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Rednik55 Author

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Why does bottom left box of Mail always say Sending x of y Messages even if there is nothing in my Outbox?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on May 6, 2021 9:48 AM

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BDAqua

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May 6, 2021 10:55 AM in response to Rednik55

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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BDAqua

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May 6, 2021 2:25 PM in response to ursulafromloretto

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

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Rednik55 Author

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May 6, 2021 11:08 AM in response to BDAqua

Oops, I read another site's string that told me to do the Rebuild. It seems to have worked, although I do have one POP account. Seems to be OK. Anything I should watch out for?

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Rednik55 Author

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May 6, 2021 11:10 AM in response to Rednik55

Wow, the Rebuild seems to have reloaded mail from April 2020 all the way back to January 2016 in the POP account.

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BDAqua

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May 6, 2021 12:17 PM in response to Rednik55

Well POP will be OK to rebuild if eMails were left on the server, but the default is to remove them from the server, in which case all the POP eMails would disappear. :)

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