Thank you very much indeed Gary. That was what I was most worried about but
now you have put my mind at rest.
Evelyn
"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uRZy3sA$JHA.3708@xxxxxx
Quote:
> As long as you keep an IMAP account active on two computers, it will
> keep synchronizing the status of emails, meaning if you delete emails
> from one computer, they will be deleted from the other computer.
> The solution is to remove that IMAP account from the old computer.
> Removing accounts from the old computer will not affect anything on
> the new computer or on the server. To remove accounts:
> Tools, Accounts, select the account, click Remove.
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "Evelyn" <begone@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23Snh02z%23JHA.4560@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Thanks for your reply t-4-2,
>>
>> I am rather new at this so bear with me.
>>
>> I have just two questions:
>>
>> If I delete all 3 accounts on my old computer, does it delete all 3 on
>> the
>> new one as well and from the server completely?
>>
>> If that is the way to do it, can you tell me how I delete all 3 accounts
>> on
>> the old computer please.
>>
>> Evelyn
>>
>> "t-4-2" <dhuang1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:O1grzly#JHA.4692@xxxxxx Quote:
>>> I must have missed something. Wouldn't it be easier if you removed the
>>> e-mail account from your old computer, instead of dealing with messages
>>> ?
>>> Once account was removed, messages went with it.
>>> t-4-2
>>>
>>> "Evelyn" <begone@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:Ouu1iBy#JHA.4560@xxxxxx
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I have just bought a new computer and transferred all my email accounts
>>>> (3 accounts in total) and all the e-mail messages in each 3 over to my
>>>> new computer.
>>>>
>>>> I should mention that one of the accounts is an Imap account.
>>>>
>>>> What I am trying to do is delete all the e-mail messages in each
>>>> account
>>>> on my old computer so that it is completely clean so I can then give it
>>>> to my daughter without any of my messages on there.
>>>>
>>>> The first time I deleted all of the emails on my old computer, it also
>>>> deleted all of them on my new computer as well.
>>>>
>>>> How can I keep all of my emails that were transferred to my new
>>>> computer
>>>> and delete all of them on my old one without affecting my new computer?
>>>>
>>>> Is it a question of deleting each actual account in my old one
>>>> completely? Or by doing this, will I subsequently delete all of the
>>>> accounts on the new one as well?
>>>>
>>>> Can anybody tell me the right way to do this? Basically, I want to
>>>> keep
>>>> all of my emails of my new computer but not the old.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you
>>>>
>>>> Evelyn
>>>