Imap path prefix

having problem sending mail, says cannot send message using the server Aol Imap. the server "smtp.aol.com" cannot be contacted on the default ports.

HollywoodGeek,
Google and your ISP should help provide answers for your IMAP questions.
;~)

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Emails from camera roll saved to wrong folder -- IMAP Path Prefix Problem

I think there's a problem with the behaviour of the way picture emails are saved when you have an IMAP Path Prefix.
I have an IMAP Path Prefix of "INBOX"... i.e. my sent folder is Inbox/Sent. Any plaintext emails I send from the email application from the iPhone are correctly saved to that folder and I can see them in that folder immediately via the iPhone's interface.
When I navigate to the camera roll or photo album and send a picture email to somebody, and use the iPhone to go view the sent folder, they never appear in the sent folder. For a while I thought they weren't being saved at all, but I just discovered from my home PC that the camera roll app is indeed saving them somewhere: in Inbox/Inbox/Sent.
That's right--I now have a new Inbox folder inside my Inbox folder, with just a Drafts and Sent folder. Drafts is Empty, Sent has all the picture emails I've ever sent with the iPhone.
Bug? I think so... Emails emanating from the camera app are taking the IMAP Path Prefix twice instead of once, and then creating that Path Prefix folder if it doesn't already exist.
Anybody else with an IMAP Path Prefix experiencing this with picture emails from the camera roll?
Thanks,
Andi
Windows XP Pro

Ahhh interesting to find someone else with the same problem! It definitely happens when you send a photo message. My mac mail it shows my Inbox with a new nested sent items folder. I am using fusemail and the iPhone seriously messes with the folder structure. All sent items folders vanished for some reason on the mail server (but not in mac mail oddly) and I had to call technical support to make them reappear. I think this happened when I altered the Settings, Mail, Advanced settings, Mail box behaviour folders after having this problem with sent photo messages.
Now fusemail's webserver shows TWO Inboxes, one nested inside the other, and a "Sent Items" folder within the "new" inboxes.
Totally strange. I think there is a bug or two in the iPhone's IMAP software. Hoping for a bug fix soon, but until then perhaps a good work around might be to set the iPhone to store sent messages locally?

IOS7: IMAP path prefix is not saved

After updating to iOS7, at first I could still see all the folders on the IMAP server (Sent, Trash, etc. which are all on the level below Inbox, e.g. Inbox/Sent Items, Inbox/Deleted Items -> therefore the IMAP path prefix is "Inbox" - without quotes of course), but then at some point they randomly disappeared. So I checked the IMAP path prefix, which was set to "Inbox" (which worked just fine on iOS6, as it should because of the folder hierarchy on the IMAP server). I tried deleting the Mail account from the iPhone, rebooting, then creating the Mail account again. I tried INBOX, inbox and Inbox/ for the prefix. I noticed that the settings frequently delete the IMAP path prefix (I would type it in, save the Mail settings, check if the prefix was still there and it was gone).
This is the really the first time the IMAP settings on the iPhone are giving me so much trouble and I have no idea what else I could do. The exact same Mail account with the exact same settings worked perfectly with iOS6. Any advice is much appreciated.

Also, the iMAP Path Prefix is entered, but is grayed out, so I get the error message, as above, that the window "cannot be empty." Very frustrating.

Multiple IMAP Path Prefixes in Mail

Is there any way I can put mutiple IMAP Path Prefixes under Accounts in Mail? Furthermore there is a pulldown under my INBOX full of mailboxes that are already deleted on the server... when I select delete there is a popup that says they're already deleted... ok...

This being an IMAP account, you may just delete it and set it up again -- beware that doing that with a POP account would cause all your mail stored in the account’s mailboxes to be deleted as well, though.
Is there any way I can put mutiple IMAP Path Prefixes under Accounts in Mail?
No.

Where can I find my IMAP Path Prefix for MAIL?

I am unable to send mail from my IMAC OS X v 10.6.8. I use Airport Extreme and Use a WiFi Network. This only happened recently but whenever I try to sent a message it says “Can’t send message using the server smpt.aol.com" This is what I use and if I hit connection doctor both aol mail and smtp.aol.com are both green and says able to connect to the interenet. So what is the problem with my Apple Mail or what am I doing wrong. I also tried setting on mail on my IPOD Version 6.1.6. I am unsure what is causing this. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Would this have anything to do with Icloud. I have Icloud mail but right now it’s shut off on my ipod.

