Why doesn't Mail allow a Junk IMAP message to be marked as "Not Junk"?

I don't understand the behavior of Mail (Lion) when it comes to junk mail from IMAP accounts. Mail has marked an email from an IMAP account as junk (judging by the brown text color) and has moved it to the Junk mailbox. For some reason, though, Mail doesn't provide the usual function to mark it as "Not Junk".
Mail does allow marking the message as Junk, which suggests that Mail actually didn't mark it as Junk properly in the first place. Fortunately, this also provides a workaround. When I mark the message as Junk, it gets flagged with the brown paper bag symbol. After that I can mark the message as Not Junk, which removes both the bag symbol AND the brown text color.
Still, I would rather see Mail behave differently. Does anyone have an explanation for this behavior or tips to alter it?
Regards,
-Eric

Soooo, Apple, why don't your crackerjack programmers make it possible to have multiple message windows open at one time in Mail???!
It's always been available for as long as I can remember.
Eudora is archaic, ancient history, IMHO.

Similar Messages

  • Why doesn't Mail for IOS show sent items?

    Why doesn't Mail for IOS show sent items with an IMAP server account. Everything else works okay but there is two sent directories and no contant in any of them ...
    Trouble is the same in both iPhone4 and iPad.
    Exactly the same account shows everything on my Macintosh. Including Sent items.

    Using the method described above I see outgoing messages that were sent from Mail on my iMac in the correct mailboxes for 2 different MobileMe accounts.
    You seem to be having and issue where your database/setting are corrupted if your messages are in the wrong outbox. I would suggest deleting the accounts from your iPad and the reconfiguring them.
    While viewing an email at the top of the screen, left of the trash icon, you should se a Folder icon. Click on that to send the message to another folder. Page 59 of the manual http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/ipad_2_user_guide.pdf
    Message was edited by: J D Knight III (fixed page number)

  • HT203106 Why doesn't the "Allow Me to be Discovered by..." option appear in Airdrop?

    Why doesn't the "Allow Me to be Discovered by..." option appear in Airdrop?

    Nevernind ... on further investigation, only 2012 and newer macs can Airdrop to iOS 8.1 devices.

  • Mark as "not junk" on ipad

    I use my devices so much that sometimes things happen in my dreams and i confuse them for being real! So I am not sure but if I'm not wrong the "flag" icon in iOS 7 Mail in a given mail in the Junk folder does give an option "Mark as Not Junk". Today I am unable to locate that option in any of my mails that were diverted to junk!
    Can someone clarify this once and for all if there is such an option and if it is there why isn't it appearing on my iPad today!?
    Neerav

    For mail in another folder, like the Inbox, the option is "Move to Junk", not "Mark as Junk"; the inverse operation (move out of the Junk folder) would be accomplished with the folder icon (and specifying the destination).
    Since iOS Mail has no native junk-filtering function, there is no concept of marking as junk/not-junk. There is no one-button "move out of Junk" function because iOS Mail does not keep track of the original location, and it might not even be the agent that put the message into Junk.

  • 'Mark as not junk' not available

    I have had some mail messages in brown indicating possible junk. There is an option under 'Mark' for 'Mark as junk mail', but not one for 'Mark as not junk'. What do I do, except file the message away and accept it? Or add sender to my address book? (I am new to Lion.)

    Hi David.
    If you (successfully ) label the mail as JUNK, the Mail program eventually learns and when Mail arrives from that source, it auto marks it as JUNK.
    Yes, simply highlight any unwanted mail, then delete and off it goes to Trash. Then review trash every so often, highlight the totally unwanted items ... and delete.
    There is a bounce option under Apple menu > 'Message.   Not wise to use it as it signifys that the email address is open and manned ... the last thing you want them to know.
    Hope this wraps up the rest of your inquiries.

  • Mark as "not junk", then move to Inbox?

    How can I make Mail move email I mark as "Not Junk" into the Inbox automatically, much like Entourage does?
    Thanks.

    No it will continue to learn in Automatic, but it is a good practice to have your junk mail trashed after a delay of days or a week so you can intercept mails that are marked as junk but are not.

  • Why doesn't Mail on my iPhone filter out Junk mail?

    Can anyone tell me why Mail on my iPhone 4 does not appear to filter out Junk mail?
    Maybe I'm oversimplifying things but I would have assumed the same features and functionality as in Mail for OS-X i.e. you can mark any mail received as 'Junk' if the filter hasn't recognised it as such.
    Or is Mail in iOS just not that smart?

    Thanks, that sounds a reasonable argument although it would be nice to be able to mark/filter directly from the iPhone as I don't always have access to either my Macbook or iCloud when I'm overseas for long periods and the Junk mail just keeps building!?
    Wasn't having a 'dig' at Apple or it's developers; am a long term share-holder so I trust you know what you're doing!
    Was just trying to work out if it was anything I was doing wrong

  • Why doesn't apple allow Adobe Flash Player to be downloaded ?

    Why doesn't apple support and allow downloading of Adobe Flash Player?

    Because there is no version available from Adobe that works on any iOS device.
    Stedman

  • Why doesn't mail capitalize the first letter of a sentence?

    How do I make "mail" capitalize the first letter of a sentence? If not WHY not? If not WHY hasn't anyone from Apple addressed this annoying problem?

