Mails on iPhone shown as unread on Mac and vice versa - how to sync it?

Hello dear supporters,
My question is concerning the Mail application both on Mac (Version 3.6) and on iPhone (iOS 4).
I have an e-mail account which I use on both devices.
As I am often on the road, I read many of my mails of this account on the iPhone but when I'm at my Mac I read them there so that, in effect, the status of the mails (read and unread) is different between both devices.
Now, when I'm plugging my iPhone to iTunes in order to sync contacts, apps and so on (I don't use other sync services at the moment), the status of the two mail programs is not getting synchronized, both applications seem to load, work and send the mails seperately.
The problem is that I always have to open all the mails on my iPhone manually which I already read on my Mac and vice versa in order to turn the "unread"-status (in both Mac and iPhone) off and to see which mails are really new. This is really annoying as I get a lot of mails and as my network is quite slow, it takes quite a while to tick all the mails off manually.
So the question is: how can the number of really unread mails (neither read on iPhone nor on Mac) be synchronized?
I hope you understand what I am talking about but if not, I while try to explain it other way (I'm not fluent in English but I will do my best).
Thanks!!
P.S.: Another question (less annoying but would be also quite useful at some moments) is how I can synchronize the mails in the "sent"-folder as I want to see which mails I sent from my iPhone on the Macs' Mail application and vice versa.

More than likely with the situation you are describing, you have a POP3 account for your mail. If that is the case, they are designed to be used by a single mail client. They are not designed to be, and cannot be synced together, and if you open them on one client and leave them on the server and open the other client, they will still appear as unread.
The only alternative is to get an IMAP account, if your mail provider offers that, or look into some of the web based mail providers that have IMAP accounts available.
Attaching the iPhone to iTunes does not sync mail, even if you check off the box about mail sync, all that does is sync the mail account information (i.e. server names, etc.) but does not sync content.
Hope that answers your questions.

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