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Gmail+Apple Mail+IMAP = sending multiple copies of email

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cobravap

macrumors regular
Original poster
Oct 30, 2006
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So, I'm using apple mail to check and send mail with my gmail account. It is configured using IMAP. Now when I send messages to people it keeps automatically sending those incomplete messages while I am still in the middle of typing the damn email. People recieve multiple copies of the email with roughly 1/3 of the message.

So it goes like this:
Email 1: Hello this is
Email 2: Hello this is a test message.
Email 3: Hello this is a test message. Something is wrong.
...etc

Help please.
Anyone thing this is a Leopard Bug? GMAIL bug? Apple Mail bug?
 
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enklined

macrumors 6502
Sep 13, 2007
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cobravap said:
So, I'm using apple mail to check and send mail with my gmail account. It is configured using IMAP. Now when I send messages to people it keeps automatically sending those incomplete messages while I am still in the middle of typing the damn email. People recieve multiple copies of the email with roughly 1/3 of the message.

So it goes like this:
Email 1: Hello this is
Email 2: Hello this is a test message.
Email 3: Hello this is a test message. Something is wrong.
...etc

Help please.
Anyone thing this is a Leopard Bug? GMAIL bug? Apple Mail bug?
Click to expand...

I'm having this EXACT problem.

I pulled my mew message window to the side so I can see the "Mail Activity" of Mail - every minute or so it sends the email im in the middle of writing!

VERY FRUSTRATING!

Anyone know of a fix?
 
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c84216

macrumors regular
Jul 15, 2006
183
655
My experience is that these e-mails are not sending, but rather, saving/synching to the server. Only when I press send do my recipients get what I have typed. Not before. I saw the activity and panicked at first, but I sent myself a test message to try out this "bug"--and I only got the message I typed when I pressed "send"
 
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naftalim

macrumors 6502
Sep 18, 2007
316
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Vancouver, BC
Yes, I had the same issue, but my recipient only got the one message. Weird.


c84216 said:
My experience is that these e-mails are not sending, but rather, saving/synching to the server. Only when I press send do my recipients get what I have typed. Not before. I saw the activity and panicked at first, but I sent myself a test message to try out this "bug"--and I only got the message I typed when I pressed "send"
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micvog

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Sep 10, 2003
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The issue is that Mail.app is saving drafts to the server - the e-mails aren't actually being sent. See http://5thirtyone.com/archives/862 (linked on DF today) for tips on setting up Gmail IMAP in Mail.app. I found these tips elsewhere over a week ago and everything is working great.
 
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jnolas2

macrumors member
Jul 1, 2007
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Chicago, IL
I had this problem too. All I did was go to the Gmail account settings in Mail, click on Mailbox Behaviors, and then unchecked Store draft messages on the server.
 
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manvato

macrumors newbie
Jan 3, 2014
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MAC Mail App Sent the same email multiple times

Please help me Mac gurus!
I used mail application on my Mac to send an email; it sent the same email 9 times to the same recipients! I force quit Mail application. ad don't know how to stop this problem!

When I was sending the email, the application told me there is too many recipient to send to, but I couldn't react to the message, as the button for try it later was way too down my screen and I couldn't reach it. What should I do?
 
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