I like to check my email on more than one computer.  I'd like to have a copy of each email on both computers.  Is there a way to do this?

Yes.  Most email programs have a setting to "Leave a copy of messages on the server".  When this option is checked you will download messages to your computer like normal, but a copy will be left on the server to be downloaded from another computer.

Doing this can be a very tricky operation.  You will want to have at least one system download the messages and not keep the copy.  If you have both systems keeping the copy on the system, your mailbox on the server will just continue to fill up until it reaches its maximum capacity.

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