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sonogirl

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I was wondering, while I an checking and or deleting e-mailing on my iPhone does it show up that it was read from the computer and/or vice versa? If I delete an e-mail from the computer can I still see it in the trash on my iPhone. Just wondering how this all comes together.
 
I was wondering, while I an checking and or deleting e-mailing on my iPhone does it show up that it was read from the computer and/or vice versa? If I delete an e-mail from the computer can I still see it in the trash on my iPhone. Just wondering how this all comes together.

If you are using the IMAP protocol, yes. A simple explanation is everything is stored on the server and synced from there.

POP 3, no. Everything is local.
 
Ok, dumb question, how do I find out which one I am using?

How did you setup your email?

If you set it up by manually typing in your email server then post the server here. If you used the wizard and selected "Gmail" or "Yahoo" then I'm pretty sure it uses IMAP. Tell us what you did.
 
I use Aol. I just cluck on mail settings and where it said add account. I put it in along with my password.
 
If you go to...

Settings -> Mail -> Select the account under accounts

Look above where it says account info. At least with IMAP it says IMAP above where it says "Account Info" if you are using it.

Look right above where it says account info in the attached picture.

Does yours show anything there?

EDIT: I would imagine AOL uses IMAP.
 

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Are you sure because I delete a bunch ofe-mails on my phone and the they still show up as new mail on my desktop?
 
Are you sure because I delete a bunch ofe-mails on my phone and the they still show up as new mail on my desktop?

Well your desktops mail client also has to use IMAP. If you're using the AOL software then I'm not sure how you would check. If you're using Outlook or something along those lines (a standalone mail client) then you can figure it out by again looking at which server it is configured to connect to.
 
Well your desktops mail client also has to use IMAP. If you're using the AOL software then I'm not sure how you would check. If you're using Outlook or something along those lines (a standalone mail client) then you can figure it out by again looking at which server it is configured to connect to.

Also just to add to that, if your mail client on your computer is open while you delete an email on the iphone, you may have to close then re open or refresh your email client on the computer to have it reflect those changes.
 
Also just to add to that, if your mail client on your computer is open while you delete an email on the iphone, you may have to close then re open or refresh your email client on the computer to have it reflect those changes.

Yea that's why I said it may take a few minutes. I have Mail setup for gmail on IMAP and it certainly syncs up if I read a message on my iPhone/iPad instead but it takes however long the server is setup to "refresh" (i.e. check for new messages). But not all mail clients are created equal, I've seen mail clients using IMAP ignore the read statuses of existing messages which seems kind of dumb if you ask me.
 
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