Need help migrating from pop to imap

Hi,
I have a domain hosted by GoDaddy and have been using their pop3 mail service. Apple Mail is set up so the messages are deleted from the server when they download to my iMac.
I've now upgraded to their service allowing me to use IMAP but I don't want to lose the emails in my inbox and sent items on the Mac. In fact I'd like them so they will be synced with the IMAP server.
How would one go about this, given that I want to use exactly the same email address for IMAP as I was under the pop3 settings?
Anyone know how I can go about this?
Any help much appreciated.
Neil

I'm not sure how you can sync the emails you've collected via POP to the IMAP account, or whether it's possible but to setup the new IMAP account should be straightforward. Someone else on here will hopefully be able to advise on the syncing possibilities. I would take the precaution of having a backup of your current 'On My Mac' emails before doing the following.
To create the IMAP account in Mail:
Mail>Preferences>Accounts
Click on the '+' to add an account
Select 'Add other mail account'
Enter your credentials including the word IMAP in the 'Full Name' field (to help differentiate it from your existing POP account with the same email address - you can edit the name later if nec)
Once the detail is filled in hold down the Alt (Option) key before you click on Create and it should change to Continue
The next screen then allows you to specify that the account is IMAP. Input the server addresses and it should be clear from there.

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