Droid Global and Corporate Sync account - message deletion

[getmodern]

This applies to Corporate Sync accounts only! Not IMAP or POP accounts, please.

I've read the many threads on this board regarding syncing emails with a Exchange Server. It seems that on my brand new Droid Global, when I delete an email on the phone, it deletes the email also on the server, and so also on my main office PC. 

That is, of course, not what I intend to do.

I'm just trying to keep the inbox on my phone clean and simple. I don't actually want to delete the emails on the server. I receive anywhere from 40-50 emails a day, and don't want them on my phone!!

There seems to be a fair amount of confusion going on. Some claim that they are unable to delete messages on the server. Others, like me, don't want this, and want to manage our main exchange account on our office PCs.

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Is there any setting I am missing to "delete from device" only, leaving the message in my Exchange account in-box?

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If not, this is a pretty serious problem for the many corporate users who might want to switch from their blackberry to Droid. Something Verizon and Motorola MUST address very soon if they intend to offer competition to the iPhone or Blackberry.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA!

[jasnmar]

IPhone works very similar to the Corp Sync account in that it is "sync'd" with the exchange server. What you do on the phone is editing the server data, and it is kept in sync.

The account has a setting for how much mail you want to keep on the phone, and the "burden" of deleting things on the phone is removed, as you simply don't have to manually remove things.

I average a couple hundred corp emails a day and don't have to worry about keeping things "light". When I delete an email, I mean to not have it anymore. It's not on my phone, it's not on my IPod, it's not on my PC. It's deleted.

I do understand that this is very different from how Blackberries work, but I always refused to have a blackberry, so it hasn't been a problem for me.

As far as I know there isn't a "native" way to remove messages from the phone, but still have them on the server, and I've not searched for an app that would do it.

jason

[getmodern]

That's understandable, and much thanks for the clear explanation. 

Blackberry, of course, also "sync's" but gives the option for those who prefer more control over their email. Hopefully this is a feature that Verizon/Motorola can work on for the next software update, as it is rather critical.

Still strange, IMO, since this feature is built in on my POP account. hmmm?

I noticed that the setting you mention (how much mail to keep on the phone) doesn't always work, though. Until this morning, I had all my Tuesday (Jan 4) emails still on the phone, despite my having the phone set to only keep 1 day sync'd - - so its obviously a little buggy, too.

In any case, I guess I'll have to learn to live with it - Update, hopefully, coming soon