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Apple IMAP Mail is not deleting emails on the server when deleted on device

Emails deleted on my device (and further deleted from the "trash") are not being removed from the server. (my server is reaching its size limit)

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Feb 17, 2021 8:57 AM

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Feb 17, 2021 9:06 AM in response to Timothy Conway

Mail>Preferences>Accounts>Your Account>Mailbox Behaviors, what path is Trash Mailbox set to?


Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?


Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.


If you have no POP accounts & they’re all IMAP accounts then in Mail’s Mailbox menu choose Rebuild.

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Feb 18, 2021 6:46 AM in response to Timothy Conway

Ok, now my webmail has dropped to 1965 emails...and my Apple mail is 1965. Activity window seems to indicate that 1 email is "stubble" in copying and 3 are "stuck" in moving.

Deleting emails on web instantly remove them on Apple mail, but removing emails on Apple mail is not removing them on web within a time frame that I can see...

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Apple IMAP Mail is not deleting emails on the server when deleted on device

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