December 13, 2006
Mail.app IMAP tips
Posted Dec. 13, ’06, 7:36 AM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | Tips
The secret is out. I try to help people with Mac problems all across the net. I tried to quietly help Jon on his Wizardishungry blog who was having a bunch of issues with Mail.app. I love Mail.app and I’m a little tired of people bashing it (particularly when the solution is to use Gmail), so if I can help make it as pleasant as it is for me for someone else, I’m happy. Here were his issues in fast form:
- Folders appeared underneath the Inbox instead of being broken out.
- Duplicate “Sent”, “Drafts”, etc. special function folders.
- Sent emails were being banished into the abyss.
The solutions, in short form are:
- Use the “IMAP Path Prefix” to break them out. In most cases where the above problem happens (extremely frequently I might add), the correct value is “INBOX”.
- Select the folder you want to use and use the “Use This Mailbox For” menu in the Mailbox menu. This is good if your webmail access or command line client insists upon using an alternately named folder. The weird naming even gets hidden from you.
- Related to number 1, until Mail.app knows to make folder underneath your Inbox, it tries to make them on the same level, fails to make the Sent folder, and has to dump the receipt.
Tim Gaden just had to out me as being helpful. Hopefully this advice will help a couple of you as well.
1 Comments
Leave a comment
Recent Entries
About MacUser
MacUser is your source for news, info, and opinion about Apple, the Mac, and the iPod. Our dedicated team of bloggers covers everything that is relevant to Mac users — and, okay, some stuff that’s not quite relevant, but is still a lot of fun.
Subscribe/RSS
- Blog Posts
- Blog Comments
- Podcast (RSS) (iTunes)
Tip us off!
- Email: macuser [at] macuser [dot] com
Recent Comments 
- the truth on iPod touch users get second classed again with the omission of new Maps features
- James Katt on Apple levels DMCA on iPodhash project
- AdamC on Apple levels DMCA on iPodhash project
- sf addict on Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes afoot at MacUser
- Paul Norton on iPod touch users get second classed again with the omission of new Maps features
- me on iPod touch users get second classed again with the omission of new Maps features
Categories
- Apple (234)
- Advertising (162)
- Events (235)
- Huh? (182)
- Humor (259)
- News (148)
- People (258)
- Rivals (405)
- Speculation (167)
- Steve Jobs (172)
- Stores (206)
- Apple TV (58)
- Business (451)
- Games (143)
- Geekery (460)
- Hardware (935)
- Accessories (79)
- Intel Macs (162)
- Ihnatko (18)
- Internet (463)
- Legal (244)
- MacUser (95)
- Macalope (8)
- Money (177)
- Music (344)
- Podcasting (100)
- Photography (74)
- Security (246)
- Software (1544)
- Updates (538)
- Tips (352)
- Troubleshooting (189)
- Video (403)
- Windows (219)
- iPhone (199)
- iPod (602)
- iPod Accessories (96)
- iPod Software (61)
- iTunes (128)
- iTunes Store (443)
Archives
- November 2008 (92)
- October 2008 (138)
- September 2008 (151)
- August 2008 (177)
- July 2008 (175)
- June 2008 (171)
- May 2008 (185)
- April 2008 (234)
- March 2008 (217)
- February 2008 (215)
- January 2008 (239)
- December 2007 (169)
- November 2007 (164)
- October 2007 (187)
- September 2007 (167)
- August 2007 (195)
- July 2007 (152)
- June 2007 (223)
- May 2007 (243)
- April 2007 (286)
- March 2007 (288)
- February 2007 (250)
- January 2007 (266)
- December 2006 (244)
- November 2006 (293)
- October 2006 (307)
- September 2006 (250)
- August 2006 (268)
- July 2006 (288)
- June 2006 (293)
- May 2006 (297)
- April 2006 (351)
- March 2006 (366)
- February 2006 (110)
- January 2006 (107)
- December 2005 (23)
Mac Publishing Sites
Links
I don't understand people's gripes about Mail.app either. I'm a new Mac user and I just love it. There are so many nice little touches like the photo slideshows it can do, automatic signature switching when you switch From accounts, etc.