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Igor D. Author

Level 1

1 points

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

154 replies

Jul 20, 2015 12:58 PM in response to Steve Rhyne

July, 2015: for the record, Steve Rhyne's well-laid out suggestion (for getting rid of 100s of partial sent emails) still works, even on El Capitan beta.

Sep 2, 2015 12:31 PM in response to Steve Rhyne

thanks so much ,im not the brightest guy with computers ,but your answer helped me ,you made it idiot proof ,which is ,i know ,harder than it seems .Thanks again

S. G.

Level 1

86 points

Nov 9, 2015 3:12 PM in response to Igor D.

The issue is still happening in El Capitan, despite some other improvements to Gmail. At least, Gmail now is able to synchronize individual mailboxes based on labels very well even without All Mail enabled in IMAP. However, the drafts are still saved in multiple copies, and the only workaround is the helpful solution of disabling all IMAP drafts. If anyone knows another way to synchronize drafts without creating hundreds of copies in the trash or on the server, thanks in advance.

pogacsa

Level 1

27 points

Feb 17, 2017 1:54 AM in response to Igor D.

I have tries this fix on Sierra, but still doing the draft partial saves.

Mavericks Mail app and Gmail Drafts folder