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Q: Unable to view Inbox sub-folders in Mail on OSX Mavericks

Hello,

 

I'm working with two Exchange accounts that have the same problem.  Both accounts have sub-folders underneath the Inbox folder.  After upgrading to OSX Mavericks, the sub-folders are no longer visible within Mail. If I go on the web and mark a mail in one of these sub-folders as unread, the unread count on the Inbox increases, however the mail along with the subfolder it is in, are still not visible.  Additionally, if I right-click on the Inbox folder and choose "Get Account Info", and switch to "Messages on Server", I can see the sub-folders listed there, the number of messages in it, and the size of the folder. If I click on the folder within this window and choose "Show Messages" it opens a new, blank, Mail window.

 

Does anyone have any ideas about how to get these folders to show again?  I tried rebuilding to Inbox to no avail.  I am trying to find a solution that doesn't involve recreating the account in Mail, if possible, as some of the mailboxes I have to deal with are extremely large, and to re-download them all from the Exchange server would take a very long time.

 

Thanks in advance to anyone who might be able to help.

Mail, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 24, 2013 9:15 AM

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  • by IPv6Freely,

    IPv6Freely IPv6Freely Nov 28, 2013 11:59 AM in response to hbflynn
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    Nov 28, 2013 11:59 AM in response to hbflynn

    Workaround worked for me also. I don't LIKE it, but it at least lets me continue using Mail.app so I don't have to use Outlook!

     

    Hopefully Apple fixes this in the next update.

  • by Classee,

    Classee Classee Dec 1, 2013 10:15 AM in response to shearm24
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    Dec 1, 2013 10:15 AM in response to shearm24

    Right click on your Account mailbox under Inbox. Choose "New Mailbox..." Create your mailbox and it will show-up.

  • by IPv6Freely,

    IPv6Freely IPv6Freely Dec 1, 2013 11:15 AM in response to Classee
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    Dec 1, 2013 11:15 AM in response to Classee

    Classee wrote:

     

    Right click on your Account mailbox under Inbox. Choose "New Mailbox..." Create your mailbox and it will show-up.

    That is the expected behavior, but if that worked as expected this thread would not exist.

  • by kdealy,

    kdealy kdealy Dec 9, 2013 8:40 AM in response to shearm24
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    Dec 9, 2013 8:40 AM in response to shearm24

    I had been using Exchange as my only email account.  Once I added iCloud as a second account, BOOM!, all my Exchange folders appeared.

  • by DamiRodrigues,

    DamiRodrigues DamiRodrigues Dec 18, 2013 5:30 PM in response to shearm24
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    Dec 18, 2013 5:30 PM in response to shearm24

    After trying almost EVERYTHING that you guys suggested I found my subfolders! I tried creating new subfolders with the names from those I already have and Mail said that there was already an existing subfolder with that name. So I decided trying to export my inbox and importing it back. And voilà! All my subfolders are back with their original content! Maybe you guys coul try it too...

  • by IPv6Freely,

    IPv6Freely IPv6Freely Dec 18, 2013 5:36 PM in response to shearm24
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    Dec 18, 2013 5:36 PM in response to shearm24

    I tried the second account thing, and it worked just fine.

     

    Then I tried adding a sub-subfolder. To my surprise, once I removed the second account, my subfolders remained!

     

    Just a UI bug, I guess. But I'm not having any more issues with subfolders not showing up anymore.

  • by Chuddnutts,

    Chuddnutts Chuddnutts Dec 29, 2013 5:48 AM in response to shearm24
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    Dec 29, 2013 5:48 AM in response to shearm24

    I just restarted my rMBP, before i did this all my e-mail folders were showing up correctly after the a fresh restart i encounter the same issues where the sub folders were not displaying.

     

    All I did to fix this was go to 'Internet Accounts' click on the Exchange account and uncheck the mail box, then rechecked it and restarted the mail and all sub folders appeared.

     

    Hope this works for everyone else.

     

    Thanks

  • by Nandigam,

    Nandigam Nandigam Dec 29, 2013 2:34 PM in response to Chuddnutts
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    Dec 29, 2013 2:34 PM in response to Chuddnutts

    I tried restarting mail, after un-select and selcting mail under 'Internet Accounts'.

