Problems deleting mail

Been using Mail for a LONG time. Currently have version 4.5. This week I started having problems deleting some messages (not all) using the delete button at the top of the Mail menu. I found I can delete using my right mouse button. Any ideas why I'm having this issue? Thanks ahead of time!

I am suddenly having the same issue in mac mail. Giving me an error message "email name cannot be moved to the mailbox null" "Destination mailbox null does not allow messages to be moved to it" I have no idea what mailbox "null" is. This just started happening a day ago... Any suggestions?

Similar Messages

Problems deleting mail from MAC

For the past few weeks (not everyday) I have had trouble deleting mail.
The message is"
Message could not be moved to mailbox "trash iCloud"
The IMAP command "UID Copy" failed for the mailbox "inbox" with server error: Mailbox is busy
I have also had trouble just moving mail from the inbox folder to other folders on my Mac.
At first I though it might be a cloud problem, but it has been going on too long!
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Deanna

I am suddenly having the same issue in mac mail. Giving me an error message "email name cannot be moved to the mailbox null" "Destination mailbox null does not allow messages to be moved to it" I have no idea what mailbox "null" is. This just started happening a day ago... Any suggestions?

Problem deleting mail on iPad 2

I can't delete mail on the iPad 2; trash won't accept mail I want to delete. 'Anybody got some advice on this?

Try turning the account off and on : Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars , then tap the account on the right, slide Mail to 'off', exit settings and go back into the Mail app, and then go back to Settings and slide Mail back to 'on'
If that doesn't work then try closing the Mail app via the taskbar : from the home screen (i.e. not with the Mail app 'open' on-screen) double-click the home button to bring up the taskbar, then press and hold any of the apps on the taskbar for a couple of seconds or so until they start shaking, then press the '-' in the top left of the Mail app to close it, and touch any part of the screen above the taskbar so as to stop the shaking and close the taskbar.
A third option is a reset : press and hold both the sleep and home buttons for about 10 to 15 seconds (ignore the red slider), after which the Apple logo should appear - you won't lose any content, it's the iPad equivalent of a reboot.
And another option is to try going into Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Then select the account on the right-hand side of that screen, select Account, then Advanced, Deleted Mailbox, and under On The Server tap the 'Trash' folder so that it gets a tick against it - then come out of that series of popups by tapping on the relevant buttons at the top of them and then see if you can delete emails.

Problems deleting mail from apple mail under mountain lion

I'm a little baffled by the way that the DELETE function works on Mail in Mountain Lion. When I delete a mail from "All Inboxes" it appears to remain in the individual inbox. I have GMAIL and Mac.com mail being gathered into apple mail. I should note that I have GMAIL pulling apple mail into GMAIL, but it's supposed to delete it from Mac.com once the mail is pulled into GMAIL.
Any ideas?

I am suddenly having the same issue in mac mail. Giving me an error message "email name cannot be moved to the mailbox null" "Destination mailbox null does not allow messages to be moved to it" I have no idea what mailbox "null" is. This just started happening a day ago... Any suggestions?

Problem deleting mail account

I set up a mail account to view my Microsoft exchange work mail from home. I had been using webmail for my work mail. Then I decided I preferred to keep the work mail separate, so I went into Mail preferences and deleted the Microsoft work account. But whenever I start Mail, it asks to connect to the work server, even though I deleted that account. How can I fix this? Thanks.

Connection Doctor only references my pop account. But help says that removing Exchange 2007 does not permanently delete the account; because the account's mailbox and messages remain on the server. So maybe I have to contact my provider and have him remove the account from the server - unless you know how I can do that from here. The help file reads as follows:
"Removing an Exchange 2007 or Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) account doesn’t permanently delete the account’s mailboxes and messages because they are stored on the mail server. To retrieve the account’s mailboxes and messages from the server, set up the account again."

