a. Outlook send/receives emails (POP3) and is set to DELETE from
server after downloading (username setup as username@gmail.com). (I then auto backup and archive these in an external HDD).

b. Thunderbird in Ubuntu is set to receive emails (POP3) from the same
account and leave a copy on the server after downloading (username
setup as recent:username@gmail.com).

c. My HTC Touch Pro is setup to receive emails (POP3) and leave a copy
on the server after downloading (username setup as recent:username@gmail.com).

PROBLEM: In my HTC Touch Pro mobile when I do a send/receive the next day
(after the emails have been downloaded and are deleted from the server by my PC), all my copies of earlier downloaded emails disappears from my mobile phone as well. I would like to retain my emails until I manually delete them from my mobile phone?

The whole purpose of having emails on multi clients is defeated if I
can’t read my older emails and action them while I am mobile also I cannot setup an auto send/receive as it will delete the emails.

Some very smart programmer either at Gmail or at HTC mobile tried to out think the user’s requirements and messed up as usual.

I basically have a copy of my emails on my pc and on their server. Situations like this is the reason I take extra steps to cover all bases. But then again, my hdd could crash and gmail servers at the same time.

If both crash you better step back from your computer for awhile.

I would think it would be coming soon as well, but you can never tell with these companies.

Well, if it has happened to 60 other people who is to say that it wouldn’t happen to you. When you don’t plan for the worst is when the worst happens. I’ll take my chances of being safe rather than sorry.

Come on guys, don’t be listening to the “sky is falling” crowd.

The sky is falling? Oh No!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But am I worried enough to go back to using a POP client like Tbird or Outlook? Not if its only a few Gmail accounts out of the millions being used are affected, there are far more important things be concerned about.

Hopefully it is only a “few” Gmail accounts, but this is the ‘risk’ you take with any online e-mail provider.

But am I worried enough to go back to using a POP client like Tbird or Outlook? Not if its only a few Gmail accounts out of the millions being used are affected, there are far more important things be concerned about.

Come on guys, don’t be listening to the “sky is falling” crowd.

Bob

Personally, I use Gmail for 100% of my email. Luckily I have never had an issue like this. While I do have a lot of email, if it got wiped out, it would not devastate me.

The one thing that I did not see mentioned, was if this wiped out all their contacts as well. That would devastate me and just makes me believe that it is time to create a backup of my contacts.

Pray, Gmailers, pray!

I had some problems using gmail in firefox 2.0. It works perfectly in IE.

smelling something fishy?

[mozilla.org]

Oh one of those bugs. Don’t have high enough clearnace on my Bugzilla account to view details of this one.

After this incident I should probably think of my PC as the backup just incase gmail crashed :=)