How do I keep my deleted emails from reappearing immediately requiring a 2nd deletion?

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AGinMalibu Author

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How do I keep my deleted emails from reappearing immediately requiring a 2nd deletion?

Deleted emails immediately reappear in mailbox requiring a second deletion. How can this be fixed?

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Sep 22, 2016 8:51 AM

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Answer 1

Eric Root

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Sep 22, 2016 10:25 AM in response to AGinMalibu

Try rebuilding the mailbox.

Rebuild mailbox

If that doesn't work, try re-indexing the mailboxes. This can take awhile if you have a lot of mail.

Reindex messages For El Capitan, try looking in V3.

Reindex messages (2) See post by Linc Davis

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AGinMalibu Author

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Sep 22, 2016 11:03 AM in response to AGinMalibu

Thanks for the reply Eric. It's the Trash mailbox. Emails deleted from Inbox and Junk all go to Trash. Wehn I attempt to clear Trash they delete then immediately re-appear. I have rebuilt the Trash Box many times. Do I want to try and re-index the Trash box?

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Answer 3

Eric Root

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Sep 22, 2016 11:28 AM in response to AGinMalibu

You are welcome. Try Mail/Preferences/Accounts/Mailbox Behaviors/Trash and make sure Store deleted messages on the server isn't checked.

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