I am not the most technical of people so anybody that can offer me some help would be fantastic

I use and imac and a macbppk pro and iphone and ipad, I have a imap email account hosted with my hosting company,

I have setup the account on the mobile and ipad and any changes i make to folders etc are reflected on the server which is great how I want it to be :)

But when i open outlook on the mac's when i move email messages to other folders etc or delete it doesn't reflect on the server, and it getting really really frustrating,

I just want whenever I organise my mail for it to reflect on all devices connected and my understanding is this should happen with an imap email account, which i have paid to be setup!!

Can anyone help with this really really frustrating problem as I have paid for outlook, I have paid for the email service, I just want them to work :)

Thanks