All sent mail goes to DRAFTS folder

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All sent mail goes to DRAFTS folder

Ever since updating to OSX10.6, duplicates of my sent mail
will appear and stay in my DRAFTS folder.
I double checked and there are no open windows/in progress emails opened...
just the files in the drafts folder.
Very odd.

imac intel core 2 duo 2.4ghz, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Aug 28, 2009 9:09 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 1, 2009 1:44 PM in response to DAVIDUGLY

This is happening to me as well, although it seems to just be those emails that have large attachments. Very strange, indeed.

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Answer 2

Sep 2, 2009 1:12 PM in response to Gregory McBride

I'm seeing this behavior too, where emails will be in the drafts folder, and I have to reconcile them with the sent items to ensure they were actually sent. Some were sent, others not...

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Owl-53

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Sep 2, 2009 2:42 PM in response to Community User

getting to same here and no work around as of yet

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Skramble

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Sep 2, 2009 10:54 PM in response to Owl-53

Me too, very irritating having to keep checking to see if they've gone... help Apple!!!!!

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dechriss

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Sep 3, 2009 5:33 AM in response to Skramble

Here too, Mailbox Behavior settings for such a account:

Store draft messages on server: YES
Show notes in Inbox : YES
Store sent messages on server: YES
- delete: Never

Store junk messages on server: NO
- delete: Never

Move deleted messages to Trash: YES
Store deleted messages on server : YES
- permanently erase: One month old

Updated to 10.6 , no clean install

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Fulwave

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Sep 3, 2009 7:11 AM in response to dechriss

I too have started to have this issue since S.L.

It has happened with all of my mail accounts from many different carriers. It does not matter if it is IMAP or POP - AOL, Google, even Mobile Me has this issue.

Also some of these accounts are set to store drafts on server and some are not, but the issue happens with all of them.

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Answer 7

Sep 3, 2009 9:06 AM in response to DAVIDUGLY

This exact problem is happening to me too, only after upgrading to Snow Leopard. The drafts of my emails never get deleted even after the message is successfully sent and received.

Clearly a Snow Leopard issue. Please fix!! It's so annoying to not really know if your message was sent or received because copies of it are sitting in the drafts folders!

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Owl-53

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Sep 3, 2009 11:20 AM in response to kallshian

I have resolved my issue by editing Mobile Me configuration. I used to have BOTH mac.com & me.com account info. That is when all sent messages were saved to Drafts. I have since removed the MAC.COM portions and all works like in 10.5.8.

That is except for the RSS Feeds that keep reappearing after deletion. Some go as far back as July 23, 2009 but that is another issue in another thread.

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Answer 9

Sep 3, 2009 11:52 AM in response to Owl-53

P. Phillips, please provide details on how and where you changed your mobile me settings to make this work. Did you make changes in Apple mail prefs or the Mobile Me system prefs?

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Sep 3, 2009 11:59 AM in response to DAVIDUGLY

HI,

Open Mac Mail. From the Mac Mail Menu Bar, click Mailbox/Rebuild. This may take a minute or two.
Now go to www.me.com and log into your MobileMe account. Unless you have saved a Draft there, it should be empty.

Carolyn 🙂

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Answer 11

Sep 4, 2009 12:35 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

Having the same problem. The fix is not different with me.com or mac.com for me. APPLE we need your help!!!!

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Answer 12

Sep 4, 2009 7:08 AM in response to DAVIDUGLY

I fixed this by just turning of the 'Save Drafts on Server' option.
I don't keep drafts of emails so it makes no difference to me.
I just write and send them.

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Answer 13

Sep 4, 2009 7:14 AM in response to Ian Parkinson

Yeah I don't like saving drafts either, I find them useless, especially when they become a bug.

But if you turn off "save drafts on server" doesn't it just save the drafts anyways on your mac? and create in the drafts mailbox that arrow to the left of it and when you expand it you have "On My Mac" and "MobileMe"? Or does that not show up?

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Answer 14

Sep 4, 2009 7:15 AM in response to Nicolas Online

Nicolas Online wrote:
Yeah I don't like saving drafts either, I find them useless, especially when they become a bug.

But if you turn off "save drafts on server" doesn't it just save the drafts anyways on your mac? and create in the drafts mailbox that arrow to the left of it and when you expand it you have "On My Mac" and "MobileMe"? Or does that not show up?

Yes you do get the drafts folder on your Mac, but that is OK.

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Answer 15

Sep 4, 2009 7:17 AM in response to Ian Parkinson

Actually I think I have fixed it another way.

In the Account Information tab for my .Mac account it displayed my .mac and .me email addresses separated by a ,

I deleted the .me address and turned on the Save Drafts option, and now it appears to be fixed.

I never use the .me address so no problem.

Ian

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