IMAP and POP accounts in Apple Mail

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IMAP and POP accounts in Apple Mail

I have both an imap and a pop account with the same name in apple mail. I only need the imap one. can I delete the other one without losing mail stored in mailboxes under "on my MAC"?

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 21, 2020 9:35 AM

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DonH49

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Jan 21, 2020 10:00 AM in response to slm04

actually you should not be thinking about losing mail when you decide to make a change; instead do a search on how to ARCHIVE your mail. Then you won't have to worry about losing mail. I archive all my map mail I want to maintain to iCloud. I've never lost one piece of email doing it. ie I make changes a lot.

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Jan 21, 2020 10:44 AM in response to slm04

While the suggestion to archive your mailboxes is a great one, let me directly answer your question:

a) Always make sure to have a current backup

b) Deleting an account does NOT delete any messages that are under On My Mac

c) Always make sure to have a current backup

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IMAP and POP accounts in Apple Mail

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