Settings match below. Have you tried deleting the account and adding it back?
AOL Settings

How to build the "Path Prefix" HTTP Adapter at run time

Hi All,
I have a scenario wherein I have to call the HTTP Url of a thiird party system from R/3 via PI.
The third party url looks liike this:
http://gis/ias/cgi-bin/siscgi.exe?request=batch&command=<requests><request><name>sis_neighbouring_knos_for_sambandh_service</name><buffer>20</buffer><same_premise_kno>123</same_premise_kno><l
eft_kno>331</left_kno><gis_id>4019589</gis_id><priority>same_premise_kno,left_kno,right_kno,gis_id</priority></request></requests>&user_name=sambandh.sias&pa
ssword=sambandhsias
I have successfully created a HTTP Recevier comm channel and provided the following in the "Path Prefix"
/ias/cgi-bin/siscgi.exe?request=batch&command=<requests><request><name>sis_neighbouring_knos_for_sambandh_service</name><buffer>20</buffer><same_premise_kno>123</same_premise_kno><l
eft_kno>331</left_kno><gis_id>4019589</gis_id><priority>same_premise_kno,left_kno,right_kno,gis_id</priority></request></requests>&user_name=sambandh.sias&pa
ssword=sambandhsias
But If I need to pass the values inside the xml tags specified above e.g. "name" at run time, How do I do that?
I have explored the "Apply URL Parameters" option in the HTTP Comm channel but it has fixed names for the HTTP URL parameter.
Please let me know how is this possible hopefully without a UDF
thanks,
Piyush

Hi Piyush,
Have you checked the option of ASMA of the adapter?
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/43/64dbb0af9f30b4e10000000a11466f/content.htm
Also see Note 1101338 - Dynamic configuration of HTTP adapter
Regards
Suraj

How to specify a variable in the path prefix of an External HTTP (RFC) connection (in transaction SM59)

Hi There,
Please can someone tell me how to specify a variable in the path prefix of an External HTTP (RFC) connection in transaction SM59?
For example if my path prefix is /invoke/test/example?input=XYZ; how do I replace "XYZ" with a variable so that I can pass in any value after "=" ?
Thanks,
Brendon

Hi,
This is SAP Business one system administration forum. Please find correct forum and repost above discussion to get quick assistance.
Please close this thread here with helpful answer.
Thanks & Regards,
Nagarajan

HTTP destination type G with scpecial characters in the path prefix

Hi guys,
I am having an issue with a RFC destination type G in a ECC 5, the HTTP service that I am trying to use is asking me for an authentication that needs to be embeded on the Path prefix, the user has an "@" and the pwd also contain a special character "!". So the complete uri that I want to access is in the form of https://server:443/path?user=MyUser@MyDomain.com&password=MyPwd! when I tried in my web browser I got authenticated but when I put the information in the RFC destination in the form described below I am not able to authenticate and I am getting an error of Unauthorized.
Target Host: server
Service: 443
Path prfix: /path?user=MyUser@MyDomain.com&password=MyPwd!
Logon procedure: No logon
SSL: Active
I also have tried with the basic authentication but I am still not able to authenticate.
I think the issue is the "@" in the user: MyUser@MyDomain.com , I also have tried replacing the "@" for "%40" and still not working.
Do you know how I can pass this special character?
Do you think it can be something else that it doesn't let me authenticate to the server?
My system is a non unicode ECC 5, SAP_Basis 640
Thanks
Omar Hernandez

Hi Mark,
Thanks for your response, the HTTP service that I am trying to access is not accepting a basic authentication but it is getting the authentication info from the parameters in the URL. Anyway I also have tried to use basic authentication but it is not working.
Regarding SMICM, I havent seem anything useful, maybe the just the "BINDUMP of content denied" string but I am not sure what does this mean.
[Thr 1076382016] IcmHandleNetRead(id=91/11638): pending SSL data: 0, rollout=0
[Thr 1076382016] <<- SapSSLReadPending(sssl_hdl=0x2aaaaf53f380)==SAP_O_K
[Thr 1076382016] out: pendlen = 0
[Thr 1076382016] NiIPeek: peek successful for hdl 79 / socket 46 (r)
[Thr 1076382016] <<- SapSSLRead(sssl_hdl=0x2aaaaf53f380)==SAP_O_K
[Thr 1076382016] result = "max=65312, received=88"
[Thr 1076382016] IcmReadFromConn(id=91/11638): read 259 bytes(timeout 250)
[Thr 1076382016] BINDUMP of content denied
[Thr 1076382016] PlugInHandleNetData: role: 2, status: 2, content-length: 0/88
##buf_len: 259, buf_offset: 171, buf_status: 0, conn reused
[Thr 1076382016] PlugInHandleNetData: read response body (len=88/88)
[Thr 1076382016] PlugInHandleNetData: response completely read(EOS=0)
[Thr 1076382016] IcmFlushBuf: Flushing 259 Bytes, buf_status: 6
[Thr 1076382016] flush buffer with mpi buffer id 10
[Thr 1076382016] MPI<1e8c9>1a#5 FlushOutbuf l10 1 1 1c14e8 311 6 -> 0x2b4bc7cd64e8 0
[Thr 1076382016] IcmConnRollInWP: no need to roll in WP status: ROLLED IN
[Thr 1076382016] PlugInHandleNetData: keep connection
[Thr 1076382016] IcmPlCheckRetVal: Next status: WRITE_REQUEST(3)
[Thr 1076382016] IcmHandleNetRead(id=91/11638): read_len: 88, HandleNetData returned: 3
[Thr 1076382016] IcmConnRollInWP: no need to roll in WP status: ROLLED IN
[Thr 1076382016] IcmWorkerThread: Thread 4: Waiting for event

