I discovered yesterday that all my mail folders (Facebook, Ancestry, etc.) are in my Home folder (the icon with a house). How did I do that? How can I fix it? I want to be sure that all the mail folders in Mail have all the mail it had originally. Thank you so much for any help with this mess, Judy
PS-I am running 11.4 on my M1 MBP.
Do you see folders with .mbox extension?
These are exports from your mailboxes. I don't know how you did it, but so long as you are seeing the mail correctly inside Mail, you can safely delete those folders inside your home folder.
Hello, mrstee!
Thanks for reaching out to the Apple Support Communities! It sound slike your Mail foldeers are in the Home folder. Let;s start by checking out this article to Rebuild mailboxes in Mail on Mac and see if the folders go back where they should be.
Let us know the results and have a wonderful day!
What type of mail account is this?
Are these mailboxes under the account in Mail, or under "On My Mac"?
Try creating a new mailbox, say "Test". Does a new folder with that name appear in your home folder?
I am just trying to get more data points to try and figure this out. I have never seen anything like it.
Just in case there is something else, either hardware or software, involved: Please run Etrecheck and post its full report here. Use the "additional text" button and paste the report into the text box.
Luis-I think I know what is going on... I suspect that it is the app I use to archive my emails. I don't know if I have something set wrong or what is going on but I contacted the developer and she is pretty responsive so I hope she can straighten me out! I don't know for sure that the app is the issue but maybe.
I will report back when I hear from her. Thank you so much for replying and trying to help me. Judy
Hi Luis-Thank you for replying... I don't know how I did it but I deleted them but they keep coming back! And no, there is no .mbox extension on the folders...
I read the article that you sent me but that isn't my problem. The messages are just fine but they are appearing in my Home folder where they shouldn't be.
SOLVED! It was an app I use to archive my emails. I don't know how the place the archive sent emails to got changed to my Home folder but that's what happened. I fixed that and all is well now. Thank you so much for trying to help me. It is much appreciated. Take care, Judy
Why are my mail folders in my Home folder?
