Switch Thunderbird to use IMAP for Google. You should be all set then. -- Michael
On 5/30/2010 4:18 PM, John Messeder wrote: > My Pre is connected to gmail by IMAP, and my PC's Thunderbird is > connected by POP3. I just discovered something that confirms what I > thought I knew - that when I delete an email from the Pre, it is deleted > from gmail's Inbox. That's pretty much what I expected. > But when I delete from T-bird (POP) gmail does not delete from the > inbox. In fact, Google should be deleting from the inbox when I download > to the PC/T-Bird, because that's the way I've got it set up. I've always > been frustrated by the need to go to my Google site and manually delete > hundreds of emails from the Inbox that I had long ago deleted from T-Bird. > > I'm guessing that if I set T-Bird to IMAP, whenever I delete from > T-Bird, it will not appear, or will be deleted from, the Pre. > What I don't want to lose is that if there's something I've read > on the Pre that I want to archive on the PC, it will still be there when > I get to it. > In other words, if I delete from the Pre and Google deletes it > from the Inbox, that's fine - but if I only read it on the Pre, and > maybe reply to it on the Pre, and then do not delete it, it will remain > on Google so I can download and archive it. > What I would then hope is if I move it on the PC from T-bird's > inbox to some other folder, Google would see that action and delete it > from the server. > > Is this clear as mud, or is there an answer? > > > > > > Before I do something I'll be sorry about - >
