Hi,
My mail will move to a snails pace--to the point of not even downloading the most recent-- but it shows for example, 1876 of 3,455 messages downloaded. Nothing is working! Please help or I'll be forced to leave the Mail App!
Thanks,
Caleb
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014), macOS High Sierra (10.13.4)
Try rebuilding the mailbox(es).
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. Sierra use V4. High Sierra use V5.
Reindex messages (2) See post by Linc Davis
Are you using the Mail app with a single email provider or multiple providers? If the latter, try disabling all of your email accounts. Then enable them one at a time to determine which one is attempting to download these messages.
Are your email accounts POP3, IMAP, or a mix of both?
but it shows for example, 1876 of 3,455 messages downloaded.
If you are seeing this at the bottom of the mailbox Sidebar, ignore it unless emails are actually downloading.
Are your emails downloading? If you go to the Gmail web site, do you see any emails that haven't downloaded?
Have you tried quitting and reopening Mail?
Hi Tesserax,
Thanks for writing. Single provider. Three gmail accounts with IMAP.
It shows that they are downloading actively. Both numbers keep changing--and then it slows down the app to no longer download recent messages. Quiting fixes only for a short period of time.
MAIL keeps downloading old messages
