Mavericks Mail app and Gmail Drafts folder

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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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iphonik4

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Oct 23, 2013 9:44 AM in response to Igor D.

I am having exactly THE SAME problem 😟 😟 on Mavericks with gmail..

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Oct 23, 2013 10:06 AM in response to Igor D.

I have also the same issue. I'm not able to unselect "Store draft messages on the server" 😟

Mail app just puts this tick back.

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Oct 23, 2013 10:35 AM in response to Igor D.

Same problem here. Driving me crazy.

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Oct 23, 2013 11:21 AM in response to Igor D.

Same here 😢

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Oct 23, 2013 12:39 PM in response to Igor D.

Add me to the list - same problem here.

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Krutsch

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Oct 23, 2013 1:39 PM in response to Igor D.

Add me to the list 😟

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Oct 23, 2013 1:46 PM in response to Igor D.

Same issue here. It's quite frustrating. I have even tried manually editing the plist for mail in hopes that it will save the setting for store drafts on the server but it didn't work.

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kyflux

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Oct 23, 2013 10:14 PM in response to Igor D.

have the same issue as well and driving me insane...does anyone have any solution to this problem??

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yhgeng

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Oct 23, 2013 11:30 PM in response to Igor D.

Same problem.

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Oct 23, 2013 11:39 PM in response to Igor D.

I'm having the sae problem for Gmail and the new IMAP settings for microsofts new version of hotmail, Outlook. really really frustraiting as it sends duplicates out.

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kyflux

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Oct 24, 2013 12:18 AM in response to Igor D.

How can we escalate this issue to be resolved?? This is generating MULTIPLE DRAFT MESSAGES on other devices that are in sync with my Gmail accounts...before upgrading to Mavericks, since I was able to check off "store draft message on the server" option under MailBox Behaviors, I didn't have such an issue...

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Oct 24, 2013 12:29 AM in response to Igor D.

Exact same problem with Google Apps Mail and Mavericks Mail client. Unchecking the store drafts on server and saving. Come back to preferences and it's still checked.

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ComChe

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Oct 24, 2013 6:17 AM in response to iphonik4

same problems on Mail.app with Gmail accounts....

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Oct 24, 2013 6:21 AM in response to Igor D.

can you all send emails to yourself with mail and gmail? when i send an email to me, it does not appear in the mail.app inbox...

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S. G.

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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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