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why are my read emails being deleted when I close email?

Why are my read emails being deleted when I close email?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jul 28, 2022 5:33 PM

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We're lokng frmiscinfigured setting, in Mail>Preferences>Accounts>Your Account>Mailbox Behaviors, what path is Trash Mailbox set to?

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

You'll see boxes for boxes for Erase ---- Messages when, see if one of those set to :When quitting Mail", if so see if the Inbox or All Mail got dragged into Junk or Trash boxes.

Posted on Jul 28, 2022 5:48 PM

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Jul 28, 2022 5:48 PM in response to lesfromvic

We're lokng frmiscinfigured setting, in Mail>Preferences>Accounts>Your Account>Mailbox Behaviors, what path is Trash Mailbox set to?

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

You'll see boxes for boxes for Erase ---- Messages when, see if one of those set to :When quitting Mail", if so see if the Inbox or All Mail got dragged into Junk or Trash boxes.

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why are my read emails being deleted when I close email?

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