"Updating smart mailbox unread counts"

I am never able to quit Mail now because this single "activity" keeps it from quitting. The thermobar just hangs there nearly half-way through.
Even clicking on the stop sign in the Activity window only produces:
"STOPPING: <smart mailbox name>"
..which never stops.
I have tried rebuilding all of the mailboxes, deleting the offending "smart" mailbox and creating a new one (only to have a different "smart" mailbox cause the same problem), etc.
The only way out is to force-quit Mail, which I really hate to do (I never want my mailbox, indexes, etc. scragged).
Does anyone else have this problem? I must admit that there are so many smart mailbox postings that I wasn't able to paw through them all looking for similar behavior.

I would try rebuilding the whole Mail index. quit mail and delete the file homedirectory/library/mail/envelope index. start Mail and let it import. see how things are after that.

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After upgrading to Mavericks, my smart mailboxes' unread counts are all wrong. I've tried restarting mail and rebuilding mailboxes and recreating the smart mailboxes, but still they are wrong.

Got from other post the following instructions. After following these steps my problem is solved. Hope this works for all of you:
Quit Mail if it’s open.
In ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData, delete any file that begins with “Envelope Index,” such as Envelope Index or Envelope Index-shm.
Your home Library folder is hidden by default. To display it, choose Finder > “Go to Folder” and then enter “~/Library.”
Open Mail.
Mail creates new Envelope Index files. This process may take a few minutes, depending on how many messages Mail is reindexing.

Smart Mailbox Message Counter

Is it possible to have a Smart mailbox in the Mailbox pane on the left side of the Mail window show the number of messages in the Smart Mailbox and not just the number of unread messages? What would be most desirable is a indication like "3/7" where the 3 indicates 3 unread messages and 7 indicates the number of all message read and unread.
Thank you in advance.
Jeff Cameron

I guess there is no answer. I will post this as an enhancement request with Apple.

Unread counts on "rules" destination folders not updating

Since I installed Leopard a few days ago I have a minor mail (3.1) issue. I use "rules" to distribute the mail to specified folders as it comes into the in box. The minor problem is that the unread counts on the destination folders is not always updating until they are clicked on. Anyone else see this? Normal? Fixable?

I've been having the same problem ever since I upgraded from Tiger to Leopard -- new mail messages that are directed to IMAP mailboxes via rules don't always change the unread mail count of the mailbox until I switch to that mailbox.
These are some of the steps I've taken to try and narrow the problem:
+ Disabled the use of the IDLE command (I'm not sure if my dovecot version 0.99.11 IMAP server supports it or not). Didn't seem to affect the problem.
+ Added a new rule (seemed to work okay -- unread count increased when mail was delivered to the mailbox). Since the problem seems more or less intermittent I'm not sure if this proves anything.
+ Removed old rules and replaced them with new rules that do the same thing. Still intermittent.
+ Tried clicking the "Get new mail in all accounts button", and it didn't update the unread count.
A theory:
+ Some of these mailboxes are rather large. I'm wondering if that has anything to do with it. I've noticed that the "waiting" icon is displayed for about 5 seconds on one of the mailboxes.
An oddity:
+ When I'm sitting here and an email message arrives and is moved to a mailbox via a rule, I hear the new mail sound, so I know the Mail application at some level is aware of this new message, but the mailbox unread count doesn't change until I switch to the mailbox.
Some configuration information:
+ IMAP server (dovecot 0.99.11). Remained constant when I switched from Tiger to Leopard.
+ I leave all of my mail in mailboxes on the server.
+ I did have one interesting thing happen during the Tiger to Leopard upgrade that might be relevant -- after the upgrade, I had two "IMAP Account"s each with a copy of all of the mailboxes that are on the server. I'm guessing this somehow happened because I use either direct LAN access or ssh-tunnel access (when I'm on the road) and switch the name (and IP address) of the server as appropriate. Somehow this gave me two identically named accounts during the upgrade (one of the incoming mail servers was "ssh-tunnel" which is the host name I use for the ssh tunnel). I managed to remove one of them, but all of the mailbox settings in my rules disappeared and needed to be re-added.
Any suggestions are welcome -- it's not fun "polling" mailboxes to see if someone has sent you mail and is awaiting a response!

Smart mailboxs does not show any content.

I have a 27" iMac, late 2009, running iOS 10.10.2. None of my smart mailboxes show any content. I have rebuilt my mail and checked the smart mailbox conditions. I created a new smart mailbox, Unread, Delivered this week, and still no content. Thanks,

Have you reindexed your mail by deleting these three Envelope files from the Users/Home/Mail/V2/MailData folder and rebooting?

