Mail app persistent downloading of old messages

[zefff]

What, if any, is the least invasive way of preventing Mail (on MBPr) from automatically downloading thousands of read/old emails (gmail messages)?

 

[BrianBaughn]

Is your Gmail account set up as IMAP?

 

[Weaselboy]

Go to gmail.com and in your settings there look for the IMAP tab. Make sure you have enabled IMAP and used Gmails provided settings for configuring Apple Mail.

Then in that same IMAP settings section on gmail.com use the dropdown at the bottom of my screenshot to limit the amount of IMAP messages synced.

 

[zefff]

Is your Gmail account set up as IMAP?

Yes.

 

[zefff]

Go to gmail.com and in your settings there look for the IMAP tab. Make sure you have enabled IMAP and used Gmails provided settings for configuring Apple Mail.

Then in that same IMAP settings section on gmail.com use the dropdown at the bottom of my screenshot to limit the amount of IMAP messages synced.

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Thanks. My settings look the same as yours apart from the auto expunge being on.