Mail folder is 400GB overnight. Even after cleanup is back to 100GB
Hello,
My Mail folder became 400GB+ overnight, without any intervention or setting changes (today my comp just gave a warning that I have 50MB left of my 1TB HD!?! After looking at all the folders, I saw that Mail was eating up all that space)
I went in and deleted old mail, junk, and trash manually, and that took my mail back to 15GB. Now, a few hours later I notice it's back to 100GB and growing. What can it be? I'm not too clear what the best settings are: pop or imap, since I use 3 different email accounts, and check mail from various computers and my iphone. Please advise as to what settings are best, and what is causing the Mail folder to grow so large? (Is it downloading old messages? Spam?)
Thank you.
On any IMAP account, in Mail Preferences/Accounts/Advanced what is your selection with regard to Keep copies of messages (and attachments) for Offline viewing?
Ernie
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