Whenever I send a email thru Apple Mail using my Gmail account, it will put the email in the DRAFTS folder. How do I keep this from happening?
I have 3 email accounts that I use in Apple Mail and the Gmail one is the only one that does this.
iPad 2, iOS 5.0.1
Had the same issue(s)
Turned off, "store drafts on the server" in Apple Mail. Its really a work around.
At least it worked for me. Solved both issues 1) sent mail going to drafts... 2) multiple draft copies created
Had the same issue(s)
Turned off, "store drafts on the server" in Apple Mail. Its really a work around.
At least it worked for me. Solved both issues 1) sent mail going to drafts... 2) multiple draft copies created
Yes that would mean the message was sent.
Your sent messages should show up on your computer also. If you have it set to store sent messages on the server in Mail preferences, you may not have the sent messages mapped to the main Sent mailbox in Mail. Look at the gmail imap account folder in the sidebar. Expand it to show all mailboxes beneath it. If the Sent Messages mailbox is listed under it, click on it to highlight it and select Mailboxes in the menu, then Use This Mailbox For, and then Sent mailbox. This should correctly map it to the correct place.
Mail creates a temporary draft each time you compose a message. If you send the message while the IMAP account syncs, the draft doesn't get deleted and gets stored in gmail's draft folder.
If you want to stop this, uncheck to store drafts on the server. It will put the draft folder back under the gmail folder and create a local draft folder for gmail. If you need to complete a draft on another device, simply move it to the IMAP draft folder.
Sorry if this has been answered but the answer is pretty simple (I eventually found out!).
You need to change settings in Gmail in web browser.
Go to Labels and make sure the show in imap box is unchecked for Drafts. Thats it!
If this stays checked it doesnt matter what Apple mail tries to do, the box will recheck.
Hope that makes sense and that I'm not repeating already given solutions!
I had the same problem but fixed it in the account settings. I unchecked the "store drafts on the server" in the "Mailbox Behaviours" section. This worked for me using an IMAP account. Hope this helps.
I'd also like to thank Glenn Leblanc and Claudius for resolution of this issue. Would like to add that only one account was being sent and also saved to the "draft" folder. That account I had recently marked as a "VIP".
Removing the VIP status did not resolve the issue, but unchecking save drafts on server did resolve it. 😉
Well if you have no draft mailbox list in the Mailbox folder, then it's obvious that it's not creating one for that account or any other, meaning it's putting the drafts in the IMAP draft folder. You may have some corruption within the Mail folder or preferences.
Try this out:
Select the draft folder under that gmail account in the sidebar, then go to Mailboxes in the menu and select Use This Mailbox for: drafts. That should move the draft folder from the gmail folder to Mail's main draft mailbox.
Open Mail's preferences and check to see that the box to store messages on the server is checked.
Create and save a test draft message. Verify that it's also saved at the gmail website (should also appear in the draft folder under gmail account at sidebar bottem). Once that's done, go back into Mail's preferences and uncheck to store drafts on the server. That should move the draft mailbox back under the gmail folder. Save the changes.
Quit and restart Mail and verify Mail's preferences remain unchecked for storing drafts on the server.
Create a new message and save as draft. Verify that it is not saved to the gmail draft folder in the sidebar bottem or gmail website.
If all's OK from there, delete the test drafts you created. Once again highlight the Inbox and quit Mail. Restart Mail and the draft folder should not appear in the sidebar. It will still appear on the toolbar if you have it showing (to show, select Show Toolbar in Mail's menu under View).
Create a test message and send. See if that works. Hopefully, it will fix whatever preference files is stuck.
OK. Just wanted to be sure it wasn't going to an IMAP draft folder.
Try this. Highlight the Inbox and then quit Mail.
In the FInder, select Go, then Go To Folder. Paste this in the box:
~/Library/Mail/V2/Mailboxes/
This show open a Finder window in your Home Library folder to the Mailboxes folder. This is where local mailboxes are stored. Move all draft mailboxes within that folder to the trash.
Restart Mail.
In Mail's preferences, under the Accounts tab, select the GMail account and make sure the correct outgoing server for that account is shown in the box. If not, click on the server box and select the correct one and check the box to use only that server for that account.
Try to send and see if the problem still occurs.
@Glenn,
This is what I do. I unchecked the store drafts on server.
if you're using Gmail, visit https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78892?hl=en
Does the message show up at the gmail site in the drafts folder? If not, check the drafts folder of the other accounts and see if it shows in one of the other accounts.
Do you have a drafts folder under the gmail folder in the bottom of the sidebar?
I seem to have a variant on this with Apple Mail and Gmail.
Gmail saves a draft about every 30 seconds by default I believe and moves the old one to the Bin as each new one is created. This is not much of a problem unless one adds a big attachment early in the compostioin in which case it uses a lot of bandwidth writing it amd moving it.
My main problem is that randomly the last draft is not deleted when I send, so sometimes I find a draft and assume I fogot to send and do it again. As a result recipients think I am loosing it!
Cheers, Colin
The message is NOT showing up in the gmaill DRAFTS folder on the gmail site.
I checked my iCloud email and with the "Store draft messages on the server" is checked, everything seems to work correctly here. There is not a email in the DRAFTS folder on the site or in Apple Mail. So this seems to works like I think it should.
In Apple Mail, I have do have a "Drafts" folder under the [Gmail] folder in the bottom of the sidebar.
No, the folder should be Mailboxes.
Paste just this in the Go To Folder box:
~/Library/Mail/V2/
You should then see all your folders within Mail. Look for the Mailboxes folder. You should have at least one draft folder listed for the gmail account. If not, then it means you have none and could be part of the problem.
If Use this Mailbox for: Drafts is greyed out, it means either you didn't have the IMAP draft folder highlighted, or it's already been synced and you have Store Drafts on Server selected.
Did you have store drafts on server selected before you created the test email? If so, then that outcome is correct.
Apple Mail puts a email in "DRAFTS" after I send it?