Deleted mail does not go to trash file and returns to inbox

I'm running OS 10.6.2 and Mail 4.2. When I delete mail on my MacBook PRO, the message goes away, but doesn't go into my trash file. When I refresh mail, the deleted messages come back. I'm using exchange server, and I have no problems deleting mail from my iPhone or web mail. In addition, I have other mail accounts that allow me to delete mail without any other issues. I've rebuilt my mail database (mailbx - rebuild), and even deleted the mail account and reloaded it from exchange. HELP!

In that case, if the account in question is an admin account, you would just tack "sudo" on at the beginning:
sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash
If the affected account is not an admin account, you need to log in to an admin account and do this:
sudo rm -rf /Users/theusername/.Trash
...where "theusername" should be the name of the user folder with the broken trash.

Since installing mountain lion i have a problem with mail. when i delete a message close and open mail the message has come back. please help!

Since installing Mountain Lion i have a problem with Mail. I delete a number of messages from the same person but keep the newest message in my Inbox. I actually delete them from the Trash. The next time i open Mail the deleted messages are back again. Can anybody please help as this is getting annoying. Thanks in Anticipation.

Problems such as yours are sometimes caused by files that should belong to you but are locked or have wrong permissions. This procedure will check for such files. It makes no changes and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem.
First, empty the Trash.
Triple-click the line below to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):
find ~ $TMPDIR.. $ -flags +sappnd,schg,uappnd,uchg -o ! -user $UID -o ! -perm -600 -o -acl $ 2> /dev/null | wc -l
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
The output of this command, on a line directly below what you entered, will be a number such as "41." Please post it in a reply.

The past few days my Mail app has started downloading multiple copies of e-mails from all pop servers. This is only happening on my Macbook not other macs. Deleting mail from server does not help. I ran ClamXav found 2 viruses deleted problem continues

opps. Long title there... The past few days my Mail app has started downloading multiple copies of e-mails from all pop servers. This is only happening on my Macbook not other macs. Deleting mail from server does not help. I ran ClamXav found 2 viruses deleted those. Checked for software update and installed suggested downloads. Problem still contintues. Any suggestions?

Folks,
even after having repaired the inbox folder under "properties" a few times, I still had some e-mails where the contents are different from the subject line.
In other words in the inbox there are two e-mails: one with subject line "abc", and another one with subject line "def".
When I display the e-mail with the subject line "abc", the contents are from the e-mail with the subject line "def" in the in-basket.
What else can be done to correct this problem?
Thanks and best regards.
Fred Kunz-Shirzad
Chemin Ronzeures 6A
1297 Founex VD
Switzerland
[email protected]

Having problem deleting all but one particular mail from the iPhone 4S mail inbox. I can delete mail either by the trash can or using edit, selecting the mail message and deleting. However there is this one mail message that will not go away. Any ideas?

I am having a problem deleting all but one particular mail message from my inbox. I delete by either using the trash can icon for individual mail, or using edit, selecting the mail message (s) and clicking delete. However there is this one mail message that will not go away regardles of what I do including deleting all from the trash. Any ideas?

I get that every once in a while on my 3GS, and that's what I do to get rid of it. Probably not a bad idea to power down the phone every so often, anyway, gets rid of any crud waiting to cause a bug.
Glad to hear that it worked for you.

Problem in deleting mail with iOs 7

My deleted mail pops up again after I have tried to delete it. What should I do? I have iOs 7.

Deleted mailbox is checked.
I don't have the same problem with my PC. The delete function also works well in webmail. The problem might thus not be with the operator. A strange thing is that some emails can be deleted but some not. Can you help?

Problems with deleting mail in Mail-Yoesmite 10.10.1

Each day, I have a problem where Mail will not delete messages that I have deleted. The messages I want deleted seems to be in the Trash folder and appear to be deleted when I select the delete button. But when I click out to another folder and then come back to the Trash folder, those messages are still there.
T have tried doing this 3-4 times, with the same result.
I have since found that quitting the Mail program resolves this problem and so each day, I have to quit Mail in order to get it to function correctly.
Clearly, there is a problem with this piece of software, a piece of software which is one of the worst things Apple has ever made and which has been driving me nuts for years.

