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

[Aron S. Spencer]

On Oct 7, 2008, at 12:11 AM, Linda wrote:

> 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.


Mail maintains a cache of the mail that is on the server, but also has  
mailboxes which are not on the server ("On My Mac"), and you can move  
mail between the two (Manually or Automatically, your choice).

Aron S. Spencer
Union, NJ 07083


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