Mail Messages arrive then disappear.

My emails are being pushed to my 3g iPhone but they almost immediately disappear from my Inbox. Any solutions?

I had same problem. Was the settings in the email account online, needs to be set to leave a copy on the server. If not, once you download them to your computer, they won't be there for Iphone to get, so it syncs to empty box and empties same from your phone.

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Incoming Mac Mail Messages Arrive, then Dissappear

Have had my iMac for about a month, month and a half. Email has been working fine. Starting yesterday, when I open Mail, I see the new messages coming in at the bottom. By that I mean, the number of messages arriving. I also happens to show 0KB/sec. Just now seeing 33 messages arriving, but then they are nowhere to be found in my inbox. The email account is my ISP account cox.net. Like I said, never a problem until yesterday. Went out to another yahoo account and sent myself an email and my number of messages increased to 34 incoming messages when I hit "Get Mail". But, the messages just keep disappearing.
Where are they going and how do I get them back and fix this? Please help. Thanks in advance.

HI,
Not sure if this applies but...
*If messages disappeared from mailboxes*
If all the messages in a mailbox have disappeared and are missing, it’s possible the mailbox contains too many messages and attachments. This can happen with mailboxes whose sizes range from hundreds of megabytes to more. Although you can’t see your messages, they’re still in the mailbox.
Here are ways to redisplay the messages:
If you have multiple email accounts, view the inbox for each account separately, instead of viewing the Inbox mailbox. The Inbox mailbox displays messages from all of your accounts, and all of those messages together might be too large to be displayed.
Quit Mail and then reopen it.
To avoid this problem again, keep your mailboxes from getting too large.
Also, make sure your account is "online" .. To take just one of your accounts online, choose Mailbox > Online Status > Take account name Online.
Carolyn

E-mail messages appear, then disappear.

I've been having e-mail messages show up in the inbox then disappear. It's been happening for months. I use a lot of rules and folders.
Steps I've taken:
– Rebuilt every mailbox in Mail
– Today I deleted the Envelope Index but the problem keeps happening
– Contacted SpamSieve to see if it might be their add-on (they don't think it is)
I archive all of my e-mail at Gmail so I can see that every day a few messages get through but don't turn up in my inbox. Any suggestions? Are there some more things like the Envelope Index that I can trash and hope for a fix?

Andy,
See:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=21288
Gmail can only access from a server that supports POP3 -- .Mac does this, but conceptually it is counter to the philosophy of an IMAP account, which with Mail you have set your .Mac account to be.
In setting up Gmail to access an account (remember it does so as POP) you have a selection of whether to leave messages on the server or not, and furthermore the instructions for such Gmail access talk about the possibility of too many messages on the server. But that concept is based upon the server being a POP server. Yours is set up to operate as an IMAP account, and in an IMAP account all messages and indeed the entire Inbox resides on the server. If a message were removed from the server it would be removed from the Inbox you are expecting to view in Mail on your Mac. The symptom would be just like a "winking out", as Mail remembers the message was once there, but suddenly it is gone!
Access via Gmail is just like accessing from another email client or device.
More info, and confirmation of what you find, please.
Ernie