    It worked for me.

     

    Thanks

  • by RowdyAce,

    RowdyAce RowdyAce Dec 31, 2013 8:30 AM in response to shearm24
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    Dec 31, 2013 8:30 AM in response to shearm24

    It's unfortunate that this is still a problem even after the 10.9.1 update.  How silly is this?  I can SEE the folders under Inbox downloading via the "Activity Monitor" during an initial sync, but can I see the folders in the in the navigation pane???  C'mon Apple...yet another epic fail in utilizing MacMail.  Just as a follow up, this is a problem no matter if you use exchange web services OR IMAP against an exchange (office 365) account.  Only adding a second account (I've utilized a personal GMAIL account) will show the subfolders. 

  • by AllBlacksFan,

    AllBlacksFan AllBlacksFan Jan 15, 2014 2:03 AM in response to shearm24
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    Jan 15, 2014 2:03 AM in response to shearm24

    Seems like lots of variations on a theme in this discussion. My version is that all my Exchange subfolders suddenly lost their contents today. I could see the sub folders and, if I went to Get Account Info, the correct number of items in each folder was displayed - I just couldn't see any of those items. The solution that has worked for me just now (cobbled together from this thread and others) was...

     

    1. In Mail, delete my exchange account (I still had two iCloud accounts active and working fine)
    2. Close Mail
    3. Go to ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData and delete the files "Envelope Index?". There were five of them.
    4. Restart Mail and add the exchange account back and all is well... almost!

     

    The 23,000 odd emails are still downloading into each folder, but the unread mail notification (on the Mail icon) is reading 663 which is not right.

  • by TomCheney,

    TomCheney TomCheney Jan 16, 2014 6:33 AM in response to shearm24
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    Jan 16, 2014 6:33 AM in response to shearm24

    I've been struggling with the same problem for my outlook.com account. I finally found the solution on the Microsoft Community site:

     

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/oemail-osend/how-to-set-up- mac-mail-to-sync-your-outlookcom/afdfe981-20c7-4d4a-b6b1-9329b27f018a

     

    All my subfolders and their contents are now showing correctly.

  • by RowdyAce,

    RowdyAce RowdyAce Jan 16, 2014 6:42 AM in response to TomCheney
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    Jan 16, 2014 6:42 AM in response to TomCheney

    Certainly a solution if you want to use IMAP.  We use EWS though for communication for email and calendar.

     

    Thanks.

  • by GrandpaPeej,

    GrandpaPeej GrandpaPeej Jan 20, 2014 9:35 AM in response to shearm24
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    Jan 20, 2014 9:35 AM in response to shearm24

    I have the same issue. It seems to only be my exchange account that is affected; my googlemail account doesn't have a problem. With 7000+ emails I'm not going through and sorting them manually!

  • by RowdyAce,

    RowdyAce RowdyAce Jan 20, 2014 9:44 AM in response to GrandpaPeej
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    Jan 20, 2014 9:44 AM in response to GrandpaPeej

    I found "A" solution (not A rated, but just a solution)...

     

    I found that for my account if my archived mail folders are subfolders of "Inbox", then I couldn't see them.  But if Dragged those subfolders from under Inbox, to the root of the of my mailbox (I did this in OWA), suddenly MacMail in Mavericks could see all of my folders.

     

    So Before this change my mailbox was:

    Inbox

    - Email Archive

    - - Subfolder 1

    - - Subfolder 2

    - - Etc, Etc.

     

    I grabbed "Email Archive" and drug it directly to the root of my mailbox (inline with Inbox and other system folders).  when I restarted MacMail and the updates began, I could see my folders.  Not sure if that will work for everybody, but it did for me.  Not a great fix in my mind, but it did work.

  • by vaibhaveli,

    vaibhaveli vaibhaveli Feb 3, 2014 11:18 PM in response to shearm24
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    Feb 3, 2014 11:18 PM in response to shearm24

    I installed Thunderbird instead.         

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