Since you say that sometimes the emails "are" deleted from gmail, I'm guessing that your dialup speed might have something to do with the problem - not a setting. Try staying online a while after the messages are downloaded so TB has a chance to confirm to gmail that the messages have been received (don't log off right away). Also, in the TB options settings there is an option to "leave messages on the server". So you can try un-checking that.
Not related to your problem, but a tip: if you find accessing the full gmail site via dialup waaay too slow, you can access the gmail "mobile" site which has most of the same features, but loads much, much faster since it's HTML only (no scripts): |mail.google.com/mail/h| <http://mail.google.com/mail/h> Good luck, Donk On 1/9/2013 7:53 PM, Theresa wrote: > Evening all :). > > As far as I know, my gmail settings for this account are correct (just > rechecked them), and set to delete email once it's been picked up by POP. > > But for some reason, that setting isn't working. Gmail is keeping all > my emails, not archiving them, just not deleting them. > > First, Thunderbird picks up emails. Gmail doesn't delete the ones that > have been picked up. Then Thunderbird reads that there are no more > emails in gmail, which is wrong. > > I have to go in manually to gmail online, and clear out the emails, and > then Tbird might or might not start picking up again. Sometimes I must > manually delete several pages of emails, so it's frustrating. > > This used to happen ever so often, but now it's pretty much every day. > I am about ready to clean out several online. > > Why is this happening? I wonder - is it because I'm on dialup, and gmail > is losing the message from Thunderbird that the emails have been picked > up? That's the only thing I can think of, and it doesn't seem right. > But stranger things have happened. > > Thanks > Theresa > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
