Re: "A copy of this message is on the server. Delete from server"does not work...

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On 3/28/06 9:23 AM, in article C04EDB27.3D56%don@xxxxxxxxxx, "Donald E.
Stidwell" <don@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 3/28/06 2:19 AM, in article C04E4DA1.2265%syed.s.ahmad@xxxxxxxxx, "Syed
S. Ahmad" <syed.s.ahmad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hey everyone. I'm new to Entourage 2004 (and OS X) and for the most part my
experience with Entourage has been much better than it has ever been with
Outlook (and that's saying a lot considering how good Outlook is.) Anyways,
I'm having an issue trying to synchronize deleted emails with my main, POP3
account.

I use Gmail as my main email account and am checking it in Entourage via
POP3. If I want to delete an email (both the Entourage and Gmail) I have
the "A copy of this message is on the server. Delete from server" option,
yet only the downloaded copy gets deleted, not Gmail's copy. I also have
"Delete messages from the server after they are deleted from this computer"
enabled in the account settings.

I know POP3 isn't the best solution and this happens in just about every
other email client I've ever used, but I was hoping Entourage would improve
it. It might be worth mentioning that I set Gmail to store a copy of my
email when I access it via POP3 client (mainly so I have a remote copy if
I'm not using my laptop)...though I don't believe that is the problem. Any
suggestions?

-SSA


Syed, this is the problem with Gmail with any client. Gmail does not remove
mail from the server, no matter what you tell it. I had this problem with
Apple Mail, Entourage and with Outlook on Windows. It only marks them as
read and leaves them on the server. This is the primary reason I don't use
Gmail as my main email account anymore. I now just forward my Gmail messages
to my dot Mac account. (When forwarded they are moved from the Inbox to the
All Mail folder).

Don


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