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Deleted emails in Apple Mail IMAP account reappear after deleted

Ok so this has been driving me NUTS!

I have an IMAP email account set up within my apple mail program and I am having a strange case where emails are reappearing in my inbox (marked as read) after I have deleted them!!!! So I start my day going through emails, replying, organizing, deleting, etc. then I do something else - come back and they have all re-appeared! Its like spam email **** - I have to go through all my emails 3-4 times a day!

The account is an IMAP from GoDaddy

Under Mailbox Behaviors I tried unchecking "store deleted messages on server" (found that somewhere online) but it didnt help :/

MacBook Pro (17-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jun 5, 2012 4:42 PM

68 replies

Nealf

Level 1

79 points

May 9, 2014 7:28 AM in response to mariasangria

I don’t know the root cause, but I do seemed to have found a workaround. When I force Mail closed and then reopen it, the problem stops.

alstern

Level 1

0 points

May 9, 2014 7:35 AM in response to Torrey Tayenaka

Try turning on 'Use Idle command' (Advanced tab of the Mail account preferences.) Godaddy appears to support this now.

KadiD

Level 1

4 points

Nov 3, 2015 9:23 AM in response to bug00

This fixed it for me too! I was having the problem with AOL mail and it was making me nuts. I am also receiving incoming mail so it's all good here. THANK YOU!

ThomasJP

Level 1

0 points

Mar 14, 2016 2:58 PM in response to Torrey Tayenaka

I am using Imap and my email disappear and if I close and reopen email they reappear. I have been on phone with Apple Senior Techs and Go Daddy Senior Techs and the they blame each other. The arrogance of both suck.

This all happened when Upgraded to El Capitan. I am running a business and I have a staff closing and opening their iMail every 30 minutes. Does anyone have an answer?

42n8guy

Level 1

8 points

Apr 28, 2016 7:54 PM in response to tylerskis

Haha

Aug 4, 2016 11:30 AM in response to Torrey Tayenaka

Hi Torrey,

This suggested unchecking "Use IDLE command..." did not work for me neither. What the answer to this issue is is still unclear. I will keep on searching. Keep you posted

DaneWnj

Level 1

8 points

Feb 28, 2017 8:48 AM in response to Marian33

I think it's an Apple problem because I have the same exact problem but with Hotmail.

mikisdad

Level 1

25 points

Nov 24, 2017 7:02 PM in response to Torrey Tayenaka

I have this problem, too.

Deleted emails in Apple Mail IMAP account reappear after deleted