Mail (Yosemite): If draft, sent, junk, and deleted messages aren’t where you expect

When you select or deselect an option for storing messages on the mail server, the messages may appear in a different mailbox in the Mail sidebar; where they appear depends on the account and the type of messages. Try looking for them in these locations in the Mail sidebar:

If the messages were in a mailbox below Mailboxes: Look for them in a similarly named mailbox below the account name lower in the sidebar. For example, if you don’t see Gmail below Drafts at the top of the sidebar, look for a Drafts mailbox below Gmail lower in the sidebar.

If the messages were in a mailbox below the account name: Look for them in a mailbox below Mailboxes. They may also be in a similarly named mailbox below On My Mac. For example, if you don’t see a Drafts mailbox below Gmail lower in the sidebar, look for Gmail below Drafts at the top of the sidebar, or for “Drafts (Gmail)” below On My Mac.

Last Modified: Feb 4, 2015
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