Ah Ok. Hmm. dunno why why your deleted messages are not syncing then from one computer to another. did you check the web site to make sure they were also gone. if not they might not be actually deletingg for some reason.
Takd care. On Sep 18, 2013, at 9:03 AM, Chris Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, that's already set as you describe. > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Alawami" <[email protected]> > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:59 AM > Subject: Re: Really strange problem with Mail on my computers > > >> It's under mail prefs, then accounts, then choose yoru imap acocunt, and >> choose advanced. Under that type inbox under imap prefix. this tells the >> mail you receive where to go. Again I don't know if this will fix yoru >> delete issue but that's all I can come up with. >> >> I can't remember if inbox is case sensitive. I'll have to look at one of >> mine when I get home. >> >> Tc >> >>> On Sep 18, 2013, at 7:40, "Chris Gilland" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I know nothing about prefixes. What do I set it to, and where do I set it, >>> in the first place? >>> >>> Chris. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah k Alawami" <[email protected]> >>> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 12:47 AM >>> Subject: Re: Really strange problem with Mail on my computers >>> >>> >>>> Do you have your prefix set right in imap mail for all of your accounts? I >>>> dunno if that would solve your problem but that would be something to look >>>> at. >>>> >>>> Take care. >>>>> On Sep 17, 2013, at 8:46 PM, Chris Gilland <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hey guys. >>>>> >>>>> I'm seeming to have a very odd problem with Mail on all my Apple devices, >>>>> be it IOS or OSX. I'm really hoping that someone might be able to shed a >>>>> little light on what may be the cause of this. >>>>> >>>>> Basically, here's the deal. I have two e-mail accounts which are both >>>>> being quite problematic. One of the accounts is a Gmail account, and the >>>>> other one is my work e-mail, which is the address that I subscribe to >>>>> this list with. On all of my devices, my IPhone 5, my IPad Mini, my Mac >>>>> Mini, my white macbook, and my macbook Pro which I'm writing this mail >>>>> from now, by the way, I have both accounts configured to use IMap. >>>>> Basically, I did it this way, because essentially, what I want is to be >>>>> able to check my e-mail from one system, but then be able to go to >>>>> another system and pull up my inbox, or whatever other folder I've stored >>>>> remotely on the IMap server and be able to retrieve the exact same >>>>> e-mail. This way, say a client e-mails me on my work address, and I'm >>>>> like, "Oh shoot! I don't have access to the info they need on this >>>>> system," I can then go to the system which does have the info when time >>>>> permits, and open up that same message, and respond to it appropria te >> l >>>> y. >>>>> The issue that I'm having is not so much in the fact that this isn't >>>>> working as I'd hoped, as much as it is within deleting messages when >>>>> done. If I delete an e-mail from one of my systems, it goes away, no >>>>> issue. And if I empty my trash in all accounts with >>>>> command+shift+delete/backspace, call the last key as you will, I find >>>>> then if I go check my e-mail on another system, all that mail I just >>>>> deleted from the last time I pulled comes right back down. so, in other >>>>> words, say I have about 50 e-mails that come down. I delete all 50 of >>>>> them from my macbook Pro. I then head over to my Mac Mini. I open up >>>>> Mail, and "Ding!" There comes all 50 of them back down again, even though >>>>> I just deleted them on the Macbook. This is the strangest thing I've >>>>> seen in Mail. I really don't get it! I could see it if I hadn't deleted >>>>> the messages, and just simply quit Mail with command+Q then went and >>>>> launched Mail on another device, but that's not what I'm doing. I've >>>>> totally hit d >> e >>>> l >>>>> ete on each message, usually without even openning half of them being >>>>> they're either spam, or things I just don't care to read, then once I do >>>>> this, I then hit command+shift+delete/backspace (again call it whichever >>>>> you please. I'm talking about the key right above the backslash key.) I >>>>> then say yes to empty trash from all accounts. I'll then hit command+Q >>>>> to qwuit Mail. Then, about an hour later we'll just call it for sake of >>>>> argument, I'll go to another system, pop open Mail, and no sooner do I do >>>>> so, when all those exact same messages I just deleted and supposedly >>>>> purged from the last time I pulled for mail come right back down into my >>>>> inbox again. Now, I confess, I don't know if they're coming to the imap >>>>> inbox, or the unified inbox on OSX which has all mail from all accounts. >>>>> I normally don't actually mess much with the mailboxes table list. I >>>>> usually just leave it on my unified inbox. Probably a stupid thing to do, >>>>> but I just find myself getting lost otherwi s >> e >>>> . >>>>> If you all really think I need to go through there and look at things, I >>>>> will, but you're gonna have to tell me specifically where to look and >>>>> what things to be checking for. >>>>> >>>>> Also what things in preferences, if any, might I want to look at? I know >>>>> this list isn't made for Windows, and frankly, if I get chewed out for >>>>> this one comment by either Gordon or Lynn, I'm gonna admittedly be >>>>> terribly offended, as I'm just trying to give info here to pinpoint this >>>>> down. I even have noticed that if I check mail on the Apple side of >>>>> things, then go to my XP machine and bring up Outlook Express and poll >>>>> those accounts, which also are configured there with IMap, I see the same >>>>> behavior. I delete on the Mac/IOS side, then bring it up in Outlook >>>>> Express, and they all come right back down again. I understand that in >>>>> Outlook Express, you can't just hit delete on the messages if they're >>>>> IMap as that only marks them for deletion. You then have to hit alt+E >>>>> for the edit menu, then hit r, for purge items. I do that though. Now, >>>>> the same thing vice versa. If I poll on my XP box, delete, then purge, >>>>> then alt+F4 out of there, then go to my Mac, open up Mail, t >> he >>>> n >>>>> boom! all of those messages from the last pull come down again to my >>>>> Mac. It's important that I explain that when I say they come back down, >>>>> before you ask, ok, where're they coming down to? They're seeming at >>>>> least, to come back down to the unified inbox, and I can almost bet my >>>>> money on it, that if I looked in the account's own mailbox's inbox, I'd >>>>> see the messages there. It's almost like when I purge/delete the >>>>> messages, then even clean them from the trash, they come right back; like >>>>> they're somehow not getting purged correctly. It's the strangest thing >>>>> I've ever seen! I'm normally really good at trouble shooting this type >>>>> thing, but this has me really perplexed, admittedly. >>>>> >>>>> Has anyone got any clue? 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