[X4U] Can Apple's Mail pick up GMail?

[Linda]

On 10/6/08 10:55 PM, Aron S. Spencer wrote:

>>> False. Mail will maintain a local copy of the mail.
>> 
>> So there's a copy of all mail on the computer AND a copy of the mail
>> in an
>> IMAP mailbox(es)? Two copies of every email on every computer?
> 
> no, just one.

So how does Mail maintain a local copy of the mail that isn't subject to
disappearing on a computer when it's deleted from the server or from the
other computer? That's contrary to most of the IMAP descriptions that have
come out of this thread.