I can't find a way to edit my question so I am adding further info as a reply.
In addition to not deleting emails, Mail also does not always show me the most recent emails.
When I quit the app and re-open it, a bunch of new emails suddenly appear, all with different time stamps.

Hi I am having problems removing mail from trash folder. Can anyone help please

Hi I am having problems removing mail from trash folder. I can send mails to the folder but cannot delete them permanently from the trash folder. I am using Iphone 3G and anm up to date with OS. Can anyone help please

Check that there isn't a different Trash folder to the one with the proper Trash symbol on it.
If you see one in your list of folders rather than a separate one, highlight it, then click on Mailbox...Use this mailbox for...Trash

Problem with mail for exchange after update on E72...

Hi everyone,
I updated Nokia E-mail to ver 3.9 on E72. Now I am facing a problem with mail for exchange. I have configured gmail on mail for exchange. I recieve a warning that "unable to sync contact administrator if problem persist". It started to pop up just after the update was over and is very frustrating. Even previously i used to recieve mails instantly but now it generally takes half an hour for me to recieve them. I deleted and created mail for exchange several times but to no avail.
Also i am not able to automatically recieve mails other emails which i have configured. every time I have to manually download them everytime.
Can anybody suggest a way out.
Thanks
Anil

It could be a problem if you're using your network's connections...
I was on a Pay & Go tariff with o2 some time ago, and needed secure connections for various things, o2 told me they didn't provide secure connections on Pay & Go tariffs...
Could be worth checking with them to make sure it's supported.
Nokia History: 3110, 5110, 7110, 7110, 3510i, 6210, 6310i, 5210, 6100, 6610, 7250, 7250i, 6650, 6230, 6230i, 6260, N70, N70, 5300, N95, N95, E71, E72
Android History: HTC Desire, SE Xperia Arc, HTC Sensation, Sensation XE, One X+, Google Nexus 5

