Gmail not working right since Mavericks install, even after 10.9.1 upgrade

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Gmail not working right since Mavericks install, even after 10.9.1 upgrade

I use Apple mail. Comcast, which is POP, is my internet provider. In order to use IMAP capability I forward my email to my Gmail acct. All worked flawlessly until Mavericks came along. Even after the 10.9.1 upgrade

Here are my issues:

(1) draft emails are copied every minute so I get multiple drafts like this:

Hello

Hello John

Hello John, how

Hello John, how are you?

(2) If I send myself an email to test how my email is working if I delete the received email from the inbox it deletes itself from the sent box. If I delete the email from the sent box it deletes the email in the inbox.....

(3) and nothing is being saved on the Gmail server although my settings indicated "never" remove the email.

Any thoughts? It's drviing me crazy & I'm afraid I'm going to lose valuable emails....

Thanks in advance....

Jim

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Dec 27, 2013 4:31 PM

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dianeoforegon

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Dec 27, 2013 5:20 PM in response to jimpascale

The outgoing mail saved as drafts issue, results when you are composing a message, Mail saves it to drafts folder on the server. You can select to save draft messages to On My Mac. You won't have access to your drafts on other devices with this option, but no more multiple drafts or a draft of a sent message.

In Gmail > Settings > Labels in your browser, select to sync the All Mail folder. In the past, many users selected not to sync this folder, but in Mavericks Mail, it needs to be enabled. Remember even sent messages are included in the All Mail folder.

Your problems are very similar to the ones in this discussion.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5713765?answerId=24275822022#24275822022

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jimpascale Author

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Dec 27, 2013 11:20 PM in response to dianeoforegon

Thanks Diane & All, I have now been able to successfully stop the multiple drafts - yipee!

However, Apple Mail/Gmail problems persist. 😟

The biggest one is that my emails are not being archived, even though under mailbox behaviors for Gmail I have checked save for 30 days.

Any thoughts on this one?

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Answer 3

Dec 28, 2013 12:20 AM in response to jimpascale

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1277

See if this helps

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jimpascale Author

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Dec 28, 2013 12:30 AM in response to Donald Morgan

I'm trying to archive from Apple Mail to Gmail

I founnd this on the internet but I must be doing soething wrong because it didn't work:

In Gmail’s settings, under the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab, change the setting. When I mark a message in IMAP as deleted to Auto-Expunge off. Then, just below that option, change the setting. When a message is marked as deleted and expunged to Archive the message. Click Save at the bottom of the page. Once you tweak settings in Mail in a later step, using the Delete key on a message will tell Gmail to archive it in All Mail. If you truly want to delete a message, you can drag and drop it to the [Gmail]/Trash folder.

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Dec 28, 2013 4:17 PM in response to jimpascale

I decided to test Mavericks Mail with a new Gmail account today to see what the new default settings in Mail works with Gmail. It seems that all the workarounds we used prior to Mavericks are no longer needed. No root folder required. No prefix [Gmail]/ for folders.

I no longer had to use "Use this folder for Drafts, Sent, Junk, Trash". When I delete a message it actually goes to Trash not to All Mail. Yipeee!

Be sure to select All Mail folder.

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Answer 6

Dec 30, 2013 11:24 AM in response to dianeoforegon

These are not the images I uploaded. You can view the settings here;

http://www.needhelp4mac.com/2013/12/use-gmail-with-mavericks-mail/

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