Igor D.
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Q: Mavericks Mail app and Gmail Drafts folder

After installing Mavericks I'm unable to unselect "Store draft messages on the server" and "Store sent messages on the server" checkboxes under my Gmail accounts settings. Unselecting both checkboxes and saving settings works for up to a minute or so - after that the check marks re-appear again by themselves. As a result I end up with dozens of half-finished drafts in the Trash folder after I finish the original and send it out.

 

I used to have both checkboxes unselected prior to Mavericks, and everything was working fine.

 

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 22, 2013 10:45 PM

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Igor D.

Q: Mavericks Mail app and Gmail Drafts folder

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  • by JadsP,

    JadsP JadsP Jan 20, 2015 8:03 PM in response to Steve Rhyne
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    Jan 20, 2015 8:03 PM in response to Steve Rhyne

    Many thanks Steve! Doing the steps 6 to 10 was enough for me. So far so good

  • by braintoniq,

    braintoniq braintoniq Jul 20, 2015 12:58 PM in response to Steve Rhyne
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    Jul 20, 2015 12:58 PM in response to Steve Rhyne

    July, 2015: for the record, Steve Rhyne's well-laid out suggestion (for getting rid of 100s of partial sent emails) still works, even on El Capitan beta.

  • by computer spaz,

    computer spaz computer spaz Sep 2, 2015 12:31 PM in response to Steve Rhyne
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    Sep 2, 2015 12:31 PM in response to Steve Rhyne

    thanks so much ,im not the brightest guy with computers ,but your answer helped me ,you made it idiot proof ,which is ,i know ,harder than it seems .Thanks again

  • by S. G.,

    S. G. S. G. Nov 9, 2015 3:12 PM in response to Igor D.
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    Nov 9, 2015 3:12 PM in response to Igor D.

    The issue is still happening in El Capitan, despite some other improvements to Gmail. At least, Gmail now is able to synchronize individual mailboxes based on labels very well even without All Mail enabled in IMAP. However, the drafts are still saved in multiple copies, and the only workaround is the helpful solution of disabling all IMAP drafts. If anyone knows another way to synchronize drafts without creating hundreds of copies in the trash or on the server, thanks in advance.

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