Crystal I wrote:
So if I stick with the IMAP option, is there a setting so that when I delete a message in the Inbox from my Gmail account, that it will also be deleted from my Gmail web account?
Yep. Despite what [Google recommends|http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78892&topic=1281 4] I generally found the following setting to work best for me:
1) If you see the folder "Trash" in the GoogleMail IMAP section of Apple Mail's sidebar rather than as a subfolder of the generel Trash folder (the one with the trash-bin icon), then select it and click Mailbox > Use this mailbox for... > Trash.
2) In Mail's Preferences > Accounts select your GoogleMail account and set the options to
-> Move deleted messages to trash = YES
-> Keep deleted messages on server = YES
That way a message that is deleted in Apple Mail will be moved to the trash folder on GoogleMail's server. If you empty the trash, those messages will be removed from the server.
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