Re: Stoopid iPhone

2019-01-16 Thread P. J. Alling
It really depends on how the pop server is configured.  Some delete emails, some don't.  Some let you choose.  gmail, is one that lets you choose to "delete"* downloaded emails, if your client tells it to. *"Delete in Google terms means they disappear from your on line inbox, but like the FBI,

Re: Stoopid iPhone

2019-01-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Sheesh, John. This is pretty simple stuff. You don't want an email account on your iPhone? Just: - Tap Settings - Tap Passwords & Accounts - Tap the mail account you don't want - Tap the Sign Out button G Godfrey -- Godfrey DiGiorgi - godfreydigio...@me.com - 408.431.4601 cell > On Jan 15,

Re: Stoopid iPhone

2019-01-15 Thread John
That's part of it. Earthlink is not my ISP. It's an email only account that I signed up for several years ago when Time-Warner's email servers went down for several months. Time-Warner's "support" told me I wasn't paying for email, it was just a bonus Time-Warner *gave* me out of their corpora

Re: Stoopid iPhone

2019-01-15 Thread Eric Weir
> On Jan 15, 2019, at 3:10 PM, John wrote: > > It's a POP server. Not that it matters. It matters. There may be an option allow you to keep messages on the server. Otherwise, which is the case most of the time, messages downloaded to one device will not be available on other devices. > I d

Re: Stoopid iPhone

2019-01-15 Thread John
On 1/15/2019 12:53:51, Eric Weir wrote: On Jan 15, 2019, at 12:15 PM, John wrote: When I got the iPhone, the guy at Verizon set it up so that it was linked to my earthlink email address. Unfortunately, whenever it connects to wi-fi (or to my Ethernet at home) it downloads mail to the iPhone,

Re: Stoopid iPhone

2019-01-15 Thread ann sanfedele
Eric,  I have a POP connection and use Thunderbird. All my emails are saved both on my computer and on the server... I don't know about phones and laptops and such.  I used to have it set to downlaod and delete, but after having a crash a couple of years ago I switched back to leaving stuff on

Re: Stoopid iPhone

2019-01-15 Thread Eric Weir
> On Jan 15, 2019, at 12:15 PM, John wrote: > > When I got the iPhone, the guy at Verizon set it up so that it was linked to > my earthlink email address. Unfortunately, whenever it connects to wi-fi (or > to my Ethernet at home) it downloads mail to the iPhone, but anything it > downloads to

Re: Stoopid iPhone

2019-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
You might have better luck at the Apple Genius bar. If your phone is still under warranty it should be free, and their techs can usually solve any problem. Pau > On Jan 15, 2019, at 12:15 PM, John wrote: > > When I got the iPhone, the guy at Verizon set it up so that it was linked to > my eart