Problems with mail after every shutdown

I posted a few days ago when mail kept crashing following the security update (probably due to me not closing all applications before installing).
I managed to get mail working again by resetting the junk mail filter.
However, since then I have had problems with mail every time I restart my computer. Every morning, it mail crashes when I open it. I have fixed it a few times by quickly deleting select messages from my inbox before it crashes, but today I can't even do that. Resetting junk mail filter doesn't seem to work now. It's weird because once I get mail open I can close/open with no problem. I only have problems again after I have shutdown the computer.
I verified the start up disk and permissions - there were no problems there - and I also checked for corrupted fonts (I have been reading all the suggestions posted on this site to people having similar problems).
The console log reads:
Jun 1 09:40:34 su-pwbk crashdump[218]: Mail crashed
Jun 1 09:40:34 su-pwbk crashdump[218]: crash report written to: /Users/shancock/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Mail.crash.log
And the crash report reads:
Date/Time: 2007-06-01 09:53:53.492 -0700
OS Version: 10.4.9 (Build 8P135)
Report Version: 4
Command: Mail
Path: /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
Parent: WindowServer [61]
Version: 2.1 (752)
Build Version: 1
Project Name: MailViewer
Source Version: 7520000
PID: 221
Thread: 3
Exception: EXCBADINSTRUCTION (0x0002)
Code[0]: 0x00000002
Code[1]: 0x9a397784
Thread 0:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000b448 machmsgtrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000b39c mach_msg + 60
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907deba8 __CFRunLoopRun + 832
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907de4ac CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 268
4 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9329bb20 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 264
5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9329b1b4 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 380
6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9329b020 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 96
7 com.apple.AppKit 0x93780ae4 _DPSNextEvent + 384
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x937807a8 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 116
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x9377ccec -[NSApplication run] + 472
10 com.apple.AppKit 0x9386d87c NSApplicationMain + 452
11 com.apple.mail 0x000871d8 0x1000 + 549336
12 com.apple.mail 0x00087080 0x1000 + 548992
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900553a8 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90055204 pthreadcondtimedwait + 676
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x92c625d4 FCONDITION_WAITTIMEOUT + 144
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x92c624f0 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 128
4 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x9a2b9d90 -[InvocationQueue _drainQueue] + 176
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x92be31a0 forkThreadForFunction + 108
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002be08 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900553a8 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90055204 pthreadcondtimedwait + 676
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x92c625d4 FCONDITION_WAITTIMEOUT + 144
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x92c624f0 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 128
4 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x9a2b9d90 -[InvocationQueue _drainQueue] + 176
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x92be31a0 forkThreadForFunction + 108
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002be08 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 3 Crashed:
0 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x9a397784 -[ABAddressBook(MailAdditions) _bestRecordMatchingFormattedAddress:inSubscribedContent:] + 0
1 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x9a2dc7f0 -[ABAddressBook(MailAdditions) bestRecordMatchingFormattedAddress:] + 44
2 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x9a2dc6c8 -[MailAddressManager bestRecordMatchingFormattedAddress:] + 184
3 com.apple.mail 0x00040ee0 0x1000 + 261856
4 com.apple.mail 0x00037014 0x1000 + 221204
5 libobjc.A.dylib 0x90a461f4 objc_msgSendv + 180
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bdec94 -[NSInvocation invoke] + 944
7 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x9a2b0800 -[MonitoredInvocation invoke] + 144
8 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x9a2b9e80 -[InvocationQueue _drainQueue] + 416
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x92be31a0 forkThreadForFunction + 108
10 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002be08 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 4:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x900553a8 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90071be8 pthreadcond_timedwait_relativenp + 556
2 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94e35cac -[ABRemoteImageLoader workLoop] + 132
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x92be31a0 forkThreadForFunction + 108
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002be08 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 3 crashed with PPC Thread State 64:
srr0: 0x000000009a397784 srr1: 0x000000000008f030 vrsave: 0x0000000000000000
cr: 0x24000248 xer: 0x0000000020000004 lr: 0x000000009a2dc7f0 ctr: 0x000000009a397784
r0: 0x000000009a2dc7f0 r1: 0x00000000f0202ef0 r2: 0x00000000a0001fac r3: 0x0000000004a00490
r4: 0x000000009a3ec540 r5: 0x0000000004a5cac0 r6: 0x0000000000000000 r7: 0x000000006e636f63
r8: 0x0000000000000000 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000090a3f628 r11: 0x0000000000000001
r12: 0x000000009a397784 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
r16: 0x0000000000000000 r17: 0x0000000000000000 r18: 0x00000000001b0000 r19: 0x0000000004a229a0
r20: 0x0000000000000002 r21: 0x0000000000000000 r22: 0x0000000004a2f110 r23: 0x00000000001b0000
r24: 0x0000000000000000 r25: 0x0000000000000000 r26: 0x0000000000000000 r27: 0x0000000004a5cac0
r28: 0x0000000004a5cac0 r29: 0x0000000004a00490 r30: 0x00000000aa2b5048 r31: 0x000000009a2dc610
Model: PowerBook5,2, BootROM 4.7.1f1, 1 processors, PowerPC G4 (1.1), 1 GHz, 768 MB
Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600, ATY,RV350M10, AGP, 64 MB
Memory Module: SODIMM0/J25LOWER, 256 MB, DDR SDRAM, PC2700U-25330
Memory Module: SODIMM1/J25UPPER, 512 MB, DDR SDRAM, PC2700U-25330
Modem: LastDash, Euro, V.92, 4.0, APPLE VERSION 2.6.6
Bluetooth: Version 1.7.14f14, 2 service, 0 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Built-in Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
PCI Card: TXN,PCIXXXX-00, cardbus, PC Card
Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITACD-RW CW-8123
Parallel ATA Device: TOSHIBA MK6026GAX, 55.89 GB
USB Device: Bluetooth HCI, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA
USB Device: Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM), Microsoft, Up to 1.5 Mb/sec, 500 mA
Would greatly appreciate a more permanant fix to this problem!
Thanks, Su
PowerBook5,2 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

