My Trash folder has 2 sub-folders, namely "On My Mac' and 'xtra.co.nz' - the latter being my ISP. Why do I have 2 folders and what's the difference? I cannot see how Mail the differentiates between the two when I delete mail.
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
There are separate folders for all accounts. On My Mac is considered an account, though you don't send and receive mail from it.
All of the different account folders are "merged" into the unified mailboxes of the same type.
Just don't flip the triangle—just treat it as a single trash folder.
Thanks for the prompt reply.
I accept what you say but it frustrates me that I can't determine why mail that I delete, for some unknown reason, seems to go randomly to the 2 different folders in the Trash - and I feel there has to be a reason!! Maybe I'm 'over thinking' the issue.
That's true but it still frustrates me that I can't work out the difference.
The difference should be simple to understand if you know what On my Mac means.
Folders that are under "On My Mac" are managed by you and reside on your mac, separated from any mail account you may have. If you delete a message that is on one of these folders, it goes to the "On My Mac" subfolder in the Trash.
Assuming your account uses IMAP (or Exchange, which works similarly), your messages and your mailboxes or folders are synced between your mac and your server.
So you move them to the trash they are also moved to the trash folder in your server (that is what the trash folder named after your ISP means). And if you actually delete them they will also be deleted in the server.
Thanks for the info - it all helps with the understanding.
Trash folder(s) in Mail
