You're very welcome, Evelyn. Glad to be of service.
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
"Wendy" <none@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:O0pVq2A$JHA.3612@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Thank you very much indeed Gary. That was what I was most worried about but
> now you have put my mind at rest.
>
> Evelyn
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uRZy3sA$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
>>>> 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
>>>>