Removing mail from server with Mail

[joetronic]

I have made sure the seeting in mail to download messages from server is set, but it dosn't seem to be actuly downloading the meseges. When I go to my adelphia webmail, the messeages are still there. Is there a known fix for this issue? I have never used Mail before, I always used Entourage, but I pissed me off so I am using Mail till I find something else. Any suggestions.

Thanks in advance
joe

 

[kiwi-in-uk]

Mail > Preferences > Accounts > [select the account] > Advanced

Plenty of options there for immediate or delayed deletions.

cheers

 

[joetronic]

I have it set to do immediate delete. But it still will not remove the messeages from the server. Could it be a problem with Adelphia's mail server? I contacted them but there tech support sucks something horrid, so there were of no help what so ever.

I never had these problems before, so I am leaning more towards Mail itself being the problem. I will try a different mail client. What are some other good ones I can try besides Entourage. If there are open source that would be great.

Thanks for the quike reply.

 

[munkle]

Mozilla's Thunderbird is what you want to check out.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

I have made sure the seeting in mail to download messages from server is set, but it dosn't seem to be actuly downloading the meseges. When I go to my adelphia webmail, the messeages are still there. Is there a known fix for this issue? I have never used Mail before, I always used Entourage, but I pissed me off so I am using Mail till I find something else. Any suggestions.

Thanks in advance
joe

For some strange reason, my .Mac webmail does this to me (.Mac mail is IMAP-based). Refreshing the webmail window clears the issue up, though.

 

[mkrishnan]

My university Novell Groupwise e-mail account has this issue too -- but not my Yahoo account. Even if I try the "Remove Now" button from the preferences, it doesn't delete them. But in my Yahoo account, it does exactly what I expect. Maybe I need to take the plunge and convert this inbox it IMAP.