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Is there a way to only delete emails on the device, but keep them in Outlook/Exchang?

japjoe7

japjoe7

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Simple and straight forward question with hopefully a easy answer. I do NOT want emails I delete on my iPhone to be delete from my Outlook/exchange account. Is there a way to only delete emails on the device, but keep them in Outlook? I want the same email functionality as a blackberry, I can choose to delete my email on the device only or delete it to the exchange account as well.
 
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EddieLucitt

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If you have a POP3 e-mail service, you can choose to have it so your emails don't get deleted on the server when you delete it from a client. Basically the mail would be downloaded to your phone from the server, and then the messages are just downloaded files on your device. If you would like to delete the emails, you would have to get on your official email providers webmail client and delete them there.

If you are looking for a way to separate this from your iPhone and your Outlook, I can't think of a way this would work.

Hope this helped.
 
japjoe7

japjoe7

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EddieLucitt said:
If you have a POP3 e-mail service, you can choose to have it so your emails don't get deleted on the server when you delete it from a client. Basically the mail would be downloaded to your phone from the server, and then the messages are just downloaded files on your device. If you would like to delete the emails, you would have to get on your official email providers webmail client and delete them there.

If you are looking for a way to separate this from your iPhone and your Outlook, I can't think of a way this would work.

Hope this helped.
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Thanks for the info. I'll have to check and see if our Exchange server is setup for POP3.
 
JamesMB

JamesMB

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japjoe7 said:
Thanks for the info. I'll have to check and see if our Exchange server is setup for POP3.
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If you open your email account settings (for that particular account) on your phone, do you have a selection for "Archive Messages?
I'm not using exchange, but IMAP, which is similar, does have that setting.
 
japjoe7

japjoe7

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JamesMB said:
If you open your email account settings (for that particular account) on your phone, do you have a selection for "Archive Messages?
I'm not using exchange, but IMAP, which is similar, does have that setting.
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No, I dont have that option. I don't have it setup as an IMAP, I have it setup as an exchange account.
 
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applefanDrew

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You could set it up to sync only so many days in the past. For example, after three days, a message would no longer show on the device but still be on the server.
 
japjoe7

japjoe7

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So, my resolution was to setup my exchange account as a POP3 account this way I can delete the email and not worry about losing what I have on my exchange account. Only problem is that it's not instant delivery, ugg!
 
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