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I have my junk mail settings set to delete the items in junk mail after 7 days. It used to work but now just sits and fills up indefinitely and those emails older than 7 days are not deleted. Tried to reset it, but nothing works.
Thoughts why this setting suddenly does not work?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.4
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User profile " MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.4 " which is not always accurate
The current version of Ventura is presently 13.5.1
There have been several Big and Acuity updates that may or may not be related to the current issue
If nothing else, at least the computer will be up to date
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Follow on and Only if this applies to this computer
User profile " MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.4 " which is not always accurate
The current version of Ventura is presently 13.5.1
There have been several Big and Acuity updates that may or may not be related to the current issue
If nothing else, at least the computer will be up to date
Apple security releases - Apple Support (CA)
Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support (CA)
It will delete them the first time I set it and then quit imail. I haven't left it for several days to see if it continues as tend to get a lot of spam filtered incorrectly so like to check it every now and then...
I can try this if the updates below don't work and just remember to scroll through before I quit.
As a shot in the dark, have a look at your mail settings to see if you have enabled "Store deleted messages on Server". If it is enabled, try unchecking that option.
Mail > Settings > Accounts.
What happens when you reconfigure to Delete After quitting Mail
Shutdown Mail and open again
The sad truth in my experience is Apple's junk mail filtering is just not that good.
The latest update seemed to work! Hopefully it will stick. Thanks for all the help.
I have the same issue with the latest Monterey OS. I can set delete when mail closes which works but no other setting does. I use to have it delete after one day but that no longer works.
junk email set to delete after 7 days but doesn