Mail synch between iPhone iPad Mini using IMAP

This is a complex questions, so please bear with me.
Setup
I use Mac Mini desktop, iPhone and iPad. All less than 18 months old.
Mail is setup for IMAP
My mail is picked up from my ISP's server.
I use SpamSieve for spam, which puts spam in the spam folder "On My Mac"
On my iPhone settings are:
     Advanced Settings for Mail,
          Draft Mailbox > Drafts
          Sent Mailbox > Sent Messages > on server
          Incoming Settings: IMAP Pathe Prefix INBOX
Issues/Questions
Mail incoming shows up on all the devices, but when I send mail from iPhone or iPad, it doesn’t show up in sent folder in desktop
When I try and delete mail from the trash, I often get the message: "can't delete mail xxxx file is missing."
My list of accounts on the left pane have folders from my server, such as ".mailboxlist, .openwebmail, which I would like to see disappear.
The On My Mac section on the left has 12 folders like: "Sent Messages (sender accountname)" I don't know where these came from, but nothing is more current than July.
I really do not grok the logic of how these settings should be handled for multiple devices and I haven't seen any comprehensive explanations on the net.
Mail seems to not pick up mail for extended periods sometimes and I have to close and restart for it to do so. The refresh mail button doesn't work until I do so.
I am too often rebuilding mailboxes, which seems to help.
Any help, explanations, suggestions would be appreciated by me and probably thousands of others.
Thanks.

Apparently you must be very narrow minded. I don't want to develop an e-mail client from the scratch.
I would implement the sync the following way.
Assuming I use POP3 on both my iPhone and my MacBook. On my iPhone mail client I am downloading e-mails and reading them from time to time and replying. There is an ended set of what you actions you can do with your e-mails. Every e-mail has a unique ID / fingerprint - you can recognize it with 100% accuracy. I'm also downloading e-mails on my MacBook mac mail and performe the same ended set of actions on this e-mails. So the system architecture should be as follows:
1. MacBook mail client queues all the actions I have performed with my e-mails on my MacBook.
2. iPhone mail client does the same - creates a queues with actions I have performed on my iPhone.
3. If I have the syncing turned on on both of my devices and I'm logged in on both of them with the same Apple ID both devices process the queues to my iCloud, compare it and update status of my e-mails according to the actions in each queue.
So I will rather wait until Apple will do this simple solution.

IMAP folders appear under Inbox

I am using Mail.app with 6 imap accounts. For two of the accounts (both on cyrus-imapd servers, I believe), all of the folders appear as subfolders of that accounts Inbox. I am able to successfully assign the Junk, Trash, Sent, etc. folders. Every unassaigned folder, however, appears under Inbox. If I place "INBOX" (without quotes) as my IMAP Path Prefix, as instructed by my ISP (one I host), I cannot connect to any of the subfolders (and they remain under "Inbox").
For both accounts, I can also use a webmail server, where every folder does appear under INBOX.
As of a couple months ago, Mail had always worked perfectly for me. For some unknown reason, when starting Mail one day, I had to reset many of my prefereneces. From that point on, I have had this above problem with two of my accounts.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
1GHz PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

These being IMAP accounts, you may try re-creating them, i.e. deleting them in Preferences > Accounts and setting them up again from scratch. INBOX should definitely be in the IMAP Path Prefix. You may try bypassing the Account Setup “Assistant” by holding the Option (Alt) key down when clicking on the [+] button, so that Mail doesn’t attempt to connect to the server until the account has been completely configured.
Before deleting the accounts, you may want to make a backup copy of the ~/Library/Mail folder, just in case. You can do this in the Finder by dragging the folder to the Desktop while holding the Option (Alt) key down, for example (quit Mail first).

