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Apple Mail Issue: One gmail account folder won't save 'sent' email. Now it is only a black box instead of folder.

I've been trying to resolve this for weeks: In the example below, the black square is a gmail address that will not keep copies of mail I have sent. It is just a black square.. Since it does not save sent mail - those emails do not show up in any search. I have to go to gmail itself to search for sent mail from that specific account.


I've tried removing/adding that gmail account several time, changing settings to match my other gmail accounts. One day this just started happening and it's really a drag because I can't search emails sent from this account. It does not even store one when I test sending things.


Posted on Sep 10, 2019 11:39 AM

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Posted on Sep 11, 2019 2:01 PM

I finally found the solution: Uncheck the "store sent messages on server."


I'm not sure why my other gmail account works fine when checked - but for now I'm happy to not store messages on a server anyway, (since I don't like all my data centralized in one bucket and packaged up to be auctioned off to the highest bidder).


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Sep 11, 2019 2:01 PM in response to kidquotes

I finally found the solution: Uncheck the "store sent messages on server."


I'm not sure why my other gmail account works fine when checked - but for now I'm happy to not store messages on a server anyway, (since I don't like all my data centralized in one bucket and packaged up to be auctioned off to the highest bidder).


Apple Mail Issue: One gmail account folder won't save 'sent' email. Now it is only a black box instead of folder.

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