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Question re Mail and IMAP
- Thread starter rpg51
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two spontaneous ideas
1) Setup in account->Advanced to keep offline copies of your mail
2) define inbound and outbound rules to copy mails into a local destination on your mac
1) Setup in account->Advanced to keep offline copies of your mail
2) define inbound and outbound rules to copy mails into a local destination on your mac
Thanks. Is it necessary to use rules or so long as I do #1 will the incoming accumulate in the inbox the the sent accumulate in the sent box?
Also, if I send an e mail using one computer - will the sent e mail be stored on my 2nd computer as well, or just on the machine I was using when I sent the email?
Also, if I send an e mail using one computer - will the sent e mail be stored on my 2nd computer as well, or just on the machine I was using when I sent the email?
IMAP will anyway keep a version (inbound and outbound) on the server until some cleanup tasks will remove them. So a second computer with the same account and server will have access to the same mail.
I use that setup with my iMac, iPad, iPhone and iPod. Love IMAP.
On the iMac my mails are stored in ~/Library/Mail and some level deeper
~/Library/Mail/V2/<censored>/INBOX.mbox/<censored>/Data/Messages
So good idea to include that folder in backup ...
I use that setup with my iMac, iPad, iPhone and iPod. Love IMAP.
On the iMac my mails are stored in ~/Library/Mail and some level deeper
~/Library/Mail/V2/<censored>/INBOX.mbox/<censored>/Data/Messages
So good idea to include that folder in backup ...