    Hi thank you you for contacting Apple
    Enable or disable the automatic capitalization feature on the Apple iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
    1. Select Settings from the Home screen.
    2. Select General.
    3. Select Keyboard.
    4. Turn Auto-Capitalization to on (green) or off (white).

  • Why doesn't Mail 6.3 show forward and reply icons consistently?

    I am using a MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion and Mail 6.3. My issue is that Mail seems to randomly decide when to put the reply and forward icons next to messaegs in the inbox. It happens with both my Gmail account and an account from a different server. For some of the messages I reply to, it gives me the reply icon and for some, it doesn't. For some of the messages that I forward, it gives me the forward icon and for some, it doesn't. One good thing is that it never shows the icons for messages that have not been replied to or forwarded. So it has that much going for it. I am using a different SMTP for each account. For the messages that I reply to and the forwarded ones, they do actually go out - I can find them in my sent folder. Mail is also synced with my iPad Mini and the icons or lack thereof are consistent across the two devices. One thing to note is that ANY emails replied to or forwarded from my iPad, always show the correct icons - both on the iPad and then on my MacBook once synced. The problem seems to stem from my MacBook Mail.
    Any ideas? Thank-you.

    Select the affected mailboxes in the mailbox list, then select
    Mailbox ▹ Rebuild
    from the menu bar.

  • Why doesn't iTunes allow renaming?

    I'm using iTunes 7. Is there still no way to rename a song or movie?
    Thanks,
    Brett

    iTunes does allow renaming. Within the library view, click twice (not double clicking, but select then click) on the field you want to edit. As simple as this.
    You can also rigth click on your song and select "Get info", then select the "Info" tab and edit the field you want.

  • How to mark as 'Not Junk' in Mail?

    I no longer seem to have the option to mark mail as 'Not Junk' on my Mac.
    I only have one mail account on my Mac (MobileMe) and recently some of my Facebook email notifications haven't been getting through. It turns out that a few of these emails are making their way to the Junk mail folder.
    Unfortunately, I no longer get the option to mark the mail as 'Not Junk' when I open it. It doesn't matter if I open it from the Junk mail folder or move it first. Interestingly, the message isn't highlighted in brown even though it's in the Junk folder so it's as if MobileMe has decided it's junk rather than Mail on my Mac. Does that make sense?? I can't find a way to change Junk mail settings from the MobileMe web interface, though.
    If anyone has any ideas, I'd be grateful!

    Don't you just hate replying to your own posts??
    It's not a very elegant solution (I am not a Mac expert) but I think I have come up with something.
    I have created a rule in Mail>Preferences, such that if an incoming message contains the email address I want (e.g. from facebook), it will 'move' it to my MobileMe inbox. I reckon it should have gone to the inbox automatically anyway, but this seems to have worked.
    Unless Apple have done something behind the scenes that I wasn't aware of?

  • Imap message showing on server but not Mail

    I am having an issue with Yosemite Mail in that messages previous to 2010 are not showing in the mailbox on Mail but can be seen on the IMAP server where they reside. Would there be any reason why this might be? I have re-built the mailbox. I have messages going back to 2006 so there are quite a few not showing. Is there any sort of limit to messages showing in Mail on IMAP?
    Thanks.

    iPhone>Settings>iMessages>  Turn it on

  • Why doesn't Mail empty Junk folders at every quit?

    I select "empty Junk at quit" but still Mail doesn't empty those folders at every quit. Anyone know why this happens?

    This is still happening to me with Mail v6.0 (1485) after updating to Mountain Lion.  I have to quit and restart Mail after resuming from sleep to get it to connect to any of my accounts.  One iCloud and one GMail account.
    I have tried starting from scratch by removing all accounts, files in my Library ("Application Support" and "Caches" folders) and cleaned up my keychain, but still the problem persists.

  • Why doesn't mail put my junk mail in my junk mailbox

    Since I started using 10.9.2, the Mail program has misbehaved much less and I have been able to return to using it from Gmail. However, it puts all my junk mail (which it SAYS is junk mail) in my Inbox instead of the junk mailbox - even though I have instructed it in Preferences to move it to the Junk mailbox. Why? What can I do to correct this?

    Can't anyone come up with an answer to this question? I'd be very grateful for any ideas.

Maybe you are looking for

  • IN operator in sqlite local database

    New to the whole sql world, im building my first database air application. I have a database that i'm working with Asynchronously. I'm trying to get a sql result that gives me a list of all the entries (rows) that match a predefined list or array. I

  • Let user assign header for Report Painter Report

    Hi all, I would like to let the user assign the header while generate the report. (Because the report is somewhat dynamic) Here the details of my requirement: 1) Let the user input the header text in the selection screen of the report 2) Display the

  • Calling ABAP Class with Javascript (Example?)

    Can anyone provide an example of calling an ABAP class with Javascript?  I'm looking to retrieve a variable value from a Web Application Thanks

  • Extracting an .xmp sidecar from an ACR-edited RAW smart object layer...

    Hello all.  Given the following situation: Several thousand TIFF files, each containing two RAW files embedded into separate Smart Object layers.  The RAW files were named with sequential numbers prior to being composited into the TIFF files via a sc

  • Error 1097 calling dll

    Hi, I am trying to read Data from a frame grabber card in my PCIe slot. When I call the "Initialize" function from the .dll I got with the card I always get the error 1097. 1097 means that the function called threw an error. When I run the program th