Mail problems in Lion-drafts, message indicator

I have encountered the following problems regularly since switching to lion:
1. Message indicator in dock does not display count of unread messages
2. Drafts, once saved, cannot be edited.
3. Multiple drafts of sent messages remain in the draft mailbox.
I've tried resetting some of the preferences, such as unchecking the box to keep drafts on the server, with no success. I have also rebuilt the mailboxes. I have repaired permissions.

I was able to resolve most of my Mail problems after I zapped the pram. Mail was frozen and I couldn't force quit it. Now I can edit the drafts, and my unread message counter is working again.

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Mail Problems in Lion

Having problem with mail ever since I installed Lion: it keeps correcting my spelling, when in Mail-Preferences I've selected 'Never' as my spelling-correction option. Pretty annoying, especially since it tries to make spelling corrections of foreign words which are being used correctly. Anyone with a similar problem? How do I correct this??

I was able to resolve most of my Mail problems after I zapped the pram. Mail was frozen and I couldn't force quit it. Now I can edit the drafts, and my unread message counter is working again.

"Loading..." and lost Draft messages

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.
After upgrading to Lion, the list of my Draft messaging was appearing, looks like all were listed, but when clicking on one message to view/edit it a "Loading..." notification was displayed and staying forever. It was impossible to go further, impossible to view/edit my messages.
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.

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.
After upgrading to Lion, the list of my Draft messaging was appearing, looks like all were listed, but when clicking on one message to view/edit it a "Loading..." notification was displayed and staying forever. It was impossible to go further, impossible to view/edit my messages.
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.

Gmail saves Draft messages in Trash

It seems that I when I set up my gmail account in Mail gmail wants to move old copies of a draft message to the trash as opposed to deleting it permanently or just over writing it. Is there any solution to this?

It seems that if I set Mail to not save draft messages on the server my gmail draft box appears again in my mailbox sidebar, whereas it was not visible before. Selecting this mailbox (the draft box in gmail) to be used to store draft messages allows messages to be saved on the server without them being moved to the trash every time a copy of a draft is overwritten.
You just have to
1. Deselect "Store Draft Messages on The Server" in options
2. Select "Drafts" under "Use This Mailbox For:" in mailboxes, when the draft folder reappears under gmail.
It seems that other people had posted on this problem in the forum without actually receiving a solution...

Draft messages not in draft box...

Hi all,
Greetings from northwest Spain.
Some strange goings-on with mail recently... draft messages are showing up in the Draft box in terms of a bold number, but clicking on the box they aren't there. Are they saved? Aren't they? How can I restore seeing them in the actual Draft box?
Thanks in advance for all help.

You're welcome.
In that case, this should be an easy fix. If your OS detail provided is accurate - 10.3.9, 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).
Within a POP account named folder with Jaguar or Panther Mail should be mailboxes (mbox files) with an .mbox extension, a MessageUidsAlreadyDownloaded file and no folders.
Confirm there is a Drafts.mbox file and not a Drafts named folder. If a folder, quit Mail first and change the name of this folder to Drafts.mbox or add the .mbox extension.
Launch Mail and this should resolve the problem.

How do I fix out going mail problem because of bleeding heart

My internet mail provider patched their servers due to Bleeding heart and I can no longer send mail from my computer. I followed their instructions and am still not able to send mail. They say I have to speak to Apple- its an Apple mail problem. 1st the message was the certificate was not valid, now i just get a message that I can't connect to the server.

Try deleting the old email account and adding it again.
It is also worth remembering that the heartbleed bug also will cause certificate authorities to revoke their own certificates which guarantee the validity of any server certificates. This can cause Mail to throw errors.
If this is the case, try waiting it out for a few days, and if you are desperate, you should just be able to mark the certificate as trusted when the certificate error occurs

Destination directory for draft messages in Apple Mail (Mountain Lion)

Hi,
Please could someone possibly tell me location of the Apple Mail draft messages directory.
I'm trying to restore these from Mountain Lion, but am unable to find the folder, where the messages are located.

Hello there, Ludwip.
The following Knowledge Base article provides instructions on how to restore Mailboxes in Mail:
Mail (Mountain Lion): Restore mailboxes and their content
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11713
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

Muse form is not working on godaddy and no error message indicating a php error is occuring. Could something else be wrong? Do I have to manually set the form once loaded to go daddy to direct through their mail form system?

I have read in multiple places on the forum that muse forms are now supported on third party platforms. however I am having a very difficult time getting mine to work on Godaddy. They seem to no longer have the "form mailer" option and told me to look at this PHP: mail - Manual to make the forms work. Muse is not giving any error messages indicating that there is a problem on the go daddy end, the form appears to function but no message is received at email address. can anyone help troubleshoot this for me.
Thanks.

Hey Sanjit & Brad,
Thanks for getting back to me. So, I tried changing the address as Sanjit suggested, and yes an error message came up. But then I tested Brad's theory and looks like the form works with another email address other than that of the actual website email:( So I guess based on Brad's link I should reroute the form to the other (non-godaddy) email...or contact go-daddy to see if they can correct this? Would that be the final answer?
Thanks again!

MAIL: Trying to settle long-lasting problem. Mail always immediately downloads the messages I delete from any IMAP mailbox. I'm running out of HD space!

