Lubuntu 14.04 Sylpheed email retrieves old deleted mail

Question

Just installed Lubuntu 14.04 on a Dell Dimension 4700. On Sylpheed email when I retrieve mail It retrieves old deleted email from more than two (2) years ago. Is there a particular way to set it to where it won't retrieve old deleted mail? Thank you!

Answer 1

You are receiving the mail (again) because on your last system, you must have unchecked "remove messages on the server after download". In Sylpheed, you can do that in settings > accountsettings:

As you can see in this pop account example, you can do that by checking the option ("remove messages after x days", make it 0 to remove immediately).

If you use Gmail, you can use it as a pop account as wel for convenience reasons, with the same settings options.

Additional information:

If you make the settings as above, the email will not be downloaded again via your pop account, not even on a fresh install. However, they will continue to be available using Gmail in your webbrowser, unless you change some settings on the Gmail website. If you want to completely remove the mail you downloaded via your pop account, go to the Gmail website, click on the settings icon (the gear wheel in the top right of the window) and change the settings in the pop section to

if the messages are opened with pop, remove Gmail copy (see below)