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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

Nov 16, 2013 1:03 AM in response to therealikt

Apple scuks when it comes to a web service, so there is no chance they will go after Gmail. No way. It scuks in general when it comes to service. Look at iCloud! The fanbois shall alwas decalre it the best things ever happened to platent earth after fire or maybe the wheel.

Even if it does so, it will make sure that if you send an email from a Mac you can read it only on an iThing. Or maybe they can as well decide to limit the availability, of that mail, to another Mac only; you never know.

RAG

Level 1

10 points

Nov 22, 2013 10:09 AM in response to Steve Rhyne

Thank you, Steve. This worked perfectly.

Nov 22, 2013 1:43 PM in response to Igor D.

Here's a new mail client for Mac that seems worthy of good hard look as a Mail.app replacement!

http://airmailapp.com/

Nov 24, 2013 10:37 AM in response to Steve Rhyne

Wow, thank you. This seems to have solved the problem of literally hundreds of partial drafts from popping up all over the place.

Apple scuks when it comes to working with Gmail. I swear they are intentionally trying to hose it so we switch to iCloud (*NOT* gonna happen).

FYI, for all of you sick of Apple Mail making a mess of your GoogleApps mailbox... give Airmail.app a try. It's good. It's not quite as good as Mail.app when it comes to searching and editing but it's getting really, really close...

gt0459

Level 1

0 points

Nov 27, 2013 2:57 AM in response to Steve Rhyne

Thanks Steve, worked for me too!

Nov 29, 2013 8:31 AM in response to Igor D.

Same problem.

With Mavericks Apple seems to bully Gmail users...

With the latest Mail update the problem with Gmail labels is fixed, but notification incoming mails is still delayed sometimes.

And now, I have thousands of drafts in Gmail for every mail I write... -.-

Nov 29, 2013 8:34 AM in response to jobkingori

Partly the reason why I wiped my Mac and went back to Mountin Lion!

jjwood

Level 1

8 points

Dec 3, 2013 1:03 PM in response to Steve Rhyne

Steve, thanks so much! That worked perfectly!

drisley

Level 1

16 points

Dec 3, 2013 2:10 PM in response to Igor D.

I have this issue using Mail app on Mavricks and outlook.com mail (windows live/hotmail).

Is there a way to do these settings on outlook/hotmail the same way as gmail?

Dec 3, 2013 2:11 PM in response to drisley

not yet sadly

drisley

Level 1

16 points

Dec 3, 2013 2:13 PM in response to Phil_Ken_Sebben

Thanks Phil. I guess there are no settings on the outlook webmail side like gmail to help fix this.

You have the same issue?

Dec 3, 2013 2:16 PM in response to drisley

yep its an odd one but microsoft have only just gotten round to doing IMAP and its still a bit off. Yeah same problem and also had an email disapear on me last week. But hopefully there will be another update for mail. I've sent some feedback to Apple letting them know mail is still buggered

drisley

Level 1

16 points

Dec 3, 2013 2:37 PM in response to Phil_Ken_Sebben

The bigger issue I have is duplicate messages in my SENT folder.

Maybe it's related to the DRAFTS issue.

drisley

Level 1

16 points

Dec 3, 2013 2:57 PM in response to Phil_Ken_Sebben

AHA!!! I found THIS out to help duplicate SENT items and make your settings stick (when using outlook.com anyway with IMAP).

Instead of going to MAIL>Preferences...

When MAIL is open on the bottom left there is a gear icon with a down arrow.

Click on that and scroll down to GET ACCOUNT INFO.

I can now deselect the DRAFTS selection and the SENT (store messages on the server) and the settings actually WORK! No more dups in SENT!

These changes aren't shown in the MAIL>PREFERENCES though, but it works for me. Definitely a MAIL app bug for apple then.

SPOKE TOO SOON: After quitting the Mail app and restarting the settings revert back to being checked ON. :S

Dec 3, 2013 4:47 PM in response to drisley

Drisley most people want drafts saved on the server so they can be seen on other devices

Mavericks Mail app and Gmail Drafts folder