As I said in the other thread, in your case Mail was crashing because of a problem with Address Book, so it should be no surprise that resetting the junk filter didn’t really fix the problem. It would have been more appropriate to post back there instead of starting a new thread...
If Address Book itself works fine, the problem is probably the Previous Recipients list that Mail stores in the Address Book database. If you can do this without Mail crashing, in Mail open Window > Previous Recipients and remove all the entries from there.
If that doesn’t work, you’ll have to re-create the entire Address Book database:
1. If you have a .Mac account and .Mac synchronization of Address Book data is enabled either in Address Book > Preferences > General or in System Preferences > .Mac, disable it before proceeding.
2. You may also need to reset the entire sync history (iSync > Preferences > Reset Sync History) to avoid synchronization issues if you use .Mac or iSync to synchronize your Address Book with other computers or devices.
3. Open Address Book.
4. As an extra safety measure, do File > Back up Address Book and save the backup wherever you wish.
5. Go to Address Book > Preferences > vCard, set the vCard Format to 3.0 and check Export notes in vCards. Close the Preferences window when done.
6. Select the All group in the main Address Book window and do File > Export Group vCard (the command should read “Export Group vCard”, not just “Export vCard”).
7. Quit Address Book, Mail, and any other applications that might use Address Book for something. Or just quit all applications to be on the safe side.
8. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Application Support/ and move the entire AddressBook folder out of there, e.g. to the Desktop (to be deleted after fixing the problem and making sure you don’t miss anything).
9. Check whether the problem is fixed now. If it is, you may be able to restore your contacts without the problem happening again by opening Address Book and doing File > Import > vCards to import the previously exported cards back into Address Book.
10. If the problem has been fixed and .Mac synchronization of Address Book data was enabled at the beginning, enable it again, go to System Preferences > .Mac > Advanced, click Reset Sync Data, and choose the appropriate options to reset the Address Book data stored on the .Mac server with the data locally stored on the computer, i.e. sync data must flow from the computer to the .Mac server.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user’s home folder. That is, ~/Library is the Library folder within the user’s home folder, i.e. /Users/username/Library.

I have a problem with mail autofilling info email addresses. Emails sent to me the from looks like this: Holiday in the United States email address . I have no idea what this Holiday in the United States is...How can I fix/change to my name?

I have an irritating problem with mail autofilling info in email addresses. Emails sent to me the from looks like this: Holiday in the United States <my email address>. I have no idea what this Holiday in the United States is or how it got to be there...How can I fix/change to my name?
I fixed the To: autofilling incorrectly by deleting my email address from the Previous Recipients List, but is there a way to stop that from coming up on emails that I receive?

Have you checked your Mac address book? If your email is saved somewhere in your address book with the name "Holidays in the United States" it might be adding the name automatically in Mac Mail.
Alternatively, try this:
Delete an Email Address from Auto-Complete in Mac OS X Mail
To remove an email address from the auto-complete list in Mac OS X Mail:
Start typing the recipient's address or name in a new message.
Select the desired address from the auto-complete list as if you'd compose an email to them.
Click the small down arrow in the recipient.
Select Remove from Previous Recipients List from the menu.
You can also search for the unwanted address directly in the previous recipients list:
Select Window | Previous Recipients from the menu in Mac OS X Mail.
Highlight the address you want to remove.You can highlight multiple addresses by holding down the Command key.
Click Remove from List.
Source: About.com

Problems deleting mail

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for