Weird Issue with Mail

[IgnatiusTheKing]

I have Mail set to automatically open when I first boot up. It's configured with POP Gmail, where messages in my inbox automatically archive when Mail downloads them.

While I'm at work, I keep Mail closed, then open it when I get home and go through all the messages I may (or may not) have checked online during the day. Today, for seemingly no reason, my Gmail inbox suddenly went empty: everything had archived. Sure enough, Mail was open and archiving everything automatically as it came in.

Here's the weird thing, though. Mail was closed when I left home this morning; I know this because a) I remember closing it and b) Gmail didn't start archiving until around 11:00. I checked iStat and my iMac has been up for over a day, so it wasn't a power failure that caused the computer to reboot and open Mail.

Has anyone ever had a program randomly open like that? I can't think of any other way it could have happened. Is there a way to open up some sort of log on the computer that shows me everything that was done on it today?

Thanks

 

[yellow]

No, no such log by default.

You could check system.log and secure.log to see if there are any clues.

Double check that you don't have a rule in Mail that could have caused this.
No one else could have been using your computer?
Is this issue reproducible?
Are there any LaunchAgents that might have done this?

 

[Mal]

Probably a better bet would be to just use IMAP. Then it won't matter if Mail's open, it can download without marking them as read and/or archiving them until you do read and/or file them. It's worked great for me for a while.

jW

 

[IgnatiusTheKing]

No, no such log by default.

You could check system.log and secure.log to see if there are any clues.

Double check that you don't have a rule in Mail that could have caused this.
No one else could have been using your computer?
Is this issue reproducible?
Are there any LaunchAgents that might have done this?

I don't have any rules in Mail that would cause it to open by itself and no one else was at home. The iMac had been on for 24 hours+, so I don't think a launch agent could be the culprit. As for reproducibility, it only happened yesterday for the first time (and it seemed completely random as I wasn't at home and no one else was, either) so I'll just have to wait and see.

Probably a better bet would be to just use IMAP. Then it won't matter if Mail's open, it can download without marking them as read and/or archiving them until you do read and/or file them. It's worked great for me for a while.

jW

Yeah I've thought about going IMAP, but I don't like how Gmail adds a ton of unnecessary folders to Mail, and I also kind of like having all my email show up again when I open Mail. It sort-of serves as a reminder service for me if I've checked an email online during the day but wanted to read it again more closely later on.