Two Accounts for a single email

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Two Accounts for a single email

I really don't know how or why, but my dad has 2 accounts set up for email in Mac mail.. but both accounts point to the same gmail account.

They're both IMAP and IMAP is enabled within the gmail settings.

However, they show different emails.. some emails are in one and not the other account.

I'd like to be able to delete one account, but we're scared of 'losing' emails that way. I thought IMAP was keeping all emails on the server and the client was simply displaying server state, but.. is that not entirely true?

I've tried to investigate the issue some and discovered that my gmail account has IMAP disabled despite the fact that Mac mail is using IMAP.. I guess I'm using IMAP to retrieve message data but.. am I missing some functionality if IMAP is disabled?

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017), iOS 12.1, null

Posted on Nov 5, 2018 2:30 PM

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Eric Root

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Nov 6, 2018 8:01 AM in response to LovesSleep

Do both accounts have the same email address?

To avoid losing emails if you delete one account, go to Mail/Mailbox/New Mailbox and create a new On My Mac mailbox(es). Copy the emails you want to save to that new mailbox. Then you can delete the account. Another option is Mail/Mailbox/Export Mailbox. That will also save the emails.

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Lexiepex

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Nov 6, 2018 2:56 AM in response to LovesSleep

imap is imap (for incoming, server copy); pop is when marked as read, not coming from the server to your mac.Sending is always smtp for pop and imap.

are you really sure the mails on the server are the same server batch for both imap accounts? you can check that perhaps in going to gmail in your browser.

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Two Accounts for a single email

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