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Is there an option to leave messages on server for POP accounts?

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I have a POP3 account that I access from both my laptop and my Android phone. On the laptop, I can "leave messages on server" after downloading; works great. But if the phone picks up the message first, the message is deleted, so it it never appears on the laptop. I've poked around to try to find a "leave messages on server" setting in the mobile app, but I can't find it. A Google search referred to "Advanced Settings," but I can't find that, either. Does this setting exist in the mobile app? And, if so, where/how do I find it?

And yes, I should convert the POP3 account to IMAP; I get that, but I can't do it at the moment. For now, I'm stuck with POP3.

I have a POP3 account that I access from both my laptop and my Android phone. On the laptop, I can "leave messages on server" after downloading; works great. But if the phone picks up the message first, the message is deleted, so it it never appears on the laptop. I've poked around to try to find a "leave messages on server" setting in the mobile app, but I can't find it. A Google search referred to "Advanced Settings," but I can't find that, either. Does this setting exist in the mobile app? And, if so, where/how do I find it? And yes, I should convert the POP3 account to IMAP; I get that, but I can't do it at the moment. For now, I'm stuck with POP3.

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This forum is for desktop Thunderbird. You might ask in the Android forum: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/thunderbird-android

When you want to switch to IMAP, in case you have not seen this help article already: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/switch-pop-imap-account