Disable "Erase Junk Mail" and "Erase Deleted Items" Confirmation

Does anyone know of a way to disable the confirmation dialoge box that appears when you right-click on an account in Mail 5.2 and select "Erase Junk Mail" or "Erase Deleted Items"? I've tried holding down Option and then selecting the item, but that doesn't remove the confirmation dialoge.
I'd like to remove the confirmation dialoge completely as it just adds an extra step to something that is otherwise a quick operation to clear out junk mail.

For what type of account - IMAP or POP?
If a POP account, quit Mail first and using the Finder, go to Home > Library > Mail > this POP account named folder (named by the user name and incoming mail server for the account) > Junk.mbox.
Delete the Junk.mbox and empty the Trash. This will delete the account's Junk mailbox and all junk messages within.
Launch Mail, and a new Junk.mbox will be created automatically within the account named folder when the next message received is automatically or manually marked as junk and moved to the account's Junk mailbox.
Test if this resolve the problem.

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DM

Solved!
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Junk mail returns after deleting the item in the "Junk mailbox" and "Trash". Is there a way to permanently block the sender?
I have deleted the item multiple times both on my Mac mini and my touch and 5 minutes later it is back in my Junk mailbox. The item will not return to the Junk mailbox until it is deleted from the trash.

You can create a Rule
http://email.about.com/od/macosxmailtips/qt/How_to_Block_a_Sender_in_Mac_OS_X_Ma il.htm

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I use to bounce junk mail and there was never a problem except from one sender 'iflorist. When I deleted those they just reurned back to the in folder. I tried dragging them into trash and they soon appear again in the in folder. I opened a seperate file for undelivered mail, dragged them into that file but after a few minutes they reappear in the original in folder.
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Hi Dick, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Most of the time "bouncing" junk mail just lets them know they have a valid eMail address.
Not certain, but this can fix myriad Mail problems...
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), it will try to repair your Disk Directory while the spinning radian is happening, so let it go, run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, then move these folder & file to the Desktop.
Move this Folder to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Caches/Mail/
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Reboot.
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Hi scottyfrank68,
Junk mail filtering can be turned off by going to the Mail menu > Preferences > Junk Mail pane and unchecking the box Enable junk mail filtering. See this article -
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Hello,
Use a Browser to log into your WebMail & remove it from the Server there.

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Can anyone help please? I have transferred my domain name from 1&1 to godaddy today and the domain transfer has been successful but in the process of trying to set up my Mail account I inadvertently deleted the old 1&1 account from Mail preferences. I didn't think that this would be a problem as all of the emails must be stored on my hard drive once they had been delivered to Mail, but when the 1&1 account had been deleted I lost all emails from my inbox, sent items and deleted items. The personal folders that I have created to store emails in are all still there, but I am very worried that I have lost all of my sent items and all of the items in my inbox that were awaiting replies.
I have looked on here and people refer to going to Library and then Mail folder, but I don't have a mail folder. I do have Time Machine so any recommendations where I can back up on would be appreciated.
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I would also like to know how to ensure that i have a back up of my existing mail to make sure that i don't loose any more.
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Was this a POP account, and where is your backup?
From now on use Time Machine to backup your Mac, for Mail you can also (not instead of) export any or all mailboxes to the desktop by rightclicking on the mailbox and choosing Export.

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How can I erase deleted files from the hard drive? Will my machine run faster?

If you've already deleted the files and emptied the Trash they are already, in effect, erased. At least the disk space they occupied is now available.
To be able to offer help we need more information about which Mac you have, which OS you are running, how much RAM you have installed, how much hard disk space you have available, etc.
Go to the Apple Menu>About this Mac - copy and paste the contents of the report here (deleting the serial number of your machine). Once we have that info, I'm sure someone will have some suggestions.

