Mail won't sync with iMac

I am using and iPad, iPhone and an iMac - my mail account is a msn account and iCloud seems to sync perfectly between the iPad and iPhone but not the iMac - i have checked all the settings and they are all swithced on for using iCloud but it just wont work - any suggestions would be very welcome

On a Mac MSN defaults to POP access, POP systems don't sync, you should change your account type from POP to Imap, and then it will sync.
You MUST backup your existing email before you do this, when you have done that you can delete the existing POP account and re-enter it as an Imap account.

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