VM POP3 email access from Desktop and iPad

[Cavallino]

Hello folks, wasn't sure where to put this but Ill try here first.

Heres the situation.

I like using Outlook on my desktop and like keeping records of all my emails in the archive file on my local PC. Hence I used POP3 to download my emails.

I also accessed my emails from my iPad, also via POP3, and somehow there was a settings in the Virgin Media account that allowed me to delete emails from my iPad which then would not be present on the server.
I also would be able to leave those emails which I wanted so that when I get to my desktop and downloaded my emails, it would end up on my local archive file and no longer be present the next time I accessed the emails from iPad.

Now VM have started using the Google platform and things have changed...


So I'm not sure if what I had before is now even remotely possible.

I understand IMAP is an option but I don't want to go down this route on my desktop.

I hope Ive conveyed my point across, I hope there is a way around this. Many thanks.

 

[Orcvader]

Assuming it's the same layout as Gmail, press the cogs button then go settings, then go to "Forwarding and POP/IMAP", you can enable POP3 through there.

 

[Chaos]

Pop3 doesnt work well on VM I thnk they actually moved away from google.

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Email/POP3-Behaviour/td-p/2994032

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/Email/POP3-deleting-emails-from-the-server/td-p/2877919

 

[Cavallino]

Yes this is it... and I'm trying to figure a way around the situation now...

 

[Steampunk]

VM still use POP3, though you might have to log into the webmail interface to enable it. However, they don't support deletion of emails via POP3, so you can download/delete via POP3, but the emails are still there and available if you were to log in via another client or IMAP.