[MlMt] Computer change

[Benny Kjær Nielsen]

On 13 Sep 2018, at 14:18, davecc0000 wrote:

> I’m confused. I thought that MM didn’t have local copies of the 
> messages.

MailMate has a local cache (copy) of emails, but the primary location of 
emails is on the IMAP server(s). The cache enables MailMate to do almost 
anything while offline. Any changes are then synchronized with the 
server(s) when going online.

MailMate does not have local mailboxes (like “On My Mac” in Apple 
Mail). In other words, you cannot move an email from an IMAP account to 
some local-only mailbox within MailMate.

> I’ve asked for a feature to download messages from the server for 
> local storage but was told it’s not possible.

If you don't need the emails in a mailbox within MailMate then you can 
still copy the emails to local disk folders and then delete them in 
MailMate. These emails are still viewable (and searchable using 
Spotlight).

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Benny
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