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shortcut to delete message from server

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Hello,

I have two computers running thunderbird on macOS with POP accounts. When checking mail on computer #1, I would like to find a simple way to delete a given email message from server so that it is not retrieved by computer #2. Doing this online is not the solution I am looking for. Regards, Gérald

Hello, I have two computers running thunderbird on macOS with POP accounts. When checking mail on computer #1, I would like to find a simple way to delete a given email message from server so that it is not retrieved by computer #2. Doing this online is not the solution I am looking for. Regards, Gérald

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Normally, if you download messages with a POP account, the messages are removed from server unless user specifies to not do that. Maybe more information is needed.

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Thanks for replying. My settings are to leave message on the server for a few days, say 7. Thus it would be convenient to have a shortcut to delete messages from the server without modifying the general setting. The filters have the option "delete from server" but I do not know how to make a menu item from it.

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I am not a shortcut key user, so can't give much advice. There is an addon, tbkeys-lite, that may be of use. Here is a list of all thunderbird shortcuts: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-thunderbird?redirectslug=keyboard-shortcuts&redirectlocale=en-US#w_writing-messages

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Consider setting up the accounts as IMAP instead of POP on each computer so all actions are synced between the devices.

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The two computers share the same accounts but their behaviours are distinct. IMAP is not a solution for me.

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