Do all push e-mail programs delete the mail from the server....

[magicman08]

I have 2 aol e-mail accounts and I use mobipush to push the e-mail to my phone. Works fricken slick...except it when pushing it literally takes the e-mails off the server permanently....

This is cool until I have something I wanna read on my computer or whatever....

[ptlee8202]

With an exchange mail server the mail is deleted off the server only if you delete the mail from your device.

Even if the mail is deleted from your device due to retention period, the mail is not deleted from the server.

[rosem119]

I have Comcast mail. What I do is automatically have my comcast mail forward to a free hotmail account (keeping the mail on the comcast server), and then use the hotmail account for downloading to the Q. I would think you could do this with your AOL mail.

[jhalsey205]

Originally Posted by magicman08

I have 2 aol e-mail accounts and I use mobipush to push the e-mail to my phone. Works fricken slick...except it when pushing it literally takes the e-mails off the server permanently....

This is cool until I have something I wanna read on my computer or whatever....

This issue is really a limitation of POP email, and one of the reasons IMAP and MAPI (MS Exchange) are better solutions (POP is now an outdating email protocol). I am not sure about AOL, but most POP email based providers have an option/setting which specifically keeps the email on the server until you delete it from the server.

Usually, I would say that you can forward your POP email to a free gmail account, but AOL does not allow "forwards" (at least that use to be the case). That said, gmail may still be the solution, because it allows you to "pull" email from any email into gmail (rather than push from AOL). Pulling into gmail has the added advantage of effectively archiving all of your email in perpetuity, which can then be searched in the future with its inherent (robust) search capability.

John

[magicman08]

aol is a bunch of hosers....i just have to pay closer attention to the emails I randomly pass on you know