Mail bug: Can't disable "Store draft messages on the server" for Gmail

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Mail bug: Can't disable "Store draft messages on the server" for Gmail

I think there is a new Mail bug in OS X 10.9.1.

I can't disable "Store draft messages on the server" for my Gmail account under Mail > Preferences > Accounts > Mailbox Behavior. Every time I try to disable it (and saving before closing the preferences window), the option comes back with a check mark next to it.

I would appreciate any help with this. This option is particularly troublesome, because, when it's enabled, Mail+Gmail combination will place multiple copies of drafts in the Trash folder.

Posted on Dec 23, 2013 5:16 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 23, 2013 5:49 PM in response to zornie

See if this doesn't help.

OS X: About Mail Update for Mavericks

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zornie Author

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Dec 23, 2013 10:15 PM in response to Donald Morgan

No, sorry, it does not help. Everything is up-to-date. Actually, the problem showed up only after installing the latest Mail update.

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povall

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Feb 10, 2014 1:36 AM in response to zornie

This problem persists. I do NOT use Gmail, but an IMAP server provided by my webhost (Heart Internet). I cannot turn off 'Store draft messages on the server'... well I can, but it just turns itself on again. This is a major problem because I'm never quite sure whether a message has been sent or not! Then I have to trawl through the Sent folder to check - it's driving me a little crazy.

I don't understand why we keep being told that this is fixed when clearly it isn't.

Can anyone help?

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daimoh

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Feb 12, 2014 2:59 AM in response to zornie

This post fixed it for me: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5468664?answerId=23500944022#23500944022

Not sure if you can duplicate it for non-gmail imap implementations, but I'm guessing it has to do with Mail automatically mapping to a "Drafts" folder on your imap server.

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lin37

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Feb 16, 2014 10:38 AM in response to zornie

same problem here! What bothers me is that there are multiple copies of the same sent mail in my mailbox

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