Mail messages appear then disappear

Hi All,
We have been having so strange issues lately with emails coming into users mail clients and then dissaperaing right away. We are running OS X 10.6.8 server as our primary mail and authentication server, as well as iChat and iCal. the server it self is running on a Mac Pro with 64GB of RAM, 2 Xeons, and 2TB Raid 1 on a raid card w/ cache enabled. This has just started recently and is now starting to affect business, so I need to find a solution to this. I have check in our mail logs and I am only seeing the emails that have been acctually delivered to the users, no record of the emails that have been disappering, the logging level is set at Information and all AV and spam filtering is disabled.I have also disabled Junk Mail Filtering on the client side which helped for a bit but dosen't any more. I have poseted my postfix main.cf and master.cf
main.cf
queue_directory = /private/var/spool/postfix
command_directory = /usr/sbin
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
mail_owner = _postfix
debug_peer_level = 2
debugger_command =
     PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
     xxgdb $daemon_directory/$process_name $process_id & sleep 5
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
setgid_group = _postdrop
html_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/html
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1
mailbox_size_limit = 0
smtpd_tls_exclude_ciphers = SSLv2, aNULL, ADH, eNULL
# Protect SSL/TLS encryption keys
tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom
mydomain_fallback = localhost
message_size_limit = 209715200
biff = no
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/16,66.244.232.192/27
smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworks permit_sasl_authenticated permit
recipient_delimiter = +
virtual_alias_maps = $virtual_maps hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_users
smtpd_pw_server_security_options = login,plain,gssapi,cram-md5
enable_server_options = yes
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_use_pw_server = yes
# smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated permit_mynetworks reject_unauth_destination check_policy_service unix:private/policy permit
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated permit_mynetworks reject_unauth_destination permit
mailbox_transport = dovecot
inet_interfaces = all
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/certificates/###.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/certificates/###.pem
relayhost =
smtpd_use_tls = yes
smtpd_enforce_tls = no
smtpd_helo_required = no
smtpd_helo_restrictions = permit_mynetworks
# smtpd_helo_restrictions = reject_invalid_helo_hostname reject_non_fqdn_helo_hostname
header_checks =
# content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
mydomain = varsteel.net
smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/certificates/###.pem
virtual_alias_domains = $virtual_alias_maps hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_domains
maps_rbl_domains =
smtp_sasl_password_maps =
smtpd_tls_loglevel = 0
virus_db_update_enabled = 0
myhostname = mail.domain.tld
# DUPLICATION EMAIL MAP
recipient_bcc_maps      = hash:/etc/postfix/recipient_bcc_maps
sender_bcc_maps     = hash:/etc/postfix/sender_bcc_maps
content_filter =
mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, mail, $mydomain
default_process_limit = 250
local_recipient_maps =
master.cf
smtp      inet n       -       n       -       -       smtpd
submission inet n       -       n       -       -       smtpd
-o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt
smtp      unix -       -       n       -       -       smtp
#465      inet n       -       n       -       -       smtpd
#628      inet n       -       n       -       -       qmqpd
pickup    fifo n       -       n       60      1       pickup
cleanup   unix n       -       n       -       0       cleanup
qmgr      fifo n       -       n       300     1       qmgr
#qmgr     fifo n       -       n       300     1       oqmgr
tlsmgr    unix -       -       n       1000?   1       tlsmgr
rewrite   unix -       -       n       -       -       trivial-rewrite
bounce    unix -       -       n       -       0       bounce
defer     unix -       -       n       -       0       bounce
trace     unix -       -       n       -       0       bounce
verify    unix -       -       n       -       1       verify
flush     unix n       -       n       1000?   0       flush
proxymap unix -       -       n       -       -       proxymap
relay     unix -       -       n       -       -       smtp
    -o fallback_relay=
showq     unix n       -       n       -       -       showq
error     unix -       -       n       -       -       error
retry     unix -       -       n       -       -       error
discard   unix -       -       n       -       -       discard
local     unix -       n       n       -       -       local
virtual   unix -       n       n       -       -       virtual
lmtp      unix -       -       n       -       -       lmtp
anvil     unix -       -       n       -       1       anvil
scache      unix    -    -    n    -    1    scache
dovecot   unix -       n       n       -       25      pipe
flags=DRhu user=_dovecot:mail argv=/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d ${user}
policy    unix -       n       n       -       -       spawn
user=nobody:mail argv=/usr/bin/perl /usr/libexec/postfix/greylist.pl

Andy,
See:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=21288
Gmail can only access from a server that supports POP3 -- .Mac does this, but conceptually it is counter to the philosophy of an IMAP account, which with Mail you have set your .Mac account to be.
In setting up Gmail to access an account (remember it does so as POP) you have a selection of whether to leave messages on the server or not, and furthermore the instructions for such Gmail access talk about the possibility of too many messages on the server. But that concept is based upon the server being a POP server. Yours is set up to operate as an IMAP account, and in an IMAP account all messages and indeed the entire Inbox resides on the server. If a message were removed from the server it would be removed from the Inbox you are expecting to view in Mail on your Mac. The symptom would be just like a "winking out", as Mail remembers the message was once there, but suddenly it is gone!
Access via Gmail is just like accessing from another email client or device.
More info, and confirmation of what you find, please.
Ernie

I have noticed recently that deleted e mail messages do not disappear from the screen. Instead they turn grey until I switch to another mailbox. When I return, they are gone. Any idea why this has started to happen?

I have noticed recently that deleted e mail messages do not disappear from the screen. Instead they turn grey until I switch to another mailbox. When I return, they are gone. Any idea why this has started to happen?

I have noticed recently that deleted e mail messages do not disappear from the screen. Instead they turn grey until I switch to another mailbox. When I return, they are gone. Any idea why this has started to happen?

