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Tech198

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Mar 21, 2011
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Hi all...

I have both my iPhone and Mac connected to same email iMAP account, yet sometimes when i receive messages on iOS, the same message does not appear on Mac Mail, despite not being deleted from iOS.

Why would this be?
 
Even though you are using IMAP, I believe there is an option somewhere to delete the message from the server (either upon checking/reading the message(s), or at a predetermined interval). So, you'll want to comb through your email preferences (on both devices), go line by line, don't miss a thing, and see if somewhere you have a "delete from server" preference checkmarked/chosen somewhere.
 
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