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POP3 setting not clearing emails off server

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Lin replied 3 hours ago
jack.dawson
jack.dawson

Current Thunderbird setup: Computer: Pop3 Phone IMAP

Until last week, I could leave the emails on my phone all day until I accessed them on the POP3 setup on my computer. That would remove the emails on the server and when I went back to my phone, it would show an empty inbox. Now, the emails do not clear out of my inbox on the phone, and I have to delete them manually. This happens on both the production version and the Beta version. Also, accessing via webmail, the inbox will be empty after accessing email on my computer.

Current Thunderbird setup: Computer: Pop3 Phone IMAP Until last week, I could leave the emails on my phone all day until I accessed them on the POP3 setup on my computer. That would remove the emails on the server and when I went back to my phone, it would show an empty inbox. Now, the emails do not clear out of my inbox on the phone, and I have to delete them manually. This happens on both the production version and the Beta version. Also, accessing via webmail, the inbox will be empty after accessing email on my computer.

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Lin
Lin
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If the Inbox is empty on webmail after POP3 retrieval, the computer's POP setup is working as it's supposed to and your issue is with the IMAP setup on the phone. This is the Thunderbird for desktop operating systems forum. You would be better off asking your question in the Thunderbird for Android forum where its experts reside.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/mobile

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