hi paul ok sorted, if we don't check the store deleted messages on server, we have copies on only our imac and IOS devices not officially left on the g mail server
On 10 Dec 2012, at 19:03, Paul Hopewell <hopew...@hopewell.org.uk> wrote: > Hello William, > On my iMac I go to Mail and Preferences and Accounts and select the Gmail > account. I go to Mail Box behaviour. I see that the only check boxes I have > checked are "Store draft messages on the server" and "move deleted messages > to the trash folder". Everything else is unchecked. > > On my iPhone I go to settings and mail, calendar, contacts. I find the > desired mail account and double tap it. I then double tap the advanced > button. I then see mail box behaviour. I see "deleted mail box on my > iPhone". I double tap that button and I see that trash is on my iPhone and > that inbox and drafts are on the server. > > I think these settings were originally set up when I asked iTunes to sync > mail between my iMac and my iPhone. This syncs the mail account data but not > any mail items. Having originally set up my iPhone like that I turned off the > above iTunes sync option as I now have fewer mail accounts on my iPhone than > on my iMac. > > I hope you can sort it out. I imagine you can manually change the mail > account settings on your iPad. > > Best regards.... > > Paul Hopewell > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>