Why are emails that I have already read on my computer still on my iPhone mail?

[Ruzzeh]

Why are emails that I have already read and deleted on my computer still on my iPhone when I go into mail, as if I've not read them yet?

I'm using hotmail and how can I fix this?

 

[TriJetHero]

use imap with pushmail instead of POP

 

[chambone]

Or you could set it to remove messages from the server immediately after downloading.

 

[James_C]

Unfortunately the problem is you are using not so hot hotmail. On a Mac hotmail only works with POP, for syncing ( to keeep all your mail in sync on all your devices) you need to use an email system that supports IMAP. Both GMail and iCloud support IMAP.

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Or you could set it to remove messages from the server immediately after downloading.

If you do that messages will only ever appear on one device. One you download a message on your Mac, it will be removed from the sever and will not sync to your phone.

 

[TriJetHero]

Ofcourse there is a work around for imap and hotmail.

works great!

http://www.sirslur.com/2010/09/01/hotmail-has-imap-and-works-on-iphone/

 

[James_C]

Ofcourse there is a work around for imap and hotmail.

works great!

http://www.sirslur.com/2010/09/01/hotmail-has-imap-and-works-on-iphone/

Only works for Mobile devices though, not for Mac.

 

[TriJetHero]

Only works for Mobile devices though, not for Mac.

You can use mBox for mac for that, is an mail addon which allows imap for hotmail

 

[moonman239]

Unfortunately the problem is you are using not so hot hotmail.

I concur. OP, switch to Gmail. Trust me, you may never go back to using Hotmail.

This comes from a guy (me) who was so fed up with Hotmail's spam filter that he switched to Gmail.Heck, I wrote a "vacation reply" to tell people who used my Hotmail account to send me e-mail, but Hotmail wouldn't let me do so. It complained that the reply was too long, even though it wasn't. Microsoft called it a spam-prevention measure. I call it unnecessary.