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Clearing Cache in Mail on Snow Leopard

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Mar 15, 202632373 views
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Can anyone tell me how to clear the cache in the Mail application on Snow Leopard? I noticed that it was automatically backing up my gmail messages so it ended up caching 11GB of emails even though that's more than my account. The only solution I seem to be able to find is to delete the files in Is…

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/Users/me/Library/Mail/MyGmailAccount

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Fix for: Clearing Cache in Mail on Snow Leopard

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This assumes that you're using Gmail IMAP. Set Mail.app to not keep offline copies of messages. Mail -> Preferences. Accounts -> Gmail account -> Advanced Tab. Set "Keep copies of messages for offline viewing:" to "Don't keep copies of any messages.…

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