Android keeps downloading old emails

It only takes a minute to sign up. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. I mostly use my computer for email, but obviously when I'm on the go it's good to have my email accessible at all times.

That's what the email app is for, right? So I have it set up to download emails, but to never delete them from the server.

Essentially this is the same as I have on my laptop. Only my main computer is set to delete emails from the server when I delete them from my inbox. The point is, while this works fine on my laptop, my phone will keep downloading the same emails, even when I hit the "Delete" button to remove them from my phone's inbox. Strangely, though, it will only do this a few hours after they were deleted the mailbox is set to update every 15 minutes , and usually only when I receive a new email or two.

In other words, when I get a new email, the phone will start downloading some old emails seemingly at random. There are multiple approaches to this problem. The first an most effective is to switch from POP3 which I assume from your question you are using to IMAP, where mail is handled on the server instead of client-side -- so you can delete a message when you decide to delete it and not when client X is retrieving it, as handled by POP3. Second might be trying a different mail client again, I do not know what you are currently using.

Then I make sure to delete my trash on the phone after I have downloaded whatever I want to save on my computer copy of Outlook. I think i have the solution to the problem. When setting up your email untick the push notification you then get a manual button, from there you can manually input incoming and outgoing settings.

From then on you will be able to delete from your phone to the server. Now the only problem is you can't set the the sync schedule. I just found the easiest way to solve this problem, completely by accident. Open your email app and click on settings; then click on the words "clear cache. Problem solved! It's Gmail. This seems to be a bug or at least a weakness in the platform. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.

Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Asked 8 years, 9 months ago. Active 7 years, 9 months ago. Viewed 8k times. Improve this question. Have you checked your server settings for POP3?

Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. Hi Ray, Try running online repair and see if it will help. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to A. User's post on March 23, Tried that.

First time I re-ran Outlook all was well. Thought maybe that had cracked it. Try running outlook in safe mode, type outlook. Is this outlook for business? User's post on March 24, The first time I open Outlook , it re downloads all the old messages. Still the same problem and no further ideas about what to do. No-one seems to have a solution despite a large number reporting this problem.

Donna Men Moderator. Ray In regards to your issue, you can follow these steps: From Outlook , click on File. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums.

Answered by:. Archived Forums. Sign in to vote. Hello All, My Outlook keeps downloading the same email over and over. Edited by zps77 Friday, January 16, AM. Friday, January 16, AM. Hi, According to your description, I understand that outlook always download same e-mails after remove the synchronization log from other computer client. Best Regards, Allen Wang. Monday, January 19, AM. Have you tried having them create a new mailbox for you?

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