[X-Newbies] How to get Mail.app to delete mail on server.

[Jane]

If you choose 'right away' it should do it....does it for me.

On Sep 29, 2005, at 2:11 AM, Aldo Johnson wrote:

> Dear 'Listas
>
> I'm just wondering how I can delete my e-mail on the mailserver as 
> soon as I've downloaded it? Or, in Apple parlance, "remove copy from 
> server after retrieving a message."
>
> Of course, I can go to preferences->accounts->advance and click the 
> "Remove now" button, but I'd like this removal to happen 
> automatically.
>
> I thought the "Right away" selection means that e-mails are removed 
> from the server as they are downloaded, right away, but it doesn't do 
> that. After downloading my e-mail, I went to the webmail version of my 
> e-mail account. The e-mails are still there, in my mailbox.
>
> So, is there a way to immediately remove the copy on the server after 
> retrieving a message?
>
> I'm driving a Mac Mini 1.42GHz with 10.4, with Mail.app 2.0
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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