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<blockquote data-quote="randy_m" data-source="post: 1640946" data-attributes="member: 256182"><p>Hi, I'm switching from PC to my new iMac. I used Outlook on my PC, and backed up my email database from Outlook to a PST file, and copied them to my Mac. I purchased PST Converter Pro for my Mac, and imported to my Mac Mail app.</p><p></p><p>My mail provider (cox.net) has both IMAP and POP available, but when I set up my email account on the Mac, it automatically made it an IMAP account. When I moved imported messages to the main Mail account, it sent copies up to the mail server. I like to keep my messages local, and do not want to keep them on the server.</p><p></p><p>Is there any way to change an existing IMAP Mail account to POP? Is there any reason I should not do this? I just spent half an hour deleting messages uploaded to the Cox mail server after moving them to the Mail account on the Mac.</p><p></p><p>What would you suggest for my situation. I'm thinking that I don't understand the process properly. Hopefully this makes sense, but any enlightenment would be appreciated.</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randy_m, post: 1640946, member: 256182"] Hi, I'm switching from PC to my new iMac. I used Outlook on my PC, and backed up my email database from Outlook to a PST file, and copied them to my Mac. I purchased PST Converter Pro for my Mac, and imported to my Mac Mail app. My mail provider (cox.net) has both IMAP and POP available, but when I set up my email account on the Mac, it automatically made it an IMAP account. When I moved imported messages to the main Mail account, it sent copies up to the mail server. I like to keep my messages local, and do not want to keep them on the server. Is there any way to change an existing IMAP Mail account to POP? Is there any reason I should not do this? I just spent half an hour deleting messages uploaded to the Cox mail server after moving them to the Mail account on the Mac. What would you suggest for my situation. I'm thinking that I don't understand the process properly. Hopefully this makes sense, but any enlightenment would be appreciated. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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