Fantom "Flags" in Mail 7.0

I have the exact same problem, new in Mavericks, but I've got a "7" instead. The folder is empty.

Bob A.

Hi. I have same problem but show 6. Tried to read and unread, flag and unflag but still not working.

Tera

same here, i have a pesky ONE phantom flagged e-mail

You guys are lucky. I have 43 phantom flags and have tried everything you guys have. I re synced all my email accounts. Still no resolution. Will monitor thread to see if someone posts the answer to correct the issue. Until then.... It's annoying!

Friends I believe I've found the answer. At least it worked for me. I went into each mail folder and just looked at the list of messages. As I looked in each folder the quantity of flagged messages reduced. I looked in the folders that each specific flag was associated with. I.E. I renamed the red flag as Payments Due. So I looked into the folder where I would store those messages and it adjusted the phantom quantities. Let me know if this solves the issue for you. Cheers!

Doesn't work for me. I don't know of any flags I've ever used, and the Flagged folder is empty (although it shows "7"), and I've got hundreds of email folders with thousands of messages, so I don't know where to go. In the big folders, I've selected all messages and done "Message/Flag/Clear Flag" in case there were any hiding in there, but again to no avail. Still stumped. But thanks for trying; I'm glad it worked for you.

I understand that it is cumbersome. It was for me. But I started at the top of my folder list and went down each folder one by one. I didn't have to highlight, flag then unflag. All I had to do was highlight the folder and give it a short moment for the system to reference each folder. RHA90272.... It's worth a try!

Allyn - You did it! You made me go through folders of old messages from 10 years ago. I found a number that had been marked with "!!" (meaning high priority, I believe), and deleted them. A number were from colleagues in Europe. Perhaps the new "Flag" designation was getting confused with the priority mark, or else European systems were marking old messages in a manner that the Flagged folder was sort-of picking up. Anyway, I drove the Flagged number down to zero, and it disappeared! Thanks for your support!

Glad that worked for you Bob. Hopefully others in this thread will try and see if it works for them. I bet it will. Then mccabep can mark this as answering his question! Allyn

This worked for me.

1. I option-clicked on each root folder triangle to open ALL it's subfolders.

2. Selected the root folder, starting at the top, and tapped the 'tab' key twice to highlight the folder in blue. (the arrow key won't work till you do this).

3. Worked my way down through EVERY folder, using the down-arrow key, highlighting each subfolder in turn. You don't have to highlight the messages themselves, just the containing folder.

I could tell something was happening because I could hear the the HD spinning with each tap of the arrow key. And just like you said, Allyn, the phantom flags slowly disappeared.

Dear Macabep, Horrorshow and rha90272 both had success with the same method I had success with. I will say that Horrorshow wrote and excellent description on how to follow the process. Please give this a shot. It IS cumbersome, however it does work. Best wishes on your success.

Horrorshow, Great job of explaining the process. Much more concise and easier to read. Thanks!

Horrorshow, It worked for me too. Thanks!

Yep, that does the trick. Nice work, Horrorshow.