Hi,
I use BT as my email provider. I download my emails into outlook and view them from there. Even though i have ticked the Outlook option to remove from server when deleted from Outlook deleted folder, they do not delete from the server. Any ideas please?
Thanks
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Emails not deleted from server when deleted from outlook
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- Lemon Slice
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Re: Emails not deleted from server when deleted from outlook
There is some discussion of a similar problem here:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/out ... ea2deab4f1
Conclusions from that thread:
1) check for any available updates of your Outlook version. Gernerally this happens automatically for newer Office365-related installations.
2) Check for excessive amounts of messages - eg empty the junk folder on the BT web mail. When it's slimmed down a bit, it may work correctly.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/out ... ea2deab4f1
Conclusions from that thread:
1) check for any available updates of your Outlook version. Gernerally this happens automatically for newer Office365-related installations.
2) Check for excessive amounts of messages - eg empty the junk folder on the BT web mail. When it's slimmed down a bit, it may work correctly.
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Re: Emails not deleted from server when deleted from outlook
I've always found BT email very flaky - sometimes it works as intended, sometimes not. It hasn't gotten any better over the years.
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Re: Emails not deleted from server when deleted from outlook
Andy46 wrote:Hi,
I use BT as my email provider. I download my emails into outlook and view them from there. Even though i have ticked the Outlook option to remove from server when deleted from Outlook deleted folder, they do not delete from the server. Any ideas please?
Thanks
Were you using BTYahoo and have been migrated to BT by any chance...
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Re: Emails not deleted from server when deleted from outlook
BobGe wrote:Andy46 wrote:Hi,
I use BT as my email provider. I download my emails into outlook and view them from there. Even though i have ticked the Outlook option to remove from server when deleted from Outlook deleted folder, they do not delete from the server. Any ideas please?
Thanks
Were you using BTYahoo and have been migrated to BT by any chance...
I'm not sure. I have had the same @btinternet.com address for probbaly 30 years though which means i have seperate logins for the account which holds my BT email to the account which holds my landline phone bill. I've asked BT about merging these accounts a few times mainly because my understanding is that because my email account isn't linked to my phone account i could end up losing it through inactivity, this and i'd prefer only to have one login. BT however didn't have a clue what i was talking about and it was like talking to the wall, so I gave up presuming it was me who was asking the impossible.
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