IMAP account "standard folders"

I've been following another Mail thread about IMAP folders that highlights my own confusion about the expected behavior while creating & maintaining an IMAP account.
Background: I created an AOL IMAP account in Mail, using the settings I found online for account creation. (There was no indication of a need for, nor have I entered, anything in the IMAP Path Prefix field.) This created an "AOL IMAP" inbox (in the inbox parent) & an "AOL IMAP" account group mailbox with (@) icon, containing four subfolders named as follows: Sent Items, Saved, Spam, & VOICEMAIL. There were no other mailboxes created by creating this account (no "AOL IMAP" mailbox in Mail's "Sent" parent or in its "Drafts" one.)
It is my understanding that the four subfolders already exist on AOL's servers for any AOL subscriber. They are all visible using AOL's webmail interface, although the AOL client software for OS X (unlike the Windows one) allows direct access only to Sent Items, which it labels "Sent Mail." (There is an "Old Mail" tab, but it is in effect only recently read "inbox" mail, & has nothing to do with "Saved Mail," which the AOL client doesn't support.)
All four of these subfolders are supported by Mail.app. However, since all are created as subfolders in the 'group account' I gather from the referenced & other Discussions topics, none are not recognized as what is sometimes referred to as "standard folders" ... which I take to mean a set of mailbox names Mail knows to use for a particular purpose.
So, here is question #1: is this right? Does Mail come with a set of names it expects IMAP servers to use for sent mail, deleted mail (a.k.a Trash), junk mail, etc? Alternately, is there a standard for such things, or does Apple (for example) just include the .Mac mailbox names & expect the user to make any changes for other IMAP conventions?
I'm aware of the "Use This Mailbox For" function in Mail. However, this appears to be a one shot, one way deal: once you select one of the use options for a mailbox in an account, you cannot undo the choice. (IOW, there is no "none" choice.)
This leads to question #2: Is here a simple way to undo this?
AOL, possibly among others, has its own way of handling things like Spam & deleted items, so there isn't necessarily a direct correspondence with Mail's Junk & Trash mailboxes. Thus, I have no idea if Mail's 'use for' function would cause any problems if applied to them.
Question #3: Does anyone have any insights regarding this?
I would like to have a Mail trash mailbox that corresponds to AOL's version (which is a sort of grace period holding tank similar to Trash, except that AOL controls how long items stay in it before deletion from its servers). problem is, there is nothing like that that appears in Mail, either under the group account or elsewhere.
Question #4: Is there any way to create such a folder, or should one have been created in Mail's main Trash mailbox for this account by the app itself?
I just recently used the 'use for' function to tell Mail to use the AOL "Sent Items" originally in the AOL group account for mail sent from that account. This resulted in the mailbox being moved into Mail's main "Sent" mailbox & renamed "AOL IMAP." So far, so good, but leads to
Question #5: Is this what is supposed to happen?