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If you tried all this an nothing worked i would back up my stuff quik as "¤#% and erase and instal.
Regarding your emails:
If you have IMAP you will still be able to acsess them by your webmail
" E-mail clients using IMAP generally leave messages on the server until the user explicitly deletes them"
If you have POP3
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This is just an idea, and it migth not work, but you should give it a try:
Try safe-boot and see if its the same problem opening mail, if you manage to open it in safe boot you should be able to back up you emails from there.
Safe-boot:
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I migth be wrong, but i think there is another way to back up your mails from some system folder-not sure what one tho, someone else here or apple support can prbly awnser that
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Hi all,
Naturally, I do not very often replace my computer, but every time I need to set up a new computer I run into this issue with Mail.app which annoys me.
I am a relatively heavy mail user (I have about 24.000 messages in my inbox on a gmail-account). I usually do not delete any mail, because I use my e-mail as my memory crutch for things past. However, if an e-mail is junk-mail, which I receive quite a bit, I delete it. To help me to sort the good from the bad, I use the Mail.app built-in junk mail control and generally, I am quite happy with it.
But every time I need to set up a computer from scratch, the following happens:
I set up Mail.app with my accounts.
Then I set the Junk Mail preferences to: "Enable junk mail filtering", "When junk mail arrives: Move it to the Junk mailbox". I have my Mailbox Behaviors set to: "Store junk messages on server".
Mail automatically moves tons of my legitimate old mail (this time more than 600 messages) to my gmail junk mail folder. That means I have to sift through the junk mail folder manually and pull out the legitimate mail while leaving the spam.
This is a big problem for me, because potentially I could lose important older e-mails. I have my accounts set up as IMAP, thus the new machine will screw up my older machines, the iPhone and even the native gmail web-interface.
My question: am I missing an "apply junk mail filter only to new incoming mail but leave my old mail alone"-button? Is there a work-around? Anyone else experiences this problem?
All the best.

Hi, Gustavo, and welcome to the Community,
I know it will sound ridiculous, but if the new account was created using your e-mail address, change that account's password to take control of the account! Remove any of your (or their) information - leave all profile settings as "blank" or "not specified." I would recommend changing the passwords of your Skype account and your e-mail account as well, as proactive measures.
Then, please report this incident to Skype Customer Service. Here is a link to the instruction on how to contact Skype Customer Service via their secure portal: Contact Customer Service
As you know you wish to contact Customer Service, skip past Step 2 of the instruction and proceed to Step 3, Continue Support Request.
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I am becoming far less enthused with Apple. For Apple to be filtering my email, to decided what is OK for me read and what is not, Apple must read my email and decide for me like a Big Brother, reasoning "it's for my own good".
Further Apple has demonstrated that not only can they direct where in my computer information is placed Apple can also create folders remotely in my MacIntosh computer as if Apple owned my computer, not me.
My computer belongs to me, not Apple. I decide what is SPAM and what is not. I decide where information in placed not Apple. I decide if a folder is created not Apple.
With iCloud based email service Apple is not just coordinating your email, Apple is deciding for you what is appropriate for you and where information is to be stored. Its a small thing ownership, but its an important thing. Good people died so we can have ownership.

jimoase wrote:
Csound1 wrote:
jimoase wrote:
Let's assume for a second that no one has a complaint: would there be a problem to solve?
Reasoning that because someone else does something that makes everyone else doing it OK, seems a little weak in the unalienable rights department.
I agree that if you like someone deciding for you what is good for you and what is not appropriate, that is your right to make that decision for you. Neither you or Apple can assume that right for others without their consent. Until the first part of April this year Apple did not make that decision for you.
Has Apple asked you for your permission to read your email and decide/censor what you information you can store in your InBox and what you can not?
More nonsense, Apple do not read your email, or add folders to your Mac, you are living a fantasy.
And please note, you do NOT own OS X (which is what you are actually talking about) you have been granted a license to use it under Apples terms, if you don't like that the answer is clear.
Here is an experiment to try. In Preferences: turn off Junk Mail. Delete the Junk mailbox with in Mail. In a few minutes, depending on your email traffic, Apple will recreate the Junk mailbox and place email in the newly create Junk mailbox.
Who read the email to determine its junk?
Who created the new Junk mailbox?
If it wasn't you, it's either Apple or ghosts. You decide.
I have no intention of allowing your nonsense to affect me.
Do it yourself.

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