I have mail preferences set to delete Junk mail "after one day". However Junk mail remains until I manually delete it, which then causes my mail app to unexpectedly quit.
What am I doing wrong? Or am I missing something?
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
Yes, vey god & clear, thank you.
Time to try this...
Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?
Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.
Open Terminal and run each of these...
sudo mdutil -E /
This basically asks for temporary super user status, which is why Terminal may ask you for your password (it may not if you’ve used a sudo command recently or are already logged in as a super user or root. The command asks the unix tool mdutil to reindex the spotlight database for everything on the computer, including external drives, mounted disk images, etc. To re-index only for a specific drive, use the /Volumes path. For example, for an external drive named “MiniMe,” the command would look like this:
sudo mdutil -i on /
Rebuilding a drive index can take a long time, so be prepared to wait whether you do it through the System Preference panel or the command line.
Yes, vey god & clear, thank you.
Time to try this...
Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?
Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.
Open Terminal and run each of these...
sudo mdutil -E /
This basically asks for temporary super user status, which is why Terminal may ask you for your password (it may not if you’ve used a sudo command recently or are already logged in as a super user or root. The command asks the unix tool mdutil to reindex the spotlight database for everything on the computer, including external drives, mounted disk images, etc. To re-index only for a specific drive, use the /Volumes path. For example, for an external drive named “MiniMe,” the command would look like this:
sudo mdutil -i on /
Rebuilding a drive index can take a long time, so be prepared to wait whether you do it through the System Preference panel or the command line.
The Trash Mailbox ends the path. i.e.
Mail>Preferences>Accounts>iCloudIMAP>Mailbox Behaviors>Trash Mailbox>Trash. Then "Erase Deleted Messages After One Week".
Regarding my Junk Mailbox:
Mail>Preferences>Accounts>iCloudIMAP>Mailbox Behaviors>Junk Mailbox>Junk. Then "Erase Junk Messages After One Day:.
I hope this is what you wanted. Thank you.
What is the full path of the Trash folder?
Mail>Preferences>Accounts>Your Account>Mailbox Behaviors, what path is Trash Mailbox set to?
After running Safe Boot, then returning to the normal boot, the problems appear solved. Thank you for your help.
Great news, take care my friend! :)
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