Lion Mail creating a lot of 'bin' or 'trash' messages

I have a workaround to this.

Select your gmail Bin folder, and then go to Mailbox / Use this mailbox for / Trash.

Provided in your Mail search settings, Trash is unticked in the "When searching all mailboxes" setting, these messages will no longer appear in your searches.

This is a real fix, not a workaround.

I'd give you a green check, but I can't figure out how.

Thanks!

Solved my problem, too! Thanks!

I tried this fix but it didn't work for me. I am using Gmail imap and have checked the box in the preferences "move deleted messages to the Trash mailbox" and I have selected my gmail trash mailbox and went to Mailbox / use this mailbox for / trash.

Can anybody help me out?

I did that and it's not letting me delete any messages from that account, nor is it letting me move it back. Can you help?

Having this problem, big-time, and the fix won't work — the "trash" option (indeed, all four options) is greyed out. Any thoughts?

I have exactly the same. All the options under Mailbox > Use this... are greyed out. Using Maverics here btw.

Per http://productforums.google.com/d/msg/gmail/ZHgilTVP7ts/bpIWgcLAzrUJ

> The Bin holds deleted messages, so it should not normally contain all

> of your received and sent mail. If it does, there is a problem. Apple

> Mail does not handle drafts on the server well, and leaves the

> fragments behind. To avoid that, change the setting in Apple Mail to

> save drafts locally, not on the Gmail server.

Martin.

This solved my problem as well. Thank you!!!