>> is there any way to get mail.app to delete individual messages from >> the server. entourage (ack!) has that nice little option, "delete >> message from server at next connection". the best i can find in mail >> is the automatic removal after one week/one day/when moved from inbox, >> etc. > > What version of Mail? > In Panther, go to Mail>Preferences>Accounts>Advanced and select 'remove > copy from server after retrieving a message'. That sounds like what you > want I think. not exactly. i want the default to be to leave them on the server (for a week), but to be able to delete individual messages occasionally. does that make sense? -david