Almost every mail message I compose - both new messages and replies - are showing up in the Drafts folder. These seem to be identical to messages after they are sent and appearing in the Sent folder. I'm not saving them at any time, so why would these messages go to "Drafts"?
Thanks,
JD
I had this problem after I switched to IMAP. If you are using IMAP, you need to go into mail preferences and uncheck save drafts on server. Anytime you create a message with enough time to set as a draft on the server, even if you send it will appear back on your machine. By unchecking save drafts on server, this should stop.
While indeed unchecking this option stops the behavior, it's not the best of solutions. The options to save drafts on server is available with any decent IMAP program, and generally is very beneficial. Say I start a message on my Mac, and then have to leave before it's done. If it's saved to the server, I can then pick this message up later on my iPhone or iPad and complete it and send it. Or I can start it on an iOS device, have it save to the server from there, and then pick it up on my Mac later to complete.
So, the functionality of "Save drafts on server" is widely known amongst IMAP clients, and it would be nice if Apple Mail would simply replace a previous draft of a particular message with the latest version rather than piling up multiple versions of the email. Also, it's customary that when you eventually send the message, the drafts also disappear.
It would also help if there was a way to increase the auto-save time to a longer setting so that they don't pile up so fast.
Danita
Danita - I totally agree. Just an interim solution. For me, I would rather deal with drafts off line than have them show up and be uncertain if the original was sent.
Leslie
Mail Messages Going To Drafts Folder
