Hi William, I have exactly this set up. I use Google Mail which is set to imap with only inbox stored on the server. I read mail on both my iPhone and my iMac. Using my iPhone I delete mail items which require no further action and these are also deleted from my iMac. If a mail item needs a complicated reply I leave it in the inbox on my iPhone so that it appears in the inbox on my iMac from where I can answer it. If I delete mail from my iMac it does not appear on my iPhone. Best wishes.....
Paul Hopewell On 10 Dec 2012, at 15:58, william lomas <will.d.lo...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi to all > > if i set up email on my ipad mini and use it when away from the imac, will, > as i use imap and not pop3, my email not be downloaded again repeatedly if i > have read it on the ipad, when i return to the imac? > in other words, if i delete an email off the ipad will it be deleted from the > server if i state don't store deleted messages on the server on the mac side > before i set it up, so that if i have left ten messages say in my ipad mail > inbox only those ten and others not read, will download on my return to the > computer? > > What has put me off email in the past, is the annoyance of emails i have > already read, being downloaded again on to the computer so i had extraneous > emails to dispose of if i didn't want them > > I am going to my partners for two weeks now back xmas even from wednesday and > the mac will not be on, i do not want to return to the emails i have > already read and sorted, being downloaded again cluttering up my computers > inbox > regards will > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>