Outgoing mail message
In july I switched to Mavericks OS. Now, when I'm sending one (1) e-mail to one (1) e-mail address, for instance, I'm receiving a strange message under the outgoing mail progress bar (left bottom part of Mail finder window): "Outgoing Mails: 3 out of 3" or similar strange numbers but usually different form the number of recipients. What is the reason for this? How to fix it?
This is a well-known known minor bug in the Activity reporting. You can ignore it.
See, e.g.,
Strange happenings with the OS X mail... | Apple Support Communities
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