(There was no indication of a need for, nor have
I entered, anything in the IMAP Path Prefix field.)
This is correct. You don't need anything to be put there.
This created an "AOL IMAP" inbox (in the inbox parent)
& an "AOL IMAP" account group mailbox with (@) icon,
This is expected behavior.
It is my understanding that the four subfolders
already exist on AOL's servers for any AOL subscriber.
That's probably the case. Mail certainly didn't create them by itself.
All four of these subfolders are supported by Mail.app.
Not sure what you mean here.
However, since all are created as subfolders in the 'group
account' I gather from the referenced & other Discussions
topics, none are not recognized as what is sometimes referred
to as "standard folders" ... which I take to mean a set of
mailbox names Mail knows to use for a particular purpose.
Correct. The fact that they appear in the account group means Mail isn't using them for any predefined meaning. And the reason is that they don't have the same name that Mail uses for them by default.
So, here is question #1: is this right?
Yes.
Does Mail come with a set of names it expects IMAP servers to use
I don't think Mail expects anything. It just creates the folders it uses by default if they aren't already there, and ignores the rest.
is there a standard for such things,
There is no standard, each server can do whatever it wants.
or does Apple (for example) just include the .Mac mailbox names &
expect the user to make any changes for other IMAP conventions?
Yes. And these names predate .Mac, actually. The same names are used by the *.mbox folders within any POP account folder in ~/Library/Mail/.
I'm aware of the "Use This Mailbox For" function in
Mail. However, this appears to be a one shot, one way
deal: once you select one of the use options for a
mailbox in an account, you cannot undo the choice.
(IOW, there is no "none" choice.)
This leads to question #2: Is here a simple way to undo this?
There has always to be a mailbox for each purpose (even if it has not been created yet), either stored locally or on the server. You cannot de-assign a folder for a standard behavior without telling Mail which other folder should be used instead -- by doing Use This Mailbox For on another mailbox or by telling Mail to not store those messages on the server, for example.
AOL, possibly among others, has its own way of handling
things like Spam & deleted items, so there isn't
necessarily a direct correspondence with Mail's Junk &
Trash mailboxes. Thus, I have no idea if Mail's 'use for'
function would cause any problems if applied to them.
Neither do I. Try it.
Question #3: Does anyone have any insights regarding this?
I don't know much about AOL myself. According to this article:
http://members.aol.com/adamkb/aol/mailfaq/imap/applemail.html
it seems that you must uncheck the Store messages on the server options (except for Trash), in order to be able to use AOL with Mail, but the problem could very well be just that AOL doesn't allow Mail to create new folders on the server, yet you can still tell Mail to use the ones created by AOL.
I would like to have a Mail trash mailbox that
corresponds to AOL's version (which is a sort of
grace period holding tank similar to Trash, except
that AOL controls how long items stay in it before
deletion from its servers). problem is, there is
nothing like that that appears in Mail, either under
the group account or elsewhere.
I have the feeling that Mail is already doing what you want, and the reason you cannot see that folder is because the name used by AOL is the same as the one used for Mail (Deleted Messages), and thus, Mail has already been using that folder for that purpose since the beginning.
Question #4: Is there any way to create such a
folder, or should one have been created in Mail's
main Trash mailbox for this account by the app itself?
In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/IMAP-AOLaccount/. Do you see a Deleted Messages.imapmbox folder there? If yes, and that folder does not appear in the account group in Mail, then Mail is already doing what you want.
I just recently used the 'use for' function to tell
Mail to use the AOL "Sent Items" originally in the
AOL group account for mail sent from that account. This
resulted in the mailbox being moved into Mail's main "Sent"
mailbox & renamed "AOL IMAP." So far, so good, but leads to
Question #5: Is this what is supposed to happen?
Yes.
Regarding my #5 issue, I just noticed a new local
folder in Mail I assume was a result of choosing to
use "Sent Items" in the AOL IMAP account mailbox.
This mailbox is named (not surprisingly) "Sent
Messages (AOL IMAP)" & exists at the root mailbox level.
This is the folder Mail was using to store sent messages locally instead of on the server (when Preferences > Accounts > Mailbox Behaviors > Store sent messages on the server was not checked).
Problem is, the local "Sent Messages (AOL IMAP)"
mailbox doesn't contain any messages I sent from the
AOL account after I set Mail to use the "Sent Items"
mailbox for mail sent from that account.
Nor should it. You've told Mail to use another mailbox for that.
So, question #6 becomes: how do I get this local mailbox
to save a copy of messages I send from the account?
You don't. Mail will use it again (and it will disappear from the mailboxes list) if you disable Store sent messages on the server.
More weirdness: in Finder the info for this folder
says it was created at the same time as a "Drafts
(AOL IMAP).mbox" & shortly before creating "Junk (AOL
IMAP).mbox" ... yet these creation dates are
approximately one year before the main
"[email protected]" or its contents like
"Sent Items.imapmbox" were created! IOW, Finder tells
me these folders were created on my Mac around a year
before I set Mail up for the AOL account!
I have no idea what's going on here.

"Apple Mail To Do" and IMAP

I have an IMAP email account (with fastmail) that I use with Apple Mail (Version 3.5 (929.4/929.2)), and Mail has been creating (and recreating) an 'Apple Mail To Do' folder in my folder list.
http://problems.physci.sent.com/imapscreenshot
http://problems.physci.sent.com/mailscreenshot.png
I deleted the folder from my IMAP web-account, and when I quit and reopen Mail, all is well at both Mail.app and my IMAP web-account. No folders/subfolders in IMAP.
But that is only until the next time I reopen Mail. The next time I reopen Mail, Mail recreates a new copy of the "Apple Mail To Do" folder, but now nested within two "Inbox" folders (on my IMAP account). In attempt to solve this, I've tried various settings and changes and in so doing, I've tried to delete the folder(s), but all attempts were to no avail. Each time Mail reopens, the "Apple Mail To Do" keeps getting created and nested inside two, three, four, five, six, and more "Inbox" folders.
http://problems.physci.sent.com/imapscreenshot
Changing the preference settings in Mail to store Notes and To Do's "on my mac" has no influence on these happenings. My IMAP Path Prefix preferences is set to: INBOX. I'm afraid to change it to anything else because the last time I did that, Mail froze up my Inbox, automatically moved emails to unintended folders, and gave me an annoying pop-up every single time I opened Mail, asking me if I wanted to change my IMAP path preferences.
I also noticed that when an Apple Mail To Do is created, I lose the unread mail count of my Inbox.
http://problems.physci.sent.com/InboxUnreadCount
But my dock unread count is accurate.
http://problems.physci.sent.com/DockUnreadCount
I would love to use Apple Mail To Do, and I think for its integrated functionality (to be able to select a sentence in a particular email and make a To Do), it requires a folder in my IMAP email account. I don't know why it creates nested folders, but more importantly I'm just not sure how to go about resolving this. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