Messages Appear then Disappear

My iphone 5 (ios 7.1.2) has been acting up. It says i have two unread texts but ive opened them all. Earlier today i got a couple texts that showed up on the lock screen preview, but then disappeared when i opened up the messages. Emails show i have 989 but often will clear to zero, once i hit the email app it has to redownload and often times crashes. Some of my texts come in and there isnt a name or number on it either, so i have to scroll through the convo to figure out who its from.
ive tried resetting my network settings and did a hard reset and backed it up via PC, the number of two unread texts is still there.

Andy,
See:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=21288
Gmail can only access from a server that supports POP3 -- .Mac does this, but conceptually it is counter to the philosophy of an IMAP account, which with Mail you have set your .Mac account to be.
In setting up Gmail to access an account (remember it does so as POP) you have a selection of whether to leave messages on the server or not, and furthermore the instructions for such Gmail access talk about the possibility of too many messages on the server. But that concept is based upon the server being a POP server. Yours is set up to operate as an IMAP account, and in an IMAP account all messages and indeed the entire Inbox resides on the server. If a message were removed from the server it would be removed from the Inbox you are expecting to view in Mail on your Mac. The symptom would be just like a "winking out", as Mail remembers the message was once there, but suddenly it is gone!
Access via Gmail is just like accessing from another email client or device.
More info, and confirmation of what you find, please.
Ernie

How to set iPhone so Mail messages in inbox disappear after being downloaded to Mail on my MacBook Pro

Hi -
Previously, the Mail settings on my iPhone and MacBook Pro were set exactly as I wanted them to be: If I opened a Mail message on my phone, it stayed in the inbox only until I opened the Mail App on my MacBook Pro, at which time it downloaded onto the notebook and disappeared from the iPhone. This is how I want it, as I have no need for duplicate emails in multiple locations.
I recently had to reformat the hard drive on the MascBook Pro and reinstall all the software and data. Unfortunately, I was not able to save the Mail preferences, and now my Mail App works differently: Mail messages remain on both the iPhone and the Mac, and if I delete a message on one device it also disappears from the other.
Can anyone help me to figure out how to get the settings and preferences back to the way they were originally? Thanks for any information anyone can provide.
Shelly

Are you using Mac Mail - the icon that looks like a stamp?
If yes, you can create Mailboxes. (click on Mailbox in the menu bar and select New Mailbox...) These are folders and are visible in Mail.
You store the mail you wish to archive in appropriate folders.

Mail sent to an alias arrives then disappears

This is really weird. I have four aliases. Two of them have both .mac and .me extensions. I was not receiving mail at one of my aliases, so I checked them all, sending mail to each one. Mail sent to the .mac extension of one of my aliases arrives in my inbox then immediately disappears. The same alias, oddly, with a .me extension arrives with no problem. All the other aliases are fine. What gives? Thanks in advance for any advice on this.
EDIT: woops. Went to another mac and saw it was being marked as junk. Unjunked it and all is fine.

I am also having this problem. I've had my .Mac account for three years and, while I want the convenience of using Mac Mail, like you said, aliases are pointless if not indicated. I'm forced to use web-based email. I had this problem with Mail ever since I've started my .Mac account and was hoping the Leopard upgrade would solve it, too little avail.
Sorry to piggyback, but I wanted to be notified if there is a solution. If you've found anything else out, please let me know!
Regards,
Drew

Mail "message summary" list disappears for Exchange account

The "message summary" list in Mail keeps disappearing when I view my Microsoft Exchange mail account (a corporate Office 365 account). For example, when I highlight the Exchange Inbox in the Mailbox List, Mail will show the summary list with all messages in the Inbox, but then after some random delay will change and show an empty list regardless of whether or not there are any messages in the Inbox. Highlighting some other mailbox and then re-highlighting the Exchange Inbox restores the summary list temporarily.
This is on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), running Yosemite 10.10, and connecting to outlook.office365.com.

OK a little more information as I investigate.
I did run a packet trace and I can see packets back and forth between my PC and the External Exchange server address over HTTPS so they are talking..
I'm mystified why none of that shows in either connection doctor or in the error message that comes back.. Log/Debug options on the mail client side would be really appreciated.

How do you 'mark all' mail messages and then delete in Iphone 5?

I cannot do a mass delete of my emails any more in iphone 5 - how do you get the edit functions back onto the screen once you have 'marked all' the messages?

