Have you looked at switching to IMAP?
http://www1.umn.edu/adcs/guides/email/imapvspop.html
Bob
I have a first generation ipad and a iphone 4. I use both to check my email accounts- yahoo and gmail. I spend too much time deleting email I have read and already deleted on the other device--is there a sync feature I'm missing. Went to apple store and person there said --Can't be done--REALLY???

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