Apple Mail and Gmail

msharp · Mar 2, 2011

Okay I am trying to set up my Gmail account to be available in Apple Mail.

So far I have been successful in setting up the Gmail as a new account in Mail using IMAP. I can send and recieve my Gmail through apple Mail. However every time I receive a new email it shows up in both the "Mailboxes-Inbox-Gmail" as well as "Gmail-[Gmail]-All Mail" when I view the message in my Inbox it does not show as read in All Mail.

Am I making any sense with this?
What can I do to fix this issue? Once I view the message once it should show as read in all my mailboxes ... right?

IIsGII · Mar 2, 2011

I'd like some guidance on this as well. I've set up a smart mailbox and the mail that should be in the smart mailbox is in there, but sometimes new mail occasionally still appears in the general "Inbox" tab, as well as the the smart mailbox. Any help would be appreciated.

schweb · Mar 2, 2011

Here's the Gmail help file on how to setup Mail, see if this helps:
Apple Mail 3.0 - Gmail Help

JudeMac · Mar 2, 2011

Hmmmm. My Gmail never goes into my Mailboxes-Inbox-Gmail. It only appears in Gmail-[Gmail]-All Mail. Should it be appearing in my inbox?

msharp · Mar 2, 2011

The help file you directed me to is refering to Mail 3.0 and setting up Gmail using POP. I am using Mail 4 i believe (snow lepoard with all updates installed) and Gmail using IMAP.

hw96Lgb · Mar 2, 2011

I do not have this issue with Thunderbird so maybe you should consider switching your mail app.

msharp · Mar 3, 2011

With some digging I found a widget in Google labs "Advanced IMAP Controls".
This was able to show or hide the Labels in IMAP. Seems to be working okay.

hw96Lgb · Mar 3, 2011

msharp said:
Okay I am trying to set up my Gmail account to be available in Apple Mail.

So far I have been successful in setting up the Gmail as a new account in Mail using IMAP. I can send and recieve my Gmail through apple Mail. However every time I receive a new email it shows up in both the "Mailboxes-Inbox-Gmail" as well as "Gmail-[Gmail]-All Mail" when I view the message in my Inbox it does not show as read in All Mail.

Am I making any sense with this?
What can I do to fix this issue? Once I view the message once it should show as read in all my mailboxes ... right?

I just recently discovered an app called Sparrow (available in the app store) that costs a few dollars but there is an ad supported free version. I definitely recommend it since it is especially and exclusively tailored for Gmail users and integrates all your accounts seamlessly into one beautiful interface.
I checked and yes, once you view a message in Sparrow it is marked as read in the inbox.