Is there a setting to leave email on the server?

[bevadamsstamps]

With my old Android phone I could delete an email on my phone and the email would still go to my laptop. Now when I delete mail on my phone, it's gone. Can this setting be changed? I'd so, where?

My husband and I share one AOL email address and then I have my own that he doesn't bother with. But I also have a Windows-Live account and a Gmail account. I receive mail from all four on my Pixel 2 XL.
We both use Outlook on the computers. So is this a phone setting, an AOL setting, a Gmail setting, or an outlet setting? The only thing that changed when mail stopped arriving on the computers was the new phone. Or is this a blessing/feature that I need to learn how to deal with?

 

[lunatic59]

Now when I delete mail on my phone, it's gone.

Which mail? Is it gmail? Yahoo? Exchange? How was the account setup? As POP3 or IMAP?

 

[tube517]

Someone else posted about the same issue recently except they have a Samsung Galaxy S6.

https://androidforums.com/threads/n...leting-mail-from-server.1250610/#post-7721627

 

[Hadron]

Well with both GMail and Outlook accounts (both set as IMAP) I've used several email clients on my Pixel 2 and all have left mail on the server (from memory: GMail, AquaMail, MailDroid, K9, Nine and Outlook - not all of those with both accounts. Yes, I've been experimenting).

So it's definitely possible. I'd look in the mail app's settings, there must be something set there that is telling the server to delete after downloading.

 

[lunatic59]

I think the OP is specifically referring to deleting email in the client app also deletes it from the server which is expected behavior for an IMAP account. "Delete after downloading" is default for POP3 accounts. You have to tell it to leave mail on the server if that's what you want, although that is generally set as default in mobile email clients.

 

[Hadron]

Ah, sorry, misread.

I'm sure MailDroid and AquaMail had that option - those apps have options for everything and I'm pretty sure I've seen it in both. I expect K9 and its derivatives do as well. Unfortunately I don't have any of those currently installed to check (and have GMail disabled).