Folders All Disappeared In MAIL When Going To POP

[Robert4]

Hello,

Always something new, I guess.
Using a new iMac with Apple's MAIL for my eMail (via Comcast)

Was automatically set up as an iMAP type of account when I started
using it about a week ago.

It imported, automatically, somehow, all of the Folders I had created that showed, and still show,
on my old W7 pc (running Thunderbird. POP also)

I just changed iMac MAIL Account over to a POP, to eliminate the automatic
deletions of msgs, when I trash on one pc that effected the other.
Seems to work.

But-

No more Folders show now in MAIL !

How can I get them back, please ?

Thanks,
Bob

 

[chabig]

You have to manually create them. The beauty of IMAP is that everything is managed on the server and all of the clients see the same picture. When you go POP it’s all on you. IMAP is better.

Stop thinking of your machines as separate email platforms. You have one email account. You want one consistent view of it. If you delete a message, it should be deleted everywhere. If you don’t want it gone, don’t delete it.