BACKGROUND
I only have 60GB of space on my MacBook Air. Currently, three long-standing IMAP accounts are taking up over 7GB of it!
I have seen several related discussions about this kind of problem, but they all seem to have been solved or glossed over with setting up the IMAP interaction so that messages are deleted from the server in addition to the device or with a "Mailbox > Use This Mailbox For" fix that doesn't work for me. I like being able to save all of my email history on servers (I'm often surprised by how many years back I have to search to find a piece of information I need), but I can no longer stand losing so much of my very limited local space to really old mail.
PROBLEM
I'll refer to just one of the relevant accounts as "Gmail," since that's in parentheses when seen in these screenshots. These are its current Mailbox Behaviors settings:
Under my Gmail Inbox in Mail, I have deleted every message from before 2013. The mail from 2013 is all that I want stored on my MacBook Air.
Ultimately, I think this has something to do with the Archive (seen in the sidebar above, as well). Even when I've deleted everything from before 2013 in my Inbox, AND emptied the entire contents of Trash manually, the Archive still contains all of the mail from the server (yes, this account was started in 2011, but I have others that go back much further).
The cherry on top is that when I delete the same messages from the Archive as I've deleted from the Inbox, Mail immediately begins re-downloading all of those messages. Last time I tried this my laptop had to download 23000 messages, but here's a screenshot of proof with a smaller sample:
In case my Gmail server settings are useful to consider, here they are:
Final Notes
• There's a lot that I don't know about exactly how IMAP communication occurs between a device and a server. For my sake and the sake of anyone else who needs this kind of help, please clarify terms like "flags" and "archive" (since Gmail and Mail both use the term and I don't know think they mean exactly the same thing) if/when you use them.
• If anyone does think that there's some sort of "Mailbox > Use This Mailbox For" solution to this, you should know that no matter what I have selected in Mail's sidebar (at no matter what level of indentation), the options available under that menu item are always grayed-out.
• I want to keep using Mail. There's a lot that I like about it and I don't want to switch to Thunderbird or something else (remember, I need to save as much local space as I can).
• I just upgraded to 10.9.0 Mavericks, but this problem has existed for me and behaved essentially just like this as long as I can remember. In fact, I think I recall the problem still existing before there was an Archive in the sidebar at all.

UPDATE
I still have the problem, but when I checked on this post to see if anyone had commented and I simply hadn't received an e-mail, I noticed that all but the last of the images I included have stopped displaying (I had friends check, too). Most of them were just visual examples of what I was explaining in hopes of giving context and all available info that I may not have personally viewed as relevant, but the first one, about my account's Mailbox Behaviors settings sure is important. These are the settings I have:
• Store draft messages on the server — Check
• Store sent messages on the server — Check
• Delete sent messages — One month old
• Store junk messages on the server — Check
• Delete junk messages — One week old
• Move deleted messages to the Trash mailbox — Grayed-out and Check
• Store deleted messages on the server — Grayed-out and Check
• Permanently erase deleted messages when — Quitting Mail
I hope this helps. Please comment if I'm leaving out any other important information.

HT1338 I have a Leopard desktop 10.5.8 and I have trouble with MAIL. My draft folder does not work and my draft messages will not delete. delete

I have a Leopard desktop 10.5.8 and I have trouble with my Email Apple MAIL draft folder. First of all after I typed my draft and sent to draft, the folder would not open at a later date to send. In all I have 10 messages, mainly test which I cannot delete from my Draft folder.
My draft system is now working but I cannot get rid of the 10 messages which sit in my INBOX and DRAFT folders.
These messages appear in Application - Mail but they will not go.
How do I delete, or is it best to use My Disc 1# and delete all my software and replace with the Disc in order to have a new MAIL program?
Any advice would be welcome.

HI,
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 this folder & file to the Desktop.
Move this Folder to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Caches/Mail/
Move this file to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/Envelope Index
Reboot.
If that doesn't do it and you can afford to redo all your Rules, try these & reboot...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/MessageRules.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/MessageRules.plist.backup
Note, in 10.5 & up /Users/YourUserName/Library/Caches/Mail/ may or may not exist.

I downloaded several tv shows on my computer and attempted to drag and drop to my iPod touch. I received an error message indicating that there was a problem syncing to my iPod. What steps should I take next? This has never happened before.

I downloaded several tv shows on my computer and attempted to drag and drop to my iPod touch. I received an error message indicating that there was a problem syncing to my iPod. What steps should I take next? This has never happened before.

Force Quit .
Press command + option + esc keys together at the same time. Wait.
When Force Quit window appears, select the Safari if not already.
Press Force Quit button at the bottom of the window. Wait.
Safari will quit.
Relaunch Safari holding the shift key down.
http://www.thesafemac.com/fbi-ransomware-virus-rampant/

Syncing Mobile Mail draft messages to /Drafts in Gmail over IMAP

I'm using IMAP with Googlemail.
Can anyone tell me how to set my iPod touch's Mail account to save drafts to /Drafts on the IMAP server? Currently it saves to [Google Mail]/Drafts even though under Incoming Settings, IMAP Path Prefix is set to / .
Thanks.

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Oh, and on a side note - nice going with the 2010 EAS (Exchange) calendar FAIL, Palm. I really appreciate that "little" bug too. *Rant off*
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