In the case of the e-mail showing in two different places, it has both “Inbox” and “All Mail” labels. GMail uses labels, and a message can have many different labels at one time. On a normal mail server, you can create different mailboxes, which are actual locations, and thus a message can only be in one at a time. Instead, GMail uses the concept of labels. GMail does not actually have actual mailboxes, like a normal e-mail server. (You may need to expand or collapse some items, using the gray triangles, to see the same thing.) Unfortunately, although it looks like I have two unread messages in two different places, due to a unique bit of GMail weirdness, it’s actually the same message. If you are connecting via IMAP, you will see something like the picture at left. (Be cautious when deleting an account, as that will delete all messages in mailboxes associated with that account.) If it says POP, you’ll need to delete your GMail account from Mail and set it up again according to Google’s directions. Open Mail -> Preferences, click Accounts and see if it says IMAP or POP under your GMail account label. If you aren’t sure how you are connecting, IMAP is the default these days, but you should still check to be sure. Note that this information only applies to GMail accounts being accessed by IMAP, not POP. Or, at least, what appear to be duplicate messages, thanks to some oddities about how GMail works. Today I’ll discuss a common complaint among people trying to use Apple’s Mail program to access their GMail accounts: duplicate messages. Hiding GMail’s “All Mail” from Apple MailĪfter covering nothing but MacProtector for nearly three weeks, it’s time to move on to other topics.

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