Unread messages count is wont for Smart Mailbox

Has anyone else noticed that a smart mailbox has a non-zero unread message count but as soon as it is clicked on the count is reset to zero? Zero is correct because all of the messages have been read. I've tried rebuilding the inbox but it hasn't helped. I also recreated the smart mailbox but that didn't help either. Sounds like a bug to me but I wonder if others have experienced it. I am using Mail Tags so that is a possible complication.

Same problem here with Yahoo mail. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I have looked at Yahoo mail from all folders in my phone (running 7.0.3 now), as well as in a browser, looked at Inbox (empty), all Trash, Sent, etc. folders and they're completely empty on Yahoo servers.
I thought that 7.0.3 had initially cleared up this issue but it has reappeared, and I don't know how to fix it.

Smart mailbox for Unread messages doesn't update automatically.

Hello everyone.
I've set up a smart mailbox in Mail to show only my unread messages. But, it doesn't update automatically in that when I read a message, that message remains visible in the list until I leave and then return to the "Unread Messages" smart mailbox.
Any thoughts as to how I can get it to update automatically?
Thanks very much.....

Thanks for the note, Jeffrey and trust me when I say I'm a die-hard Apple believer. But, at work I support Windows machines and Outlook has views to show only unread messages. As soon as a messages is read and we move on to the next messages, the read message drops out of the list. This is what I'm look for so that I can apply it to the few Macs I also support at work.
What Apple's Mail gives us is good, but what we were hoping was to have the smart mailbox work the same way that Outlook's feature does. However, I still much prefer working with Mail rather than with Outlook. So, we will adjust.
Thanks again.

Smart mailboxes not working after latest update

My smart mailboxes are all showing empty, including one whose entire duty is to show unread mail.
How do I restore their functionality? I did the index build but from what I can tell that does not affect smart mailboxes.

Thanks for your suggestion, it has solved my difficulty. For informational purposes I will publish my post and the solution in hopes it will assist others.
I am running Final Cut Pro 6.0.5. My Sony SR12's drive is recognized during the Log And Transfer process. The problems continue. All of the thumbnails have a grayish/brown band going right through the middle of each one. I am able to play the clip in the Log and Transfer window but as soon as I attempt to drag the clip to the media box, FCP crashes. I had this same problem with iMovie 7 and found that updating to the latest version solved the problem. In this case however, FCP 6.0.5 is the latest version. I have the same problem with Final Cut Pro Express 4.0.1 but again, not with iMovie 7.1.4. I loaded Sony’s XDCAM software as well just in case but it did not do anything to help the situation.
When I trashed the Perian component along with QuickTime preferences it did the trick. I believe it was the old version of Perian causing the conflict with Final Cut Pro’s Log and Transfer option, not the Quick Time preferences. When I installed the newest version of Perian which is 1.1.3 there didn’t seem to be any conflict and the HD clips from my Sony SR12 imported fine with no further crashes.
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Smart Mailboxes: Why don't they update in real time?

I have a Smart Mailbox that shows me any Unread messages i have. As i read these messages, they become Read messages, yet they remain in the Smart Mailbox. Is there any way to initiate a real time update to these so that I am not required to switch Smart Mailboxes to initiate the update.
Not very 'smart' are they…
Any solutions are welcome.d

sphereboy wrote:
That all sounds correct on paper. But in real life it just doesn't work out that way. Let's say I have 20 Unread messages in my Unread SmartMailbox. As I read each message they become Read messages. The messages do not automatically clear this mailbox. They stay there in a Read status inside the Unread Smart Mailbox. The only way I can update the mailbox is by switching over to another mailbox, any mailbox, and back to my Unread Smart Mailbox and then it properly shows only Unread messages.
And that is the correct action...the update trigger is when you move out of one and into another (acts as a confirmation that you're done).
Seems appropriate and a small price to pay. It would seem to be a burden if otherwise as it would always be working while you were trying to read....can't have everything at once

How to show mail count in smart mailbox?

I have a smart mailbox that displays messages from a specific local folder/mailbox for the current day. The counter next to this smart mailbox is only for unread messages. Is there a way to change the counter so it displays for all messages in the current day (read and unread)?

It works on a new install on a new computer... so its obviously from the upgrade... it happens on mine as you have described... but setup a new computer for a client and they got message counts on their smart folders...

