title says it all... I send the email using Mail, sometimes its ok, sometimes it creates many copies of the mail in trash... can even be over 50 at times!! just since mavericks
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
Who is your e-mail provider?
I am having the same issue as well after upgrading to Mavericks ... also use gmail.
thanks for any insight
Are you noticing that you get more copies in the trash when the messages are longer (or take longer to compose)?
I am pretty sure that's true, yes, but haven't analysed the problem in that way as I wouldn't know how to interpret the information. Perhaps, because of your question, you can interpret that?
Just as a theory. If you have "Store draft messages on the server" checked for an email account, Mail will save a copy on the server every so often. (I don't know if it is dependent on only the passage of time or might also depend on the frequency of changes you make.) The copies placed in the trash may be the previously saved intermediate copies.
Mail's relationship with Gmail changed in 10.9 and again in 10.9.1. This may be an area in which they don't have it quite right yet.
As for how to alleviate it, you might try unchecking "Store draft messages on the server" for your Gmail account. Of course, that means you can't suspend a draft on one Mac and pick it up later on another.
thanks I'll try that, though it seems to only do it when I press send so sounds like a glitch in the way mail & gmail work ... i certainly dont amend my message 20 or more times which is the number that can be put on trash.
I'm having the exact same problem.
I'm having this too - and I'm also using GMail. The 10.9.1 update of Mavericks did stabilise Mail with GMail accounts but this seems to remain an issue. And yes, the longer it takes to compose an e-mail, the more copies are in the Trash.
markwmsn wrote:
Just as a theory. If you have "Store draft messages on the server" checked for an email account, Mail will save a copy on the server every so often. (I don't know if it is dependent on only the passage of time or might also depend on the frequency of changes you make.) The copies placed in the trash may be the previously saved intermediate copies.
More than just a theory. I unchecked "store draft messages on server" and the problem is gone.
It's a good theory, and I think it's absolutely on point. But unfortunately, like some other people, my computer simply ignores my instruction to save the unchecked "store draft messages on the server." It just rechecks it and the problem continues. Guess I'll go talk to the Geniuses at the Apple store to see if they've come up with anything. Thanks, though.
I thought you may have a bypass there to the problem. But as someonelse pointed out, when I uncheck the box on my mail account preferences for saving drafts, it ignores that and immediately resets the checkbox. Bizarre.
It's related to message length and time to compose for sure. Just now sent email taking one minute to compose with no amendments. 14 copies to the trash folder after sent. Thge other day a longer mail.... 5 to 10 mins to compose...... 56 !!!!!!!!! copies to trash.
Whose issue is this... apple or gmail?
how does one flag the problem to anyone able to do anything about it ?
I took my MacBook Air into Apple and the guy at the Genius Bar said he thought the problem was with gmail, so he removed my gmail program and reinstalled it. That seemed to help while I was at the store, but when I got home, the problem had returned. I'm going to have to take it back and have them try something else.
You are right. After a few days of no problem, it returned and the checkbox was reset as others have said. Unchecking it only leads to it being automatically re-checked a short while after.
No solution yet unfortunately.
I am having the same problem. When I unselect "Store draft messages on the server", it does not help. When I go back into settings, it has automatically reselected. Anyone out there with a solution to this yet? It is a very annoying bug.
mail puts multiple copies of my message in my trash when it sends
