Android + Outlook(laptop) + mail on server. How the 3 interact?

[shamkawai]

I have a mail server with my own domain (i guess it doesn't matter in this case)

I use outlook on my computer.

And I would like to check mail on my android through connecting to the mail server.

I configured both phone and laptop not to delete mail after fetch.

However, my mail box gets full soon.

Is there a way to delete the mail on the server once the mail has been fetched twice? (I do not know which device fetch first and second as they are both online and sync-ing simultaneously)
('coz I want a copy on both my devices)

 

[mulveyr]

I have a mail server with my own domain (i guess it doesn't matter in this case)

I use outlook on my computer.

And I would like to check mail on my android through connecting to the mail server.

I configured both phone and laptop not to delete mail after fetch.

However, my mail box gets full soon.

Is there a way to delete the mail on the server once the mail has been fetched twice? (I do not know which device fetch first and second as they are both online and sync-ing simultaneously)
('coz I want a copy on both my devices)

It sounds like you're using POP.

Why make it complicated? Just use IMAP syncing.

 

[takeshi]

I have a mail server with my own domain (i guess it doesn't matter in this case)

I use outlook on my computer.

What type of email account is this? That's important (and frequently omitted in threads asking for help with email).

Is there a way to delete the mail on the server once the mail has been fetched twice? (I do not know which device fetch first and second as they are both online and sync-ing simultaneously)
('coz I want a copy on both my devices)

No but some mail clients allow you to leave mail on the server for a certain number of days. I don't recall if Outlook has this option or not but you'd see it in the same place that you specify that you want it to leave mail on the server.

I'd agree with the other reply that if you can switch to IMAP you'll be better served. As ubiquitous as POP is it's very old school and has quite a few limitations -- one of them being that you can't really sync with a POP account.

Why make it complicated? Just use IMAP syncing.

IMAP's not always available.