In case someone else finds themselves in the same spot as I was, a fastmail pro (Rob) found a solution for this that works quite well. It's a long winded one, and I unfortunately don't quite have the time to go into all the details here, but it involves leaving the IMAP path prefix as "blank", and using alternate namespace IMAP ports. Rob has this detailed out in his blog at:
http://blog.fastmail.fm/2008/08/11/alternate-namespace-imap-port-may-help-outloo k-ol-express-apple-mail-and-bis-users/
and
http://blog.fastmail.fm/2008/08/28/proxy-servers-for-alternate-imap-port-may-be- useful-for-blackberry-bis-users/
For those that are not familiar with fastmail, imho, it is the way to go for professional imap emails. Lightning fast, 'customizable-galore', extremely reliable, and with an excellent support team. But more importantly they are very mac friendly, and works like awesome with Mac OS X Mail. For example, we have business email accounts hosted at fastmail, and I can share a designated "folder" of emails with 2 (or more) business partners, so much so that if one of us clicks an email, it comes up as being 'read' on all of our accounts, and with many many more functions. Really cool. Works well with family accounts (1, 2 or more users), and is simply customizable like crazy.
http://www.fastmail.fm/
They also have an awesome beta web-interface with heavy keyboard shortcuts, and they keep enhancing on it, increasing capability, efficiency and functions.
Beta: http://www.fastmail.fm/beta
Wow, I feel like a fastmail sales rep, heh?
Anyway just wanted to post an update, that's all. Didn't mean to go on a tangent there.

