>> I use Apple & Yahoo mail both of which are set up as IMAP accounts so actions I perform on one device are reflected on all devices. I also use Apple Mail as my email client on my iMac & have the preference set there to automatically delete Trash after one week.
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> OTOH I have my email (from my ISP, not Apple, Yahoo, or Gmail) set up as POP so I can keep different sets of messages on different devices. I also have it set to not delete from server at all -- I take care of that independently.
> bj
BJ has clearly thought this problem ... perhaps "protocol" or "approach" would be better ... through, as have I, and some of the other vocal members.
I make the following suggestion for the benefit of people who are just trying to figue out how they want to do this.
In late 2008, when I realized that I *would* be getting an iPhone, and I wanted it to accurately reflect most of the mail folders on my Mac, I moved from POP to IMAP (and around the same time, from Eudora to Apple Mail).
Note: this was done specifically to make the two (iPhone and Mac) "virtually" identical. There was nothing I wanted on the iPhone that I didn't also want on the Mac.
The exception(s) were some infrequently-used, and some financial-related folders that I wanted *only* on my Mac -- and they are now located in the section of Apple Mail labelled "On My Mac".....
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