Multiple users/computers and email

Hi folks,
At home I've been using BT Broadband and an iMac for 4-5 years. Three user accounts each with own email address. Just got a new iMac and have run the standard Apple "migration" from the old to the new machine. Seems to have worked ok - most of it.
But I want to keep the older machine so we're not always tripping over each other to do this, that or the other. I'm running wireless. Same user names, passwords, etc on both machines. But Apple "Mail" and/or "BT Broadband/Homehub" is only picking up new mail on the older machine.
I can't find definitive guidance on setting up identical mail on both machines. I've found very brief reference to ".... router capable of sharing the connection, also known as network address translation (NAT) or 'IP masquerading' " or using Apple's "MobileMe". But not anything practical, helpful or solution oriented!!!! Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree. Has anyone got a simple answer or a point in the right direction?

You need to have the accounts active only on the machine you want to receive the mail. If you have all the accounts active on the old machine, that machine will collect the mail and delete it from the BT server.
1   You need to delete the accounts from the old machine which you no longer need to use on that machine (you can transfer the messages to the new machine if you wish).
2  Then make sure the accounts on the new machine which you wish to use there are active.
There are no issues with using multiple machines on the same router. I do that here. If you can browse on both machines you have the connection, so the rest is just a setup issue.
You may need to manually re-set the Mail set up on the new machine as the Apple "migration does not always get this 100% with passwords, etc.
If you need more help, post back.

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