Q: How to stop auto-archive in Mail

Some of my emails go to Archive folder automatically without chance of being read. Archive appears to be a local (on-my-mac) folder which removes the emails from IMAP. We are 3 people using one IMAP account (support email), moving emails to a local archive folder on my Mac prevents other two co-workers to have access to all emails received. How do I dissable Archive in Mail completely? Thanks.

OS X Mavericks (10.9), Mail app with 10.9.1 update

Posted on Nov 27, 2013 3:38 AM

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by Raymond Russell,

Raymond Russell Nov 27, 2013 4:36 AM in response to Gr8Timur
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Nov 27, 2013 4:36 AM in response to Gr8Timur

There does not appear to be an auto archive in Mail the messages must be selected manually then archived. Perhaps you have a rule set that is archiving the messages?
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by Gr8Timur,

Gr8Timur Nov 27, 2013 1:25 PM in response to Raymond Russell
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Nov 27, 2013 1:25 PM in response to Raymond Russell

I do not have a rule created to move messages to Archive folder. I also did not create the Archive folder itself, though it is full of messages (new and old). I've seen other people asking about how to turn off Archive feature in Mail on other forums as well.
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by William Lloyd,

William Lloyd Nov 27, 2013 6:10 PM in response to Gr8Timur
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Nov 27, 2013 6:10 PM in response to Gr8Timur

There is no "auto-archive" feature in Mail. Stuff is only moved to the archive folder if you move it, or click the "archive" button in the toolbar.
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by Raymond Russell,

Raymond Russell Nov 28, 2013 5:36 AM in response to William Lloyd
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Nov 28, 2013 5:36 AM in response to William Lloyd

"There is no "auto-archive" feature in Mail. Stuff is only moved to the archive folder if you move it, or click the "archive" button in the toolbar."

Or create a rule or use a program to to the archive for you.
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by Linc Davis,

Linc Davis Nov 28, 2013 8:33 AM in response to Gr8Timur
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Nov 28, 2013 8:33 AM in response to Gr8Timur

Mail app with 10.9.1 update

Is that accurate?
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by Raymond Russell,

Raymond Russell Nov 28, 2013 1:48 PM in response to Linc Davis
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Nov 28, 2013 1:48 PM in response to Linc Davis

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Mail app with 10.9.1 update

Is that accurate?"

I missed that! I can't say what the 10.9.1 update includes I dont have it.
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by Ro33y,

Ro33y Nov 29, 2013 5:50 AM in response to Gr8Timur
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Nov 29, 2013 5:50 AM in response to Gr8Timur

Same problem here. Mail is archiving randomly: New, Old, Read, Unread, Spam, Friendly...

Al rules deleted.

Junk turned off: but still markes my mail as Junk.

A complete mess.

Hope someone finds a solution.
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by Csound1,

Csound1 Nov 29, 2013 5:53 AM in response to Ro33y
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Nov 29, 2013 5:53 AM in response to Ro33y

Are you using beta software (10.9.1) or not.
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by Csound1,

Csound1 Nov 29, 2013 5:56 AM in response to Csound1
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Nov 29, 2013 5:56 AM in response to Csound1

Forget that, lost track of who posted what.
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by kuteBoy,

kuteBoy Dec 5, 2013 10:05 AM in response to Raymond Russell
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Dec 5, 2013 10:05 AM in response to Raymond Russell

Same problem here too. Maybe it happened with last update, did not seem to happen before. Also, all my online mail boxes have this going on...

message -> move to -> archive -> online name (all mail)

with these exceptions. My msn and yahoo accounts do not show at all and my 'on my mac' shows twice, once at the top and once at the bottom. I think all 3 of these are pop3 accounts, if that makes a difference....

Another weird thing is my msn account does not not show in the dropdown of 'move to' or 'copy to'
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by edmineck,

edmineck Dec 27, 2013 8:12 PM in response to Gr8Timur
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Dec 27, 2013 8:12 PM in response to Gr8Timur

I am having the same problem.
I have several accounts in (Apple) Mail 7.1 in Maverick -
None of the pop server or exchange accounts have an "Archive" folder but
both of my imap server accounts (gmail) DO!
All of my gmail is archived ...

It got my attention because it's consuming a significant amount of disk space.
where's the control for these 'archives' ??
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by Csound1,

Csound1 Dec 28, 2013 4:44 AM in response to edmineck
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Dec 28, 2013 4:44 AM in response to edmineck

Stop using Gmail
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by Raymond Russell,Helpful

Raymond Russell Dec 28, 2013 7:33 AM in response to edmineck
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Dec 28, 2013 7:33 AM in response to edmineck

Its the way Gmail works. Gmail archives all your mail, log into the web mail app and you will see you have an inbox and an all mail folder. Log into gmail using your web browser then go to the pop/imap settings and change the archive setting.
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by edmineck,

edmineck Dec 28, 2013 1:46 PM in response to Csound1
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Dec 28, 2013 1:46 PM in response to Csound1

wow you are so helpful
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