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

[Aldo Johnson]

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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