This is how IMAP and Microsoft Exchange work. Are you using one of these 
two protocols with your email provider?

Also, if you're using POP3, you can configure it to delete all of the 
messages on the server after you've downloaded them to your device or 
just the messages you've deleted.

None of this has anything to do with a Mac or an iPod. This is how email 
works for me on Linux, Windows, IOS and Android. I've never checked my 
email on a Mac. It'll also work this way with any mail client that 
supports IMAP, such as Thunderbird, Windows Live Mail, Outlook and so on.

On 07/20/2014 01:37 AM, Harry Brown wrote:
> Hi all,
> Well folks, they say, that there’s no such thing as a dumb question, so, here goes.
> Right now, I’m on my Mac Mini, and I deleted a bunch of emails. I thought that, when I turned on my iPod touch, that the emails would not be deleted from that, but when I turned on the iPod, and started mail, the messages I thought that would be there, were also deleted from the iPod as well. So my question is, what happened? Does that mean that my mail inbox on the Mac Mini is synced up with the iPod?
> I’m not angry about the messages being deleted on both devices. In a way, it’s a great thing, because now my work is caught up.
> So, someone tell me what has happened, ok?
> Whatever happened, I like the way it’s set up. I like the fact that what I do with mail in my inbox on my Mac mini, is also done on my iPod.
> Harry
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