IMAP Emails Not Deleting

**mapenn** · 03-22-2012, 06:41 PM

My first post. I just traded in my webOS Veer for a giant of a phone - the Samsung Galaxy SII.

I have a typical IMAP mail box setup (non gmail). Most everything works fine. However, when I delete emails using the Galaxy, they don't actually delete. In the next sync, they pop right back up.

I've noticed that this seems to be a popular topic dating a couple years back. Is there a definitive solution?

I guess I was a little spoiled by how well webOS handled the setup of all my email accounts, so hopefully I am just overlooking something obvious. Thanks!

**PvilleComp** · 03-22-2012, 08:01 PM

Welcome to AC.

In your mail app, check the settings for your IMAP account. there should be a delete mail off server option that you need to check or uncheck. Most mail apps default to do not delete off server.

Hope this helps.

**mapenn** · 03-23-2012, 07:52 AM

Thanks - but the only settings that I see for the mail app are for the Incoming and Outgoing server settings. Nothing else. Where do I find these 'advanced' settings?

**mapenn** · 03-24-2012, 01:34 PM

so will the stock android email client not delete IMAP emails from the server?

**PvilleComp** · 03-26-2012, 07:09 AM

Originally Posted by mapenn

Thanks - but the only settings that I see for the mail app are for the Incoming and Outgoing server settings. Nothing else. Where do I find these 'advanced' settings?

Look under Incoming settings - sometimes they are buried there.

**spectre686** · 03-27-2012, 11:50 AM

Mine does not delete either. It is super annoying and about the only thing that really bugs me about the phone. Gmail and yahoo delete fine. But my plain Imap account does not. I saw posts from over a year ago that have same issue. So who knows if they will ever fix it!

**mapenn** · 04-05-2012, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by PvilleComp

Look under Incoming settings - sometimes they are buried there.

Nope, there are no "delete from server" settings in there.

**Uri Kirstein** · 06-17-2012, 02:58 PM

Wow this one is really surprising no way to have IMAP delete from the server. Anyways, I was only testing the new stock email to see if I could leave my other mail app (K9) alone and use the new Stock Android 4 Email. No problem though, like with any other glitches in stock apps, luckily we can just opt for the 3rd party app which is usually better anyhow. Most other Email apps don't have strange restrictions. Switching back to K9..

- Uri