Hello everybody,
On the navigation pane in Mail, I always notice 4 items under "emailed contacts".
Because I don't want and need them anymore, I tried several times to remove those messages, but each time as I reopen my Mail.app, there they appear again (see attachment).
Who knows the solution?
Kind regards,
Jan Haex
Mac Mini (early 2009) OSX 10.9.5
Mac Mini, Mac OS X (10.6.1)
From the Mail menu bar, select
Mail ▹ Preferences... ▹ Accounts
Select one of your IMAP accounts in the list on the left, then open the Mailbox Behaviors tab, Uncheck the box marked
Store deleted messages on the server
Do the same in your other IMAP accounts. Save the changes when prompted.
Thank you very much for your quick response, Linc.
But the box you mentionned was already unchecked...
I'm afraid we have to look for another solution.
K.R.
Jan
Quit Mail. Force quit if necessary.
Back up all data before proceeding.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder
from the menu bar. Paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V, then press return.
A folder window will open. Inside it there should be files with names as follows:
Envelope Index
ExternalUpdates.storedata
Move those files to the Desktop, leaving the window open. Other files in the folder may have longer names that begin as above. Move those files, if any, to the Trash.
Relaunch Mail. It should prompt you to re-import your messages. You may get a warning that the index is damaged and that Mail has to quit. Click OK. Typically, the process takes a few minutes, but it may take hours if you have gigantic mailboxes. In that case, you may be able to speed things up by temporarily adding your home folder to the Privacy list in the Spotlight preference pane. Remove it when Mail has finished importing.
Test. If Mail now works as expected, you can delete the files you moved to the Desktop. Otherwise, post your results.
Dear Linc,
Ik tried as you told me to do. I received the prompt to re-import my messages, but didn't get any warning that the index is damaged.
I tried it 3 or 4 times. But each time Mail restarted, the files I moved to the desktop, as well as the files with the longer names I moved to Trash, appeared again in the folder "Mail Data"
Sign in to the mail server through its web page. If the messages appear, delete them.
Unfortunately, these messages don't appear in my webmail...
Hye Linc,
I had a second look in my webmailserver.
And in my adressbook I saw indeed the messages under "gemailde contactpersonen" (dutch for "emailed contacts")
So I deleted all 4 of them and also wiped them from the Trash. I see the problem has been solved now! The messages don't appear anymore in my Mail.app
Many thanks for all your responses and tips!
Greetings,
Jan Haex
V-Cards can't be removed