Gmail ... IMAP ... Mac Mail.app ... Mavericks ... SOLUTION -1

hi all,
hopefully this will give you enuff info to figure out what to do (if anything), but i urge you to read thru the links below to see if you are experiencing the same issues or not, & if so, what to do about them.
THE BACKGROUND INFO:
i've been using the Mac's Mail.app pretty exclusively since its inception, and with Gmail's IMAP option since mid-2009. the settings have always stayed & worked well...
• on Gmail.com > Settings > Forwarding & POP/IMAP >
    - IMAP Enabled
    - Auto-Expunge Off
    - Move Deleted Messages to the Trash
    - Folder Size Not Limited
• also on Gmail.com > Settings > Labels >
    - Only the Inbox, Sent, Drafts, Spam, & Trash System Labels CHECKED to "Show in IMAP"
• then in the Mail.app > Preferences > Accounts > Mailbox Behaviors >
    - i had everything CHECKED & all the dropdown options set to "One Month Old"
      --note: a year or so ago, i had to UNcheck the option to Store Drafts on server due to a hideous multiplication of draft messages showing up in the Trash
• also in Mail.app > Preferences > Accounts > Advanced >
    - the IMAP Path Prefix was always "[Gmail]" to allow folders to show properly in the Mail.app
• and lastly in Mail.app >
    - made sure the Sent, Drafts, Spam, & Trash folders/labels were properly mapped via the Mailbox menu > "Use This Mailbox For" option
...and i've always kept 'local' mailbox folders for archiving old emails in the "On My Mac" section in addition to keeping more current emails for reference in the "Gmail" section.
THE INITIAL PROBLEM:
after upgrading my Mac to Mavericks OS 10.9, i started noticing that any email i would delete or move from my inbox kept re-appearing in my inbox after changing views (like going to another mailbox then back to the inbox).
of course this drove my OCD crazy, & thus began the research. i've read a LOT about this issue from official sources to user discussions and have pieced together a procedure that seems to be working (for the most part) for me.
THE RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS:
a lot of people, tek/industry people, & blogs are pointing to these webpages as good summaries of issues & fixes (yes, there are SO many more, but i personally found these to be the most helpful in my quest)...
          http://tidbits.com/article/14219
          http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/10/mavericks-issues-and-fixes/?viewall=true
          http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1222267
          http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/making-gmail-and-os-x-mavericks-mail-play -well-together
THE DISCLAIMER:
of course, if you aren't greatly affected by the Mail/Gmail wonkiness, then it might be worth waiting another week or two (or 3 or 4...) & keep your eyes on further reports from these sites (links above or others you may like better) in case Apple &/or Google pushes an update to remedy the situation. likewise, if you do make these changes, it would still be a good idea (imho) to keep up'to'date in case such pushes do come out & affect these changes too. ugh ;-)
THE OUTCOME:
the below process, for me, has been SUCCESSFUL in every aspect except one...
THE LAST PROBLEM:
whenever i move a message from the gmail inbox (or any other gmail imap folder/label) to a local folder in the "On My Mac" section, it moves it just fine, but then it keeps a copy in the gmail "All Mail" folder/label, when i would want it deleted from gmail.
unlike when i "delete" a message, where gmail appropriately moves that message to the trash box, in this situation it simply strips the message of "any" label, and thusly it stays in the All Mail. so if anybody can amend this with a fix for that, we should be all set :-)
but aside from that last issue, the below procedure has brought back my Mail.app program to use Gmail as "I" believe it normally should work, and has always worked pre-Mavericks.
THE PROCEDURE (assuming all your settings are set like mine were as listed above):
go to gmail.com in Safari (or other web browser) > Log in > Settings > Labels > and check "Show in IMAP" for the "All Mail" system label (which was previously a no-no, but now a yes-yes).
also on that same page, you will need to UNcheck the "Show in IMAP" option for Drafts. and then slide over and for BOTH the Drafts & Spam labels, click the "show if unread" options.
then go to each & every one of your custom "Labels" (you know them as Mailbox Folders). they will all start with "[Gmail]/foldername". click on each and remove the "[Gmail]/" leaving ONLY your custom folder name.
once done, click on your Inbox to get you out of the settings area.
now you will need to go thru ALL of your folders/labels (i know... big ugh!) to fix the labels attached to all the emails inside them ;-)
click a folder/label to reveal all the emails inside it.
click the checkbox in the header row of buttons/options that will cause all emails on that page to be selected/checked.
then, IF you have more emails than what fits on that page (in other words, if you have more than one page of emails in this folder as indicated by the "1-###" and page arrow buttons at the top right), then you will see a new small row that sits above the list of emails that says "All ### conversations on this page are selected. Select all ### conversations in "Folder/Label Name" - you WILL NEED TO CLICK this text link!!!
once you have, the sentence will change to "All ### conversations in "FolderName" are selected" - do NOT click the "Clear selection" link next to that.
next, click on the "Label As..." button in the header row of button/options - the icon looks like a price tag of sorts.
then in the resulting popup box that lists all your folders/labels, you will want to make sure ALL checkboxes are UNchecked EXCEPT the single folder/label that these emails are in. note: some of them may or may not have dashes instead of checkmarks in the boxes - you will need to click it to check it and then click it again to get it UNchecked & UNdashed.
after you've got only the one label checked that should be checked, then click the APPLY word at the bottom of that little popup box. note: if all the selected emails are labled correctly, then you won't see the "Apply" option & you can simply move on to the next folder.
if you get a dialog confirmation box pop up asking if you are sure you want to continue... click OK.
then WAIT! this may take a while depending on how many emails it's affecting and how fast/reliable your internet speed/connection is. when you see the "Loading..." notification at the very top of the page change to "All conversations have been removed from (and it lists them all)", then you can move on & do that same procedure (steps 5-13) to fix another folder/label.
WHEN DONE WITH ALL THAT, you can exit your browser.
now go to the Mail.app > Mail menu > Preferences > Accounts > Advanced > and remove the "[Gmail]" text from the "IMAP Path Prefix" field.
then go to the Mail.app > Mail menu > Preferences > Accounts > Mailbox Behaviors tab and if the Store Drafts on Server option is checked, UNcheck it.
then close the Mail.app Preferences window to get the option to SAVE that change!
now go to the Mailbox Menu > Synchronize > Gmail, in case it hasn't started doing that on its own.
then open the Window Menu > Activity, so you can see when it's done synchronizing. this may take a while if you've got a lot of mail. according to some, it took a day! so, just kick back & leave it alone till then.
THE END FOR NOW:
hopefully this helps other folks that were setup like me & want to keep it working that way. and yeah, again, if anybody knows how to fix the last problem described above, please let us know.
.peace.:.jason.

