A better Gmail IMAP to Mail.app sync |
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This workaround fixes many of the problems reported all over about the inconsistencies syncing Gmail IMAP with Mail.app. It keeps your inbox and sidebar nice and clean with proper mail counts. All other Gmail behaviors (trash vs. archive) remain the same.
Within Gmail.com's web interface, make the following labels (Mail.app treats labels as folders):
IMAP/Sent
IMAP/Trash
Then, within Mail.app's Accounts Preferences, on the Mailbox Behaviors tab, check/set these things:
Uncheck "Store draft messages on the server." (I noticed that Gmail.com erroneously keeps several incremental copies of each message and later deletes them, so I just disabled this option to avoid the problem altogether.)
Check "Store sent messages on the server" and select your deletion interval -- mine is set to one week.
Uncheck "Store junk messages on the server."
Check "Move deleted messages to the Trash mailbox."
Check "Store de...
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