You can tell Apple's IMAP client to make any folder the "trash" folder.
1. Select the folder you want to be the trash folder. 2. go to the mailbox menu and find the "Use this mailbox for" sub menu. 3. Select Trash Note: when you do this, the folder the Macintosh was using for trash will appear in your folder list, so you want to go into that folder and delete everything. A note on Google.. Google does not have a true idea of folders, and it is possible that moving items into the trash will not do exactly what you want. This is because Google is using only one copy of your message no matter how many folders it appears in. There is or was an option to indicate how deletions occur. But the entire process is convuluted, because Google thinks youwant to keep everything and because IMAP has an idea of deleting that does not use a trash folder. The article previously mentioned from tidbits does a much better description then I can of how to get these to mesh correctly. Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr 28, 2012, at 3:20 PM, Steve Holmes wrote: > Try moving them to [Gmail]/Trash instead. That's what I do. > > See my other mail about deleting. You could follow that route for a while and > then go into that folder of deleted messages and move them to [Gmail]/Trash. > Too bad we can't write a macro for Apple Mail to do this. That's what I do > when I use mutt to read and manage email. > > On Apr 28, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: > >> Yeah, this is the strangest thing! It didn't do this before I had to >> reinstall Lion a couple of weeks ago. >> >> It does seem like if I actually go in and read the message, it does stay >> deleted, but if I don't choose to read it, it comes back like the plague! >> >> Totally annoying! >> >> Cait and Nicky >> >> On 2012-04-28, at 2:59 PM, Veronica Elsea wrote: >> >>> Caitlin, I have my account set the same way and it won't delete my messages >>> either. I'm just as puzzled about this as you are. Sorry, no answers here >>> yet. <grin.> >>> >>> Veronica >>> >>> Watch and hear The Guide Dog Glee Club sing the Star-spangled Banner at >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQNLclisGqQ >>> Then find more music from The Guide Dog Glee Club and Veronica Elsea at >>> http://www.laurelcreekmusic.com >>> Veronica Elsea, Owner >>> Laurel Creek Music Designs >>> Santa Cruz, California >>> Phone: 831-429-6407 >>> >>> On Apr 28, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I hope somebody has some suggestions about my mail problem. >>>> >>>> After a reinstall of Lion a couple weeks ago, I of course had to reinput >>>> my mail account. I am using my gmail account. Now,, mail isn't deleting >>>> my messages after I read them. The next time I reopen mail, the same >>>> messages are back again! >>>> >>>> In mail preferences, I have it set to delete the trash when quitting mail, >>>> and to not leave things on the server. >>>> >>>> What am I doing wrong? >>>> >>>> Before I had to reinstall Lion, my gamil account didn't act like this! >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> Caitlyn >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
