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User profile for user: Igor D.
Igor D. Author
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Mavericks Mail app and Gmail Drafts folder

After installing Mavericks I'm unable to unselect "Store draft messages on the server" and "Store sent messages on the server" checkboxes under my Gmail accounts settings. Unselecting both checkboxes and saving settings works for up to a minute or so - after that the check marks re-appear again by themselves. As a result I end up with dozens of half-finished drafts in the Trash folder after I finish the original and send it out.


I used to have both checkboxes unselected prior to Mavericks, and everything was working fine.


Any suggestions on how to fix this?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 22, 2013 10:45 PM

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User profile for user: S. G.
S. G.
User level: Level 1
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Oct 24, 2013 10:16 AM in response to Igor D.

Same problem, tons of partially saved drafts in the trash, but issues run even deeper. First, synchronization of all Gmail folders occurs way too often. Then, try moving a message from your Inbox to a Gmail folder. It will be copied to the folder, but pop right back up in your Inbox.


According to this article (http://tidbits.com/article/14219), a workaround or partial fix is to allow the All Mail mailbox to show in IMAP (in Google settings), but this means that all your messages have to be retrieved again, which can take hours and many gigabites.


Thunderbird has no such problem with Gmail (and neither had previous versions of Mac Mail).


Send feedback to Apple to urgently fix issues with Gmail: http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

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Mavericks Mail app and Gmail Drafts folder

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