Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Verizon Email => AOL Date: 4 Mar 2017 04:50:58 GMT Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-KyS7UX35PPMd@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 2ZhZ7fvBXn2coVJK8vc0LADdD6+GEygnwCSHg/gUhXw/9t27on Cancel-Lock: sha1:7nEYWnGf1L8/MJHZYWRGxmx5qwM= sha1:knFCU1Ixm9ui0Qt2AVHI9pC1W1w= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.2.6 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:37712 comp.sys.mac.system:101761 Patty Winter wrote: > > In article , > Jolly Roger wrote: >> Patty Winter wrote: >>> >>> If you're using IMAP and you delete a message from one device, does >>> that message also disappear from the server? >> >> Yep. If you want to keep a message, you don't delete it. >> >>> If you have previously >>> viewed the message on a different device, does it remain on that one? >> >> Once a message is read it gets marked as read on the server. > > But what happens to the message you read on the computer? Since the client on the computer mirrors what is on the server, it's marked as read there too. > Can I delete > the message from the server without it disappearing from my own computer? Yes. You can create mailboxes on the server or on the local computer. If you move a message to a local mailbox that only exists on the computer rather than a mailbox that is on the server, the message will no longer exist on the server. This Apple support article shows how to create both local and remote mailboxes: -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR