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" <ch...@clgproductions.com> 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" <marri...@gmail.com> > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> > 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 <ch...@clgproductions.com> 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 appropriate 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 otherwis 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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