Thunderbird does not delete messages...

[WillyW]

Just a quick fyi:
I too have a Yahoo email account.  Since I rarely use it, I didn't know what to expect.
After reading your above,  decided to test it.
With both      Leave messages on server       and      Until I delete them checked,    it worked fine.     Delete an email in T-Bird,  run another Get mail, and then check again with web interface.   Message was deleted.

This does not happen in my account...same settings.
TBird ver. 2.0.0.6 all updates...

Isn't that strange?

T-Bird 2.0.0.6
Webmail 1.2.5
Yahoo 1.3.0
I believe these are the latest too.

There must be something we've overlooked.

[WillyW]

What have you got here?

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[dairyman]

What have you got here?

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You mean what settings have I ticked on the 'POP' tab?

Just Mark emails as read on server.
Could it be because once I read it, it deletes it?

[WillyW]

What have you got here?

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You mean what settings have I ticked on the 'POP' tab?

That was meant for patio.  Sorry, I didn't quote him to make it more clear.

Just Mark emails as read on server.

That option is in the Hotmail add-on, not the Yahoo add-on pictured above.

Could it be because once I read it, it deletes it?

I don't know what you mean.   

[dairyman]

Hey, is anyone still out there?
I'm still waiting to decide whether to uninstall Thunderbird, even though I said I would earlier.

[WillyW]

Hey,

"hey" yourself.

is anyone still out there?

Yes.

I'm still waiting to decide whether to uninstall Thunderbird,

It is excellent software with a proven record, used by many with little problem.  It is constantly being worked on / updated.    It costs nothing.
I can't think of a reason not to use it.    But that's me (and many, many others too).

even though I said I would earlier.

Well - that certainly made it look like we were done here. 

You probably just need to get more familiar with it, and its options.  Be sure to understand what I said in Reply #20 above.

[wwroller]

@WillyW

I was tearing my hair out trying to figure out why "sometimes Thunderbird deletes from the server as I expect, and sometimes it leaves deleted items there."

I never figured we need a Get Mail command in order to complete the delete-from-server operation, because it's also set to empty trash on exit.  But that little tidbit solved my problem, so I just wanted to thank you.

WWR

[WillyW]

@WillyW

I was tearing my hair out trying to figure out why "sometimes Thunderbird deletes from the server as I expect, and sometimes it leaves deleted items there."

I never figured we need a Get Mail command in order to complete the delete-from-server operation, because it's also set to empty trash on exit.  But that little tidbit solved my problem, so I just wanted to thank you.

WWR

You're very welcome.
This appears to have been your first post here -  so also,  Welcome to the forum.   


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