hi Dean Suhr,
i just went back & re-read my posts... i find no where that i said anything about dragging emails into the ALL MAIL folder. i mentioned the issues with dragging messages into "any other folder that i've created" from either the INBOX or "any other folder that i've created". it copies instead of moves the message. but ONLY Mac Mail does this. the iOS Mail app does NOT do this - it moves as it should move.
as far as what you said "who cares what Gmail says the labels are"... well... I do :-)
there are occasions where i need to utilize the web browser gmail interface, and i want it to be correctly synced.
i don't think it's unreasonable to want that, as that's how it's been for YEARS, till now, AND that's how it still is with iOS 7.
besides, what happens if i get a different device/computer and need to add the same account - i imagine it will not sync up correctly if gmail has labels on messages that it shouldn't.
fortunately for me, i don't have quite as many messages & accounts as you; it only takes aprox 30 minutes for mail to sync up after i started over with it.
.peace.:.jason.

How can I rearrange IMAP folders with multiple accounts in Mail?

Hi all,
I switched to the Mac in 2004, but I've never really used Mail (been using Entourage). I set up an IMAP account in Mail, and was very impressed. So I decided to set up my other IMAP account, too. Now things are a bit messed up. I have these folders
Inbox
Drafts
Sent
Junk
Trash
Email1
Email2
Under Email1 and Email2 are all the IMAP folders for the respective email address, except Inbox, Drafts, Sent, Junk and Trash are separate, and each of those folders has a folder in it called Email1 and one called Email2. How can I change this so that I just ahve the Email1 and Email2 folders, and everything appears under those?
On a less important note, is there any way to make Mail ignore IMAP folders? My email server creates a folder called '.mailboxes' for each IMAP account, and just stores some of its information in there, nothing I want in Mail. So is there a way I can hide this .mailboxes folder?
Thanks in advance

Hi mr max pie whatever.
This is actually one of Mail’s best features and cannot be changed.
Instead of grouping mailboxes by account, Mail groups them by purpose first (and uses the account name to differentiate the individual mailboxes associated with each account), then groups by account the remaining mailboxes that don’t belong to any of the standard groups.
This has the advantage of letting you choose at any time, and independently for each mailbox type, whether you want to look at your Inbox, Sent, Trash, etc. mailboxes as if you had just one of them shared by all accounts (i.e. an aggregate), or look at each of the corresponding individual mailboxes separately.
As to the “.mailboxes” folder that you’d rather not see there, I believe Mail shouldn’t show it if the name begins with a period. Moreover, I’ve troubleshooted a few cases where the problem was the opposite, i.e. the user had renamed a mailbox with a leading period and it became inaccessible as a result. I don’t know why Mail behaves so inconsistently in this regard. If all the server-stored mailboxes were subfolders of a parent folder, you could solve the problem by typing the name of the parent folder in Preferences > Accounts > Advanced > IMAP Path Prefix...

I am having email problems with the new Lion. stmp, imap, etc. I have looked up google info and It is confusing when it comes to TS, SSL also, please explain how to set it up so my email goes out and comes in securely. Help

I am having email problems with the new Mountain Lion. stmp, imap, etc. I have looked up google info and It is confusing when it comes to TS, SSL also, please explain how to set it up so my email goes out and comes in securely. Help
Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server - requires SSL:
imap.gmail.com
Use SSL: Yes
Port: 993
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server - requires TLS:
smtp.gmail.com (use authentication)
Use Authentication: Yes
Use STARTTLS: Yes (some clients call this SSL)
Port: 465 or 587
Account Name:
your full email address (including @gmail.com) Google Apps users, please enter username@your_domain.com
Email Address:
your full Gmail email address ([email protected]) Google Apps users, please enter username@your_domain.com
Password:
your Gmail password
The Quick Answer
Follow the instructions below to set up IMAP1 access in most email clients.
Google Apps users, please follow the default instructions unless otherwise noted, replacing 'your_domain.com' with your actual domain2 name.
this is all greek to me. WHAT IS STARTTLS? On the first page of Apple set up there is a TLS certificate and it is marked NONE- should I change it to the long APPLE CERT option? The next page under ADVANCED: THERE IS A BOX SSL MARKED. Then IMAP Path Prefix - I put stmp.gmail.com.. is that right? Port 993 can use this one? as 456 doesn't work and 587 said it wasn't safe. Under AUTHENTICATION I used PASSWORD. Should I have used external client cert TLS?
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Apple - Support - Mail Setup Assistant

Imap path prefix

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