Thunderbird no longer removes emails once I clear them from the server
When I access my email on my computer using Thunderbird, I have it set to downloaded the emails locally and remove from the server. Starting today, WHEN I access my email using Thunderbird in my phone, all the messages are still there, and I have to manually delete them, and they still stay on my computer email app. I need Thunderbird on Android to start removing them again once I clear the server.
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Is TB Android using imap or pop to connect to the server?
Can you check the following setting has not been disabled. Settings > account name > fetching mail > Sync Server Deletions
This is applicable only for imap. Pop doesn't support synchronisation.
It's Pop3. It all started after the last update a couple of days ago. Nothing was changed on my end.
The last update (v23.1) had only a single change that would not cause the behaviour you observe.
- Fixed: Attachment filenames with non-ASCII characters were incorrectly decoded and saved
For pop connections, it's the expected behaviour for emails to remain on your phone after they've been deleted from the server. Pop doesn't support synchronisation.
You can read more about the two protocols here.
I need Thunderbird on Android to start removing them again once I clear the server.
To achieve this, you would need to use an Imap connection in the mobile app.
This keeps emails on your phone synchronised with the server. When an email is deleted on the server, it will be removed from your phone.
Actually, just the opposite. Pop3 removes them from my app once they are removed from the server. It has been happening for 30+ years, and it stopped yesterday. This has happened once before and it WAS a setting changed that Thunderbird made. So, it always clears the app once I remove from the server. Thunderbird did an update yesterday, that feature stopped working yesterday? Come on Thunderbird, dig a little deeper please?
Come on Thunderbird, dig a little deeper please?
This is a community forum with the majority of responses coming from users just like yourself trying to help others. Please be respectful.
I realize what this forum is. There was nothing disrespectful with that comment. Just thought maybe Thunderbird people troll here every once in a while.
Besides, who are you to tell me anything when I have an issue, and somebody who doesn't know what they are talking about tries to tell me what the issue is, and it has nothing to do with my issue.