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StephenK1ng Author

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New Mac mail does not go to inbox but to a folder 'on my mac' (IMAP account).

New Mac mail does not go to inbox but to a folder 'on my mac' (IMAP account). How do I get it to go to inbox?

Posted on Apr 14, 2021 5:30 AM

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StephenK1ng Author

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Apr 14, 2021 6:18 AM in response to Barney-15E

Yes! A long time ago which I had totally forgotten about. Hadn't used the account for a while and the old folder had been deleted. When mail was received a new version of the folder was recreated automatically (I wondered why it kept doing this when I kept deleting it.)

Fixed now.

Should have thought of this.

Thanks for your help.

Barney-15E

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Apr 14, 2021 6:05 AM in response to StephenK1ng

Did you set up any Rules to move the messages?

New Mac mail does not go to inbox but to a folder 'on my mac' (IMAP account).

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