As Chgrist1 said, that is how it works. Having looked as how Outlook stores mail, and everything else. It is a wonder anything ever comes out that is useable. PST files are a mess. First thing they do is pull the email apart and store header, body and attachments is three different places.
You will also find (most likely) that your accounts in Outlook were POP and the default in Thunderbird is IMAP. merging IMAP and POP files and folders is fraught with difficulties and dangers. It would be a brave developer that tried that in an import.
In the case of IMAP all your mail is one the server, so import is not all that important. However copying a gigabyte or two of of outlook mail into your imap server could exhaust your available message storage space there and cause the import to fail completely.
So If you want to do what your saying, first confirm that your not using IMAP mail. Otherwise your experience is most likely going to be exceedingly poor.
If you are using POP mail, then changing the setting in your pop account to cause it to use the global inbox will make a single mail account appear, "Local Folder", with your outlook mail as a sub folder of that.
Dragging a folder from the imported outlook tree to Local folders is not difficult, as long as you remember that folders hang of other folders, so your dragging them to a parent, not a position on the screen you like.

Calendar entries arrive then disappear

We have 4 iphones and use icloud for our family calendar. More than once after somone makes an entry and hits the share button we see an invite, it appears on a calendar (either standard app or other and on iphone or could device) but a short time later it disappears and I am listed as deleting it - but I never touched the entry. Help ...

Try deleting the shared calendar from your device, then have the owner of the shared calendar invite you again (see http://help.apple.com/icloud/#/mm6b1a9cbb).

Moving an email on mail app which then disappears

I am running ios 7.0.2 on the iphone 4 and accidentally deleted an email on the mail app. I then go into the deleted folder and click to move the email back to the inbox. Even after closing the app, switching the phone off and opening the app again, this email is nowhere to be seen in the inbox on the device. Even stranger, when I log in on my PC, the email is there in the inbox. I thought it might have been an issue with how the email account was set up on the device, but I moved 3 other emails from the deleted folder to the inbox and they appeared on the device immediately. I used the search function and found the missing email, but the move email function from there wouldn't let me put it into the email inbox. I then moved it into the trash folder, thinking I could then move it to the inbox. I go into deleted, it isn't there. I go into deleted on the PC, it is there and I move to the inbox and it then appears on the device again.
Has anyone else come across this issue with moving emails between folders and if so, is there a quicker way you resolved it as it will be a pain if I have to do this for other emails as well?
Cheers
Stephen

Stephen,
My problem may be related. When opening the inbox, emails immediately go from the inbox to trash.
There are two things that have changed in the last few days.
1. After using the iphone to get mail linked to outlook mail on a pc for quite sometime, I bought a macbook and set up apple mail on the mac.
2. It's acutally my wife's phone and she said that she had deleted many emails from the inbox and trash.
Carmen

After clicking "close" X, a message appears then disappears too quickly to read. It begins "Firefox will close now..." The word "security" appears in the next line. What is the rest of this message and should I be concerned about "security"?

none further

The full message that was almost impossible for me to read was: “'''Firefox will close now. Please standby while BetterPrivacy checks your hard disk for LSO cookies…'''”
To see if your message is the same or different:
1. Open Firefox
2. Press and hold the Shift key with your left hand
3. Close Firefox
4. Then, as soon as the message appears, press the Print Screen key with your right hand
5. Open the Microsoft Paint program, go to the Edit Menu and press Paste
6. A box with the full message should appear. If not, continue to open and close Firefox and hit Shift/Print Screen until you time it just right and the message will appear when you paste it into Paint
There would not appear to be any security concerns with the message posted above
There may be security concerns if your message is different.

Messages arrive with body not visible

I am starting to see a number of mail messages arriving in my Inbox which I cannot read because the content is not visible. The message size in the Message viewer suggests that there is content (15kB, for example) but no amount of manipulation -- e.g., selecting the whole message and trying to force the text color to black -- seems to work.
If I click "reply" then in the composition window which appears the message is visible.
When this first started happening I thought there was something funny about the sender's software, but these invisible messages are coming from a variety of sources.
This has just started happening in the last week or so.
Is anyone else seeing this?

I quit Mail and restarted it -- the invisible messages are now visible.
It is still a mystery since this problem has spanned several launches of the Mail app.

How do I print hundreds of mail messages at once?

I would like to print a huge archive of mail messages. Is there a way to do this without going through it one at a time?

I have tried this a few times as I wanted to archive some mail to a PDF file. I select a group on mail message and then select print. It only shows one of the messages being ready to print. Because it only showed one file, I presumed that it would only prin the one file.
Based on your response, I went ahead and tried the print to PDF. It created a separate PDF file for each mail item. I then selected all of the PDF files, opened them with preview and did a second print which comned them all into one file.
Thanks for your comment. As you say, it does print groups of mail items. It is just not obvious that it is going to do it.

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