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Q: mail keeps marking some old messages as unread

Mail seems to think I haven't read about 20 messages that I received a few weeks ago. After marking them read, Mail beeps again about ten minutes later after checking for new mail and says I have about 20 new messages-- the same ones I unchecked 20 minutes earlier. l'm still getting new mail so everything's workoing okay, but this is annoying. I've rebuilt the main IN mailbox and restarted the computer and turned off all my accounts, Cloud, Gmail and one subordinate account, so now have only one working.

 

What now?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4), Also G5 with OS 10.5.8

Posted on Jan 15, 2014 9:21 AM

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  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Jan 15, 2014 1:41 PM in response to stufromhalifax
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    Jan 15, 2014 1:41 PM in response to stufromhalifax

    Hi,

     

    If they are the Google or iCloud emails I would try visiting the On Line page and deleting them there.

     

     

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    9:41 pm      Wednesday; January 15, 2014

     

      iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     Couple of iPhones and an iPad

  • by Paul Adams5,

    Paul Adams5 Paul Adams5 Jan 22, 2016 2:42 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Jan 22, 2016 2:42 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    did anyone ever have an answer for why this is? I'm on Mac OS X 10.11.3, and mail continuously marks read messages as unread. sometimes three or four times before it stops and begins to allow the message to "stay read". it's not always the same messages, but it is always the most recent messages. I get a lot of mail, so sometimes its 2 or 3, sometimes its 20 or more.  it's neither iCloud or Google, it is just imap.

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Jan 23, 2016 11:12 AM in response to Paul Adams5
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    Jan 23, 2016 11:12 AM in response to Paul Adams5

    Hi,

     

    My one thought was that, possibly, something about at least one of the emails was triggering this and it might be better to remove them from the server.

    Mail is not really my thing.  (the Original Post was marked for the Messages app)

     

     

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    7:12 pm      Saturday; January 23, 2016

     

      iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     Couple of iPhones and an iPad
  • by Eric Root,Apple recommended

    Eric Root Eric Root Jan 24, 2016 9:22 AM in response to Paul Adams5
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    Jan 24, 2016 9:22 AM in response to Paul Adams5

    Try rebuilding the mailbox.

     

    Rebuild mailbox

     

    If that doesn't work, try re-indexing the mailboxes. This can take awhile if you have a lot of mail.

     

    Reindex messages        For El Capitan, try looking in V3.

     

    Reindex messages (2)        See post by Linc Davis