Even with POP3 settings, the native Android app deletes messages from the device when they are removed from the server.
It was important to keep the messages on the Galaxy S4 even after they were deleted from the server. I understood from other posts on the net that this is consistent with Android 4.+ So with K-9 Mail, the messages will stay on the device after they are removed from the server? eelkes1 On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 7:02:10 AM UTC-5, Seth Holmes wrote: > To answer my own question, you can configure your android device, on IMAP, > to take no action when messages are deleted on the server. > > On January 16, 2015 6:56:39 AM EST, Seth H Holmes <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> Depends. >> >> If you're using POP3, then it stays on your local device until you delete >> it from the local device. >> >> IMAP keeps the local device in sync with the server so once deleted >> there, it should be deleted from the local device as well. I don't recall >> if there's a way to override that behavior. >> >> On January 15, 2015 5:18:46 PM EST, Ed Elkes <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>> Instead of installing first and then asking, i would like to know >>> beforehand if K-9 Mail saves a local copy of each received e-mail to the >>> Android phone and retains it even though it might be erased from the >>> server? Thanks. >>> >>> >> > -- > Seth H Holmes > Sent from my Nexus 7 with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, email [email protected] To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
