Macos Email Application Creating Multiple Drafts For Gmail

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I am using Apple Mail with a Gmail account on my iMac, iPhone, iPad and, sometimes, through a browser.


When replying to an email message, Apple Mail stores multiple (sometimes 100's) of versions of the draft email and *DOES NOT DELETE THEM* when the message is sent. Apple mail is configured to keep drafts on the server, which is what I want to happen, so that I can sometimes finish them on other devices. This behaviour is NOT present when using any other device, so the bug is specific to Apple Mail on Mac, (not iPhone or iPad).


I know this issue has been raised before, but it has incorrectly been marked as solved, so I am raising it again in the hope that it can really be solved this time. (For background, the action previously incorrectly adopted as a solution is to configure Apple Mail to not store drafts on the server. This does not solve the problem as, although you don't then get multiple drafts, on your other devices you don't get a draft at all! So, that's not a server-based email system.)

How to Create Multiple Copies of an Email Draft inside Gmail on Digital Inspiration Read next: Telegram is tempting devs with a $1M fund to bring you more chatbots Celebrate Pride 2020 with us. Jan 06, 2011  I don’t use Gmail (absolutely minimal use) and don’t like how it behaves with Apple Mail, so I won’t be able to tell you to solve this issue unfortunately. Moreover, Gmail and Apple Mail behaviour change from OS to OS or even.1 increments. Achieving Email Bliss with IMAP, Gmail, and Apple Mail; Mail in Mavericks Changes the Gmail Equation. Jan 06, 2011 1 Quit your mail app. 2 Go to gmail account on your preferred web browser. 3 Then Settings/labels. 4 In labels look for drafts, then click on SHOW IF UNREAD (need to be in black) and then uncheck SHOW IN IMAP on the right side. After this, you can open your mac mail app and try to uncheck the store drafts messages in the server option. Hope it helps.


This behaviour is present regardless of the mail account type used - using the recommended 'Google' account type or using a general IMAP account to connect to the Gmail service each exhibit the same bug.


This bug has been present for a number of years and OS X versions. It is about time it was addressed. If anyone has a fix for this please respond here. I ask politely that this thread is not polluted with 'solutions' of 'don't store drafts on the server', since that alternate behaviour is well documented and discussed elsewhere on this forum.


Thanks

~Joe


Gmail

iMac - Sierra / Apple Mail / Gmail account

iMac, iOS 11.2.1

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