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Fix new message counts with Gmail IMAP and Mail
Authored by: bex on Apr 10, '08 07:41:11AM

This seems like it could fix one of my gmail problems. (I haven't tried the script yet), however I am still beginning to regret moving my email to gmail.

Does anyone else have these problems:
o Mail shows up with incorrect header information (i.e. in the mail list in mail.app the subject is X, opening the email reveals subject is really Y). This only happens in a folder that is filed to automatically by a rule
o Undo doesn't work post deletion, or worse, the email appears to be resurrected, but then disappears again a few minutes later

There are a few other "feel" issues, but all in all, gmail's IMAP support seems very forced and while not half-baked, occasionally feels that way.



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Fix new message counts with Gmail IMAP and Mail
Authored by: squawky on Apr 10, '08 08:41:30AM

I think this falls under the "GMail is not really IMAP" problem - your messages aren't in folders, they're tagged with labels. Many folks have complained online about this - the All Mail folder contains all your messages (labeled or not), while each subfolder contains a copy of the message with that appropriate label. When you delete a message, you apply a label to it ("Trash"); when you "undelete" it, you remove the label... but that doesn't ask GMail to put it back into your Inbox, as you would expect (it probably goes to your All Mail folder instead).

I have not had a problem with the unread message count, though -- I used to see double counts until I set GMail to archive my mail when it is downloaded



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