Can't set up my mail account.  Virgin info says it should be POP Mac says it is IMAP

Hi
I am trying to set up my email account.  I have recently changed from windows to a mac.  Virgin media say it should be a POP account  - Mac says IMAP on account type.  I have at least three mail accounts now and non of them work.  How can I re-start mail set up.  Any help would be great.  Thank you.

paulinefrombolton wrote:
The account information says Account Type:  POP which won't let me alter it.  The next box down says Description and so on.  I can only alter certain things but nothing that lets me alter the Account Type.  I downloaded "how do I set up apple mail on os x" from the virgin website but it doesn't tell me how to alter the POP to IMAP etc.  Can I just delete all the mail boxes and try again from scratch?  Thanks for the reply.
If mail has lready been downloaded you need to back it up before you delete the account, POP does not synchronize mailboxes so you may have the only copies of your mail on your computer so:
In Mail, go to Mailbox>Export Mailbox and repeat for each mailbox with content you want to keep.
Then delete the whole account and re-enter it but leave the password blank, click create and you will get to a manual setup page in which you can choose iMap/Pop etc. You will need to know the correct server settings so get them from Virgin.
From this page (VirginMedia mail Setup) it appears that VirginMedia mail is POP only so you can't change it to iMap.

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