I have three email accounts configured: two Exchange and one Gmail. Been running those three without an issue for months.
I have the habit of keeping the amount of emails in my local inbox low (“inbox zero”): as soon as I’m done, I file the email to a local folder, or trash it. So I usually work with 5-10 email in my inbox.
Yesterday, something happened (don’t know what) where messages that I had moved (i.e. filed) where appearing back in the inbox folder. I also noticed the mention “Moving Messages” stuck in the Mail app window (bottom left when you click on “Mailboxes” to reveal all your mailboxes). If I try and move a message out of the inbox to its designated folder, it will move at first, but two things happens: 1) the count of “Moving Messages” increases (making me think Mail doesn’t actually move the message, but try to do it, or move a copy of it and for some reason thinks it did not) and at some point the message will reappear in the inbox folder (especially if I try to “rebuild” the inbox folder).
Since all three accounts are IMAP, this issue impacts my other inboxes (on another laptop and on my iPhone).
I know this is not specific to EagleFiler, but was wondering if anyone with Mail expertise could suggest a way to troubleshoot this.
Thanks Michael: it took a bit of time but it did the trick. The strange thing is that the issue started a few days after I did a first complete rebuild. But now everything seems to be in order: patience is often a key piece of the troubleshooting process!
I had the same problem after a system crash.macOS 11.5.2 and later 11.6. Moving mails just stalled. Then I noticed, using CCC version 6 that my clones were copying with multiple errors. When I revealed them all in finder, I found they were all emails - mail attachments or signatures that were corrupted. So I deleted every one through CCC. Following that, CCC cloned without errors and I can now move E-Mails with no problems at all. CCC version 6 is so useful as local snapshots can also be removed via the app. Best two apps on the market, Spamsieve and CCC. Hope that helps
I faced a similar issue where Apple Mail kept showing “Moving Messages” and emails would reappear in the inbox. In many cases, the Mail database or cache gets corrupted. Rebuilding the mailbox or deleting the Envelope Index files usually helps. Also worth checking if the issue started after a macOS update or system crash, since several users reported that too.