Mac Mail clear up

2011-09-30 Thread Bill Parker
I spent a long time yesterday deleting old emails and then checking the Trash and clearing close to 1000 emails. I start up ( from OFF) this am only to find a selection ( not all) emails right back where they were when I started. Is there some way of re-freshing Mac Mail or even re-installing

Re: Mac Mail clear up

2011-09-30 Thread Stephen Wonfor
Bill FWIW - I run 10.6.8. I open the Mail/Trash folder, select all, delete all. Of perhaps 100 messages I see 15 or so return. I delete those. I get 4 or 5 back. I delete those. All gone. Mix accounts from my domain, MobileMe and GMail. I just get used to it... Stephen --

Re: Mac Mail clear up

2011-09-30 Thread Bill Parker
Sorry, I forgot to say I'm OS 10.6.7 and Mail is 4.5 Bill On 01/10/2011, at 11:44 AM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: Bill FWIW - I run 10.6.8. I open the Mail/Trash folder, select all, delete all. Of perhaps 100 messages I see 15 or so return. I delete those. I get 4 or 5 back. I delete

Re: Mac Mail clear up

2011-09-30 Thread Ray Forma
Bill, Have you emptied Mail's Trash with the MailboxErase Deleted Items menu item? Also, make sure you have done the following: 1 Click once on the offending mailbox to highlight it. 2 Use the MailboxRebuild menu item to rebuild that mailbox. 3 Do the same with all other mailboxes Then check

Re: Mac Mail clear up

2011-09-30 Thread Bill Parker
Aha I just hit the delete button. Obviously not the way to do it. I'll pursue the other instructions as well. Thanks Ray On 01/10/2011, at 12:31 PM, Ray Forma wrote: Bill, Have you emptied Mail's Trash with the MailboxErase Deleted Items menu item? Also, make sure you have