not deleting it. If you look for a tag in your inbox labled Deleted Messages you will find you email there.

smknSRT8 · 10-05-2009, 09:16 PM

Just use pop settings instead of the default imap settings for gmail. That way it downloads a copy of the message then whatever you do with it on your phone won't be reflected on your computer.

th3godf4th3r · 10-06-2009, 12:36 AM

i cant seem to set up gmail as POP in mail, it automatically sets it up as IMAP

impaler · 10-06-2009, 04:45 AM

Originally Posted by gibby71

When you hit delete on your iPhone with gmail you are actually only archiving it not deleting it.

Not necessarily. Depends on which method you used to set up your Gmail. If you use the iPhone's default settings for Gmail, delete actually moves it to [Gmail]/Trash. If you set it up Google's recommended way, delete does archive. I used the custom Google method for a long time, but I found I delete WAY more email than I archive, so I prefer a "delete" to actually delete, and when I have the occasional thread I want to archive, I just move it to "All Mail".

See here:
https://mail.google.com/support/bin/...y?answer=77702

impaler · 10-06-2009, 04:46 AM

Originally Posted by th3godf4th3r

is there any way to keep my emails on my mac even when i delete them on my iphone?

One thing you could do is, instead of deleting it, you can maintain sync of your folders by creating a "temp" folder, where you can move messages to be read on your Mac later.

th3godf4th3r · 10-06-2009, 08:53 PM

how can i se up POP with mail and mail on the iphone?

i have always used microsoft outlook before and i would always get a email on that but then when i deleted it either on my phone or gmail i still had it on outlook.

thats basically what im just trying to do is keep a copy on my computer mail and not have it delete when i delete it from my iphone

th3godf4th3r · 10-06-2009, 09:07 PM

i think i got it, i set up POP on my iphone so now it keeps a copy on my computer