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In the last few weeks, I've been receiving many alerts from Gmail while reading emails from another account. The warnings, for example, read Message left on the server: "Thank you for setting the order No. 475456", because they contain some virus or dangerous attachment (spam, naturally).

I'm wondering if there is a way to tell Gmail to automatically delete those message on the original server (I don't want to remove the warning message "Message left on the server", but the original dangerous message).

Does anyone know if this is possible?

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Not from inside gmail, you'd have to connect to the other account directly. If the other accounts provide a webmail service that would be the simplest way.

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  • Yes, and this if what im doing actually, but im ondering if there was to tell gmail to do that. Well, no chance to do it.
    – Strae
    Sep 22, 2009 at 9:43
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Unfortunately not, I hope this gets added in the future. You can, however, prevent the warning messages:

Create a filter in Gmail.

Go to Settings > Filters > Create a new filter.

In the subject field, type "Message left on server:", then click Next.

Select the "Delete It" option and click Create Filter.

NOTE:
This will auto delete the message in Gmail, however, the messages are still left on the server, so you'll have to log in to the account directly every now and then to clear out the messages. It's still a lot less annoying IMO.

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  • I dont delete anything from gmail ;) Actually i have a filter that ignore the inbox folder for those message and give them a label.. Well, maybe when the 'delete on server' function will be avaiable, i will delete it from gmail too ;)
    – Strae
    Nov 19, 2009 at 11:08
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    I believe in June 2015 Google dropped the "Message left on server:" subject prefix so these items started to reappear in my inbox. I'm now using "from:([email protected]) contained a virus or a suspicious attachment."
    – QFDev
    Jun 30, 2015 at 10:36
  • There's an updated instruction here: webapps.stackexchange.com/a/87041/117263 Apr 11, 2017 at 10:26

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