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Can I delete HUGE Mail log file? 342 GB

342 GB of my MacBook Pro 500 GB disk drive is taken by one file titled 'imap.gmail.com-56FE56F8-0CC4-4BC0-898C-0162BF3F65E0.txt'. It is in the Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Logs/Mail folder. Can I delete this? Is there something I need to change in my imap settings to prevent this? Thank you!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS High Sierra (10.13.4)

Posted on May 14, 2018 12:48 PM

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Posted on May 14, 2018 1:25 PM

I wasn't sure how to look at the file & wasn't sure what would happen if I tried to open such a large file. Here is a screen shot. My computer keeps hitting disk space limits, likely due to this file and.or due to my gmail imap set up. I just do not want to delete something that would mess with my gmail. What do you think?

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May 14, 2018 1:25 PM in response to leroydouglas

I wasn't sure how to look at the file & wasn't sure what would happen if I tried to open such a large file. Here is a screen shot. My computer keeps hitting disk space limits, likely due to this file and.or due to my gmail imap set up. I just do not want to delete something that would mess with my gmail. What do you think?

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May 14, 2018 2:15 PM in response to shempanderson

shempanderson wrote:

My computer keeps hitting disk space limits, likely due to this file and.or due to my gmail imap set up.

You would be safe to delete all those logs.


Disable log connection activity

macos - Huge Apple Mail Logs (Connection Logging Enabled) - Ask Different

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May 14, 2018 2:50 PM in response to shempanderson

shempanderson wrote:


I trust this solves your problem shempanderson.

Don't forget to empty your trash, reboot if necessary to recover your HD/ SDD free space


From terminal.app you can get a quick look of your Disk space, copy and paste:

df -H


Good computing !

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