Transferring Mail messages

[Karl Kuehn]

On Dec 7, 2006, at 9:22 AM, Steven DeWitt wrote:

> I have an iMac and an iBook and use Mail as my mail application.  
> Until now, I have been using the iMac as my "main" e-mail  
> workstation and then using the iBook to check e-mail periodically  
> (I have Mail configured so that messages sit on my server until I  
> have moved them out of the inbox on the iMac). Now however I want  
> to start using my iBook as my main mail workstation. I can change  
> the configuration so that messages sit on my server until I move  
> them out of my inbox on the iBook instead, but is there a way to  
> transfer all old messages sitting in folders on my iMac to my iBook?

	For this sort of setup I would strongly suggest that you look around  
for an email provider that provides IMAP service with a good mailbox  
quota. If you get that, then the only difference between your primary  
and secondary (or any other) computers is that your primary would be  
the one to hold your email archives (to reduce used space on the  
server).

	I actually run my own email server so that I have effectively  
unlimited space on my personal email. I even use it to archive work  
emails so that I don't overrun my quote at work.

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		Karl Kuehn
			larkost at softhome.net