Help - new to android and emails disappearing

[vicki74]

I've just move from the Iphone 4 to the S4 and am trying to set it up.
I'm failing miserably with email.

I use Virgin.net email but have it downloaded to Outlook and it is deleted from the server when I do this.
I want to access the same emails on my phone - well, those emails that have not yet been downloaded from the server. So for example, if I'm not at home and laptop is switched off (not accessing Outlook) then I can get the emails to my phone until I get home and download them to laptop. When I download them to my phone I want to leave a copy on the server for Outlook to get.

So............... I've manually set up email using pop3 settings on S4.
An email will download to my inbox on the phone...... but then when I next go in to check emails on phone those that have been downloaded just disappear?
Delete email from server is set as never in the settings. And outlook on my laptop is turned off so emails are not being downloaded there.

Why are my emails auto deleting and where re they going. How do I stop this?????

Thanks

 

[vicki74]

Ok, so every time I sync, whether the email has been read or not, it goes.........