HT6065 Gmail Draft Messages Stored On Server

This update still does not allow me unselect the option to keep draft messages on the server. This results in draft messages building up in my Gmail account. Does anyone else have this issue?

I don't use Gmail myself, so I don't know any more than what's in the above-linked discussion. However, just since I posted my last comment, Apple has released a system update that is supposed to improve compatibility between Mail and Gmail. I suggest you install it, after backing up all data.

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    I was used to have a few hundreds messages in my Draft mailbox(es).
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    I was used to have a few hundreds messages in my Draft mailbox(es).
    The problem concerns my two Gmail accounts.
    In the Mail accounts setup, the "mailbox behaviors" where configurated as NOT "store draft messages on the server" = Draft message were store localy.
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    I then tried a Mailbox Rebuild, but all my "before Lion" draft messages desapeared from the list of my Draft mailbox.
    I then lost all my Draft messages created before Lion install, and only the 3 newly created draft message are here and editable.
    As I have a Time Machine backup I've been able to verify that on the backup disk all my Draft messages are there.
    I reversed the problem by copying the Draft messages from my backup Mail library to the new Lion Mail library, then doing another Mailbox Rebuild, and I can now list again my Draft messages and view/edit them.
    This means that during the Lion Mail update you can loose mails...
    and I haven't been able to find those lost mails in any of the "Mail Lost+Found" folder created by Lion Mail update.

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    When I check the preference in Mail to store Draft messages on server, the Mail app actually creates a folder called "Drafts" in the "On My Mac" section and removes it from the main IMAP Inbox. If I uncheck the preference, it removes it again and puts it back in the Inbox.
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    Hi Peter
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