In iOS 6.x, my iPad and iPhone were connected with pop to gmail accounts. When I delete a message on the iPad or iPhone, the message is NOT deleted on the gmail server. So the message is still in my Apple Mail box on my OSX Lion Mac. The Mac Mail uses IMAP, so when I delete a message on the Mac, it IS deleted from the gmail server and the iPad and iPhone do not show the deleted message on their next update.
How do I implement this "Mac is master" with the iPad and iPhone on iOS 7.1? I have tried enabling POP on the gmail server and told it to keep mail on the server's inbox. But deleting on the iPad POP client still deletes the message from the server and it's no longer available on my IMAP Mac.
I'm following instructions from "https://support.google.com/mail/topic/3398031?hl=en&ref_topic=3396281" in the POP section. Am I missing something? Or is it just not possible anymore?
Best Answer
Go to your devices settings. Select "mail, contacts, calendar" > add account Then choose "other" (NOT GMAIL!) You will then be able to enter all the stuff manually and choose between imap and pop