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Gmail Issue: "Store Sent Mail on the Server" Won't Stay Checked

In the last 6-months or so this annoying behavior keeps happening:


Under my Gmail account in mail preferences, no matter how many times I check off the box that says "Store sent mail on the server," it never stays checked.


Consequently, my messages sent from Apple Mail aren't always being stored in my Gmail account because of this.


Anyone gotta fix for this? thx.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Jul 1, 2013 7:36 AM

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Jul 1, 2013 10:24 AM in response to Connie Hawkins42

Triple-click the line below to select it:

~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Accounts.plist

Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select

Services Show Info

from the contextual menu.* An Info dialog should open.

  • Does the dialog show "You can read and write" in the Sharing & Permissions section?
  • In the General section, is the box labeled Locked checked?
  • What is the Modified date?
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard ( command-C). Open a TextEdit window and paste into it ( command-V). Select the line you just pasted and continue as above.

Gmail Issue: "Store Sent Mail on the Server" Won't Stay Checked

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