Mail (Yosemite): Use a specific mailbox to store messages on an IMAP server

  1. In the Mail sidebar below the name of your account (for example Gmail), select the mailbox you want Mail to use for storing draft, sent, junk, or deleted messages.

    For example, below Gmail, select Deleted Messages.

  2. Choose Mailbox > Use This Mailbox As > [mailbox].

    For example, choose Mailbox > Use This Mailbox As > Trash Mailbox.

    If the mailboxes listed in the menu are dimmed, you didn’t select a server mailbox for the account in the Mail sidebar; make sure you select a mailbox below the account name.

If Mail can’t upload the messages to the selected mailbox, they remain in their current location.

Last Modified: Feb 4, 2015
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