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patent10021

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Apr 23, 2004
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I delete Gmail messages in OSX Mail but they all come back from the Gmail servers. I know IMAP doesn't mirror but POP does. So if it's a POP account when you delete a msg in OSX Mail it gets deleted from GMail too right?

But when you set Gmail up in OSX mail or iOS Mail it's always IMAP settings.

How can I delete 1000's of Gmail msgs in OSX Mail and have them deleted on the Gmail servers too so that all those messages don't come back again?

Thanks
 

GGJstudios

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May 16, 2008
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I delete Gmail messages in OSX Mail but they all come back from the Gmail servers. I know IMAP doesn't mirror but POP does. So if it's a POP account when you delete a msg in OSX Mail it gets deleted from GMail too right?

But when you set Gmail up in OSX mail or iOS Mail it's always IMAP settings.

How can I delete 1000's of Gmail msgs in OSX Mail and have them deleted on the Gmail servers too so that all those messages don't come back again?

Thanks

You have it backwards. IMAP syncs all clients with the server. POP doesn't.

How-to: Proper Gmail IMAP for iPhone & Apple Mail
 

patent10021

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Apr 23, 2004
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ok well that's more of a problem then because It's IMAP and they're all coming back.
 
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