This may be true if you want to do a mass delete of messages from your server, but you can definitely delete individual messages from GMail on your iPhone. I assume we're talking IMAP here. As someone else said, you can move your messages into the delete folder. Alternatively, you can turn archiving off and then you'll have a delete button replace the archive button.
On 17/09/12 13:05, Jesus Garcia wrote: > Afternoon if what you want to do is remove all messages from the google > server the only solution I found was to install thunderbird on your PC or on > your Mac if you have one and delete the messages with the email client. I > found no other way to do a server delete. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Mike Cassidy > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 13:39 > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: iPhone and Gmail > > Hello listers, > > Gmail doesna't seem to have the facility to delete messages from the server > once downloaded. I've just started using the iPhone for email, and I can't > seem to get rid of a whole load of messages that I've already read on the > PC. > > Any help welcomed, with thanks, > > Regards, > > Mike > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
