Now it looks like mail is synchronised, but there are still separate Send, Drafts and Trash folders. As soon as you log out and log into the webmail, it will also show those folders and mails. You can test this by creating an email or just choosing one from the Inbox and dragging it into one of those folders. What’s happening now, is that OS X Mail and the mailserver both use the Inbox folder for new, incoming mail, and but the web mail client won’t show the second Drafts folder, the second Sent folder and second Trash folder until there is email in it. Even more confusing, because IMAP was supposed to synchronise all folders, right? If you log in a webmail client, you’ll see the Inbox and Drafts, Send and Trash subfolders, and another Drafts folder, but not the second Drafts, Send and Trash folders nor the Spam folder. (Log out if you were already logged into your mail client).Now you have an Inbox with subfolders Drafts, Sent and Trash (then a VIPs folder) AND a second Send folder, a second Trash folder and a Spam folder.Create a new email and save it, but don’t send it, so Mail creates the Drafts folder.Quit and restart Mail, because the folder structure will be different after a restart.If you already have other mail accounts configured, you might want to disable them for a moment, so it won’t be even more confusing.
MAC MAIL SETUP IMAP MANUALLY PASSWORD
Fill out the username, password and mailserver. You can’t just change a POP account to an IMAP account in OS X Mail or iOS Mail. First you need to set up the mail account.Configure an IMAP account in OS X Mail step by step Any folders you create under the heading ‘ON MY MAC’ in the left column, will stay in place and keep their content, even if you delete or deactivate all mail accounts.
If you are already using the mail account and are afraid to lose mail, it’s a good idea to create a backup first, or move your mail to new mailboxes OS X Mail allows you to create. You can also create your own folders and subfolders and those will also be synchronised, as well as there content.Ĭonfiguring IMAP accounts in OS X Mail, more specifically setting up IMAP across OS X 10.9 Mavericks Mail and iOS can be confusing and frustrating. Mail folders and email messages are kept synchronised between the mail server and all your mail clients.
If you set the preferences to keep mail on the server for some time, you can use it with more than one mail client – for example your laptop and smart phone – without missing mail on either one, but that’s as far as it goes: You can’t see for example whether you already answered a particular mail on your smart phone when you are on your laptop, nor what you wrote. The POP mail concept is basically to only keep your email on the mail server until you mailclient downloads it. IMAP has been around since 1986 and it’s features are basic but priceless. POP mail is fine for most people, but if you’re more demanding there is always IMAP.