Help with DELETING MAIL.
- Thread starter MrFishers
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giradman
iPad Fan
Hi MrFishers - welcome to the forum! 
I've not yet done the upgrade (now at 7.0.2, so about ready!) but 13K messages is astounding - you might want to provide some more: 1) How many mail accounts do you have setup in the Mail App; 2) I'm assuming that these are IMAP for incoming messages; and 3) Are you saving these messages on the mail servers of your accounts? I can only imagine that these messages were still being saved on your account(s) servers - hopefully others will 'chime in' who have gone to iOS 7 and have learned the 'new' features of the Mail App in this OS - good luck! I'll keep attention on this thread - probably will upgrade my two iPads this weekend. Dave
I've not yet done the upgrade (now at 7.0.2, so about ready!) but 13K messages is astounding - you might want to provide some more: 1) How many mail accounts do you have setup in the Mail App; 2) I'm assuming that these are IMAP for incoming messages; and 3) Are you saving these messages on the mail servers of your accounts? I can only imagine that these messages were still being saved on your account(s) servers - hopefully others will 'chime in' who have gone to iOS 7 and have learned the 'new' features of the Mail App in this OS - good luck! I'll keep attention on this thread - probably will upgrade my two iPads this weekend. Dave
giradman
iPad Fan
WOW - LOL
- one post would have been fine - why not just 'delete' that account as suggested, and then set it up again? Hopefully, others may 'chime in' w/ other advise - not sure once deleted and re-established what may happen - i.e. hoping that your 'old' messages will NOT show up - good luck and let us know - I'm sure others are having similar mail problems - Dave 
dhewson777
iPF Novice
The old messages would have to be sitting on the mail server to re-sync after the mail account is set-up on the iPad. Sounds like typical POP3/SMTP account behavior to me, with a keep mail on server setting on the server side.
If it were an IMAP account, any change on the home PC or IPad side would then be updated to the server and therefore each other.
If the former, a similar thing will occur again the next time a new iPad, iPhone, etc. is set-up with that mail account. I would be checking the server-side settings for a solution. Probably the best place to clear the unwanted emails as well.
If it were an IMAP account, any change on the home PC or IPad side would then be updated to the server and therefore each other.
If the former, a similar thing will occur again the next time a new iPad, iPhone, etc. is set-up with that mail account. I would be checking the server-side settings for a solution. Probably the best place to clear the unwanted emails as well.
