IMAP reports 1GB useage in Mail, folder takes up 5.5GB

[Xenoit]

The title basically says it all. This is my first post, and I am pretty much a mac noob. I noticed that I was getting lowish on space, and noticed that the folder for my IMAP gmail account was taking up a lot more space then I thought it should. I've got a screen shot, but don't know how to post it at the moment. (I lack a free hosting account =D)

Thanks for the help!

 

[Nebrie]

Try selecting the mailbox then going to Mailbox > Rebuild and see if that works.

 

[clevin]

IMAP shouldn't take much space at all.. I feels like I said this a lot recently, but it might be a good idea to file a bug report to apple so next version would be better.

 

[Xenoit]

Thanks

I will try rebuilding again, almost every other time I open my mail, it says that one of my Mailboxes has an issue, and I get the option to quit, or quit and rebuild. I have rebuilt my mailbox four or five times now though.

An error report has been sent to Apple.

Thanks for the suggestions guys!

 

[Xenoit]

Looks like Gmail's labels, and IMAP setup differ from the mail apps a little, basically using the IMAP google lab, you can tell gmail to only show certain folders. Also, I checked googles recommended mail settings and changed those to match. Seems like I shoulda just done so in the first place!

Hope my idiocy helps others at least lol