How to best use mail in 2 computers?

Hi, I now have 2 computers (an imac and a macbook) connected to an airport extreme. I setup a new email address which SMTP forwards mail for the user of the macbook. However, when you click mail on the macbook, it seems to still be showing the mail of the imac. I may want to be able to access that first email, but I want to be able to primarily open to the new email address when on the macbook. Also, I noticed that when I do view my original email on the macbook, it doesn't reflect things I've already read and deleted from the imac....
Just wanting some advice on best use of 2 computers with mail.
thanks alot!

Before making any changes, be sure to save a copy of all your important mail to an external hard drive, CD, DVD, or flash drive. With Mac OS X Mail, that means copying the entire Users -> yourname -> Library -> Mail and Mail Downloads folder after making sure in Mail your folders are "On my computer" as opposed to on .Mac or your internet service provider. Then you can setup both e-mail accounts as IMAP accounts. And then when you want to backup to one computer or another just option key -> drag mail to the local folder of that computer. A green and white plus sign should appear. If not option key, it is command key (I'm not at my Mac right now, but it is one of those commands).
Thus both computers can act as a backup of each other's Mail. Note, this will only work if both machines are running 10.4 or newer. If one is not, then you have a problem, and might have to use a third party mail client.

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[1] I found this response to the question about Aperture and external hard drives from last May. I bought a WD My Book 4TB and need to back up photos I have in Aperture (many!) to free up space.
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