Remove email from server option no longer exists MacBook Air M2 Ventura 13.5

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Remove email from server option no longer exists MacBook Air M2 Ventura 13.5

There does not appear to be an option to configure mail to remove the messages from the server. I've searched on Apple support and on the google and have found nothing. There are messages and instructions for what appear to be previous versions of mail but nothing for what I have. They all start with go to Mail->Preferences. That option doesn't exist. There is no Preferences under mail. I tried looking in Accounts, nothing. It appears that the option to remove mail from the server has been removed from the workstation.

Posted on Aug 4, 2023 9:57 AM

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Answer 1

KiltedTim

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Aug 4, 2023 11:25 AM in response to Make_My_Phone_Work

Who is your email provider? POP has been relegated to the dustbin of mail protocols for years. Yes, it's still there, but it's a lousy option. POP does not support synchronization between the server and multiple clients.

The only reason it should default to POP at setup is if IMAP isn't enabled.

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Answer 2

Aug 4, 2023 11:21 AM in response to KiltedTim

It made it pop. I didn't really have an option to choose, the MacBook decided for me. I have an inbound pop and and outbound smtp. Unless there's something somewhere that I'm missing. Life long pc user with my first Mac besides an iPad.

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Answer 3

Aug 4, 2023 11:37 AM in response to KiltedTim

It's an older account. The ISP has been bought, merged, I'm not really sure, three times now. It's POP. I tried to create it as IMAP and put in the servers I have for inbound and outbound. When it connected to the ISP it must have renegotiated as POP, that's what it shows it as in accounts. However; I did find a setting to remove the mail from the server. It wasn't originally obvious to me. It's set to remove after 30 days. I might have to play around with that and see.

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