Mail stopped receiving emails; saves all sent emails as drafts

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Mail stopped receiving emails; saves all sent emails as drafts

Two issues:

1. Suddenly Mail has stopped receiving emails (just started yesterday). I can send with no difficulty, and retrieve emails online through my browser, but not through Mail.

2. Each email I send is now saved as a Draft, even though it has been sent.

Anyone else having these problem? And know how to fix it?

Thanks

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7

Posted on Mar 6, 2014 9:17 AM

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Answer 1

Eric Root

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Mar 6, 2014 9:41 AM in response to ParallelP

For the Drafts issue, access your e-mail via a browser, and check to see if there is a setting to store draft on the server. If it is an IMAP account, go to Mail/Preferences/Accounts/Mailbox Behaviors and un-check Store drafts on server.

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ParallelP Author

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Mar 6, 2014 9:47 AM in response to Eric Root

Thanks, Eric. I have it set up as POP, not IMAP so nothing is being stored on the server. This behavior just started recently, with no changes from me anywhere.

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