Smart Mailbox Counter is Wrong

Kind of strange, if I create a smart mailbox to show, for instance, only emails which have arrived today, the counter at the top of the box is wrong. For instance, at the top it says "(4 messages)" but there are only 2 messages in the window.
I tried rebuilding my Inbox, Trash and Sent boxes but that didn't make a difference. (Although I did get a very strange result from the rebuilding... hundreds of emails I long ago moved to other boxes for storage, or deleted, were restored and marked as unread. As a result I don't want to try that again.)
Message counts in other non-smart mailboxes, ie, Inbox, are correct.
Any thoughts?
thanks, Paul D.

Got from other post the following instructions. After following these steps my problem is solved. Hope this works for all of you:
Quit Mail if it’s open.
In ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData, delete any file that begins with “Envelope Index,” such as Envelope Index or Envelope Index-shm.
Your home Library folder is hidden by default. To display it, choose Finder > “Go to Folder” and then enter “~/Library.”
Open Mail.
Mail creates new Envelope Index files. This process may take a few minutes, depending on how many messages Mail is reindexing.

How to get accurate count of contents of smart mailbox?

I have a smart mailbox defined as "sender is a member of a group x" and "date received is within last 2 days." When I click on it, Mail indicates "(8 messages)" -- but there are only 7 listed. I've tried the sqlite3 ~/Library/Mail/Envelope\ Index vacuum command in Terminal, I've rebuilt the individual mailboxes making up this count (and the smart mailbox itself) and I even deleted the smart mailbox itself and recreated it, to no avail.
Any other suggestions for getting a correct count?

Is it possible that mysterious 8th message is one you deleted, but is still registering as being there, even though you can't see it? Have you tried enabling the View > Show Deleted Messages command to see if it appears then?
If that command shows you nothing, then you can completely rebuild your Mail index to see if that solves your problem:
1. Quit Mail.
2. Go to Home/Library/Mail and remove (+*do not delete yet*+) the Envelope Index file to the Desktop.
3. Restart Mail and let it import your existing mailboxes. When that's done, your index will be brand new and with any luck that message should no longer show up in a count. Now you can delete the Envelope Index file you removed previously.
Mulder

RSS - Safari won't update unread count as articles are read

When I installed 10.5 yesterday a lot of old RSS articles showed as unread. After selecting each feed the unread counts were properly updated. Today a new article appeared in one feed, however no matter how many times I read that article it still shows as unread.

While this seems to be more of a work-around than a solution, try this and see if it works for you, it clears it up for me when I run into this issue.
Close Safari.
Navigate to YourUsernameHere/Library/PubSub ( denoted as ~/Library/PubSub)
Copy the Feeds folder to your desktop [option-drag] (just making a backup here for good computing practice), then throw the contents of the Feeds folder in the trash.
Empty the trash and restart Safari and see if your counts are right.
Like I said, you may have to go back and do this occasionally, but at least it works for a while.
Hope this helps.

How to create "Unread Junk" Smart Mailbox?

I am trying to create a Smart Mailbox that will show all of my unread messages that Apple Mail has marked as junk and moved into junk mail folders. It doesn't seem to work.
You can see from the screenshots below that I have unread junk mail, you can also see that I have a smart mailbox set up to show any unread messages in junk mail, but they don't show up. I thought that changing the selected mailbox from the "parent" all inclusive junk mail mailbox to an individual junk mailbox would fix it, but it didn't work. Any ideas how to set this up so I can see my unread junk mail in a smart mailbox?
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I do not use gmail and know next to nothing about it, but you can probably find some help for the two step verification here. You may need to put a password on the app in order for it to work properly.
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=two+step+password+gmail&ie=U TF-8&oe=UTF-8
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Look for help.
http://support.google.com/mail/?hl=en

Unread Messages From Exchange Trash Show Up In Smart Mailboxes

Hi
I have five accounts configured in Mail. I have two smart mailboxes set up to show selections of messages e.g. Home Inboxes is supposed to show messages in the inboxes of my private accounts. It is configured like this:
Strictly speaking the second condition shouldn't be necessary as the Include messages from Trash option is not checked. However, despite all this, deleted messages on an Exchange account I have still show up in the smart mailbox:
As you can see there are messages in there that are in Trash.
I've tried rebuilding all the mailboxes but that doesn't seem to help. I can create new smart mailboxes with the similar condition logic and they don't work either.

Actually I just noticed that it doesn't matter if they are unread or not.

"Updating smart mailbox unread counts"

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