[Naplander]

Really don't get it. One says "On my mac" and the other my e-mail address

huh


Why? I would like to delete on, but am not sure which one to do!

Any suggestions?


Thanks!

[Millennium]

Your mail is usually 'stored' in one of several different locations. Mail which you actually download to your Mac is stored there, but if you use an IMAP e-mail server (which you probably do nowadays) then the mail is actually stored on that server. Each of these locations has its own trash can, because this is how e-mail servers know to delete it from there.

In general, you should delete each e-mail using the trash can in the same place where the e-mail comes from. If you see a message when your e-mail address is highlighted and you want to delete that message, use the trash can in your e-mail address. If you see an e-mail when "On my Mac" is highlighted and you want to delete that message, use the trash can "On my Mac".

[Naplander]

Thanks for the answer.

I am, however, using a POP e-mail account. I have also specified that e-mail be deleted from the POP server after it has been downloaded.

Would I be able to download the @myemailaddress trash can permanently, or would it be better to keep it there in case?

Same goes for my junk mail folder.

[TETENAL]

Can't you just collapse the trash cans and ignore how many of them are there or where the mail is trashed. That's a technical detail I'm not interested in.