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I have an IMAP MacMail (11.3) account on my iMac (OS High Sierra 10.13.4), my MacBook Pro (OS High Sierra 10.13.4) and my iPhone 8 (Version 11.8).
How do I sync the 3 devices so that all mail and mail boxes are the same and actions taken on one device occur on all devices?
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.
iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.4), iMac Retina 5K, 27",i5, 3.2GHz,16GB
Dedo wrote:
It doesn’t. Only when deleting messages. They’re deleted on all accounts. I can’t see all mailboxes from the iMac on the MacBook Pro or iPhone.
Probably because you created those mailboxes under "On My Mac" - which means what it says... these mailboxes reside on your mac, and are independent of the IMAP server.
You can drag a mailbox from under "On My Mac" to under the respective server and it will be copied. Keep in mind the possible server limits (e.g. my Gmail allows up to 15GB of mail), so keeping it all in the server may be a challenge, or require paying for an upper service tier.
Luis, you're absolutely right, I created the mailboxes on my POP account then changed over to IMAP. It was only the IMAP mailboxes that were showing up on my MBP and iPhone. And when I created new mailboxes, I chose On My Mac, not knowing any better. On My Mac is not on my ISP Server. I'm now, as you say, dragging and dropping mailboxes and waiting for messages to load.
I'm marking you as Solved because it's my only selection choice (it was actually my ISP who solved it)
but your answer will help others.
Thanks for responding.
Thanks, deggie. I did send a message to my ISP this morning (who is usually very responsive) and asked why all iMac mailboxes aren't listed on my Webmail account. If not there, certainly can't select 'View'. But, after having made some changes on the Webmail, I'll try deleting the Mail account and resetting it on my MBP and see what that does.
I'll post again when they respond.
Thanks again.
deggie-
I heard back from my ISP about three hours ago. :-)
I created the mailboxes on my POP account then changed over to IMAP. It was only the IMAP mailboxes that were showing up on my MBP and iPhone. I'm now, as Luis says below, dragging and dropping mailboxes and waiting for messages to load. The mailboxes I've moved so far, are now on all devices. Thanks for your suggestion to look to my ISP.
Dedo wrote:
Luis, I have another question. Now that I've transferred all POP On My Mac mailboxes (47 of them) to MacMail and IMAP, can I delete them from On My Mac?
If it is already on IMAP, yes. But first did you confirm that it now shows up on your other devices?
I have. What I haven't done yet is check to see if all messages, in all mailboxes, copied. And it tells me I need to go through and clean up. Way too many old ones.
I'd like to understand what has happened so I have another question. When the protocol is IMAP, and my email is sitting on the ISP Server, is the Server functioning like iCloud? Am I actually viewing my messages on the Server? My iPhone storage is still only 12 of 64GB, despite the fact that I now see and can access all mailboxes.
It should already do it since it is an IMAP account, no further syncing is required.
It doesn’t. Only when deleting messages. They’re deleted on all accounts. I can’t see all mailboxes from the iMac on the MacBook Pro or iPhone.
Who is your mail provider?
A local ISP, omsoft.com. I went in to the webmail sight and toggle view all the mailboxes listed Think it was missing a couple.
That is going to be an issue with your ISP, not with your devices. You can try deleting the mail account from the MacBook Pro and iPhone then adding it back and see if they reappear.
Luis, I have another question. Now that I've transferred all POP On My Mac mailboxes (47 of them) to MacMail and IMAP, can I delete them from On My Mac?
How do I sync Mail to all Mac Devices
