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Originally Posted by Topgun
Ok, thanks for your help Ben. I'll try setting up an IMAP account and see what happens. If it works, I'll post the settings I use back on here, just in case anybody else is having the same issue!
Thanks again, very helpful as always  |
Google have already dropped Exchange support for new devices (or if you delete and try and re-setup an account profile on the same device).
If you want to keep Exchange (active sync) then DO NOT DELTE the account profile on your device.
Regarding the removal of e-mails from the iPAD, the e-mails should still be present on the server, it's just the number of days that the iPAD syncs with the server. This is a setting that can be changed on the iPAD under mail settings. IIR it's a global setting that affects all accounts.
In your case where the mails got removed from the iPAD after accessing via your desktop, this may be caused by a setting on your desktop that removes them from the server after they have been downloaded. What protocol are you using to access your e-mail from your desktop (POP3, IMAP, ActiveSync?)
BTW, the Exchange Active Sync protocal was the best on the iPAD since it provided a working Push email system sending emails to the device as soon as they arrived at the server. IMAP on the iPAD does not have this (this is provided by IMAP-IDLE that is not implemented on iOS). In this case the iPAD must be set to poll the server at intervals.