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There are some mailboxes in the 'On My Mac' section of Mail's sidebar. I don't know that I've ever used them, and their presence recently confused me. (Drafts, Sent, Archive). Is there a downside to deleting them?
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srb
macOS 12.2.1 (Monterey)
Yes, BobTheFisherman, I'd read this before and it tells me how to go about deleting a mailbox. I had wondered if any gurus here could tell me if deleting these in particular was a bad idea. I guess I'll just try it and see. Thanks.
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srb
Well, no, I'm not going to try it. I get a message telling me that I'm about to delete the mailbox "On My Mac", an action that'll be permanent. The mailboxes I established to organize my e-mail are all identified by their name. Oh, well.
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srb
Thanks, tbirdvet.
As I said, though, I've decided not to delete them. When I attempted to, I got a scary message that I was about to permanently delete "On My Mac". "On My Mac" contains a lot of mailboxes established by me to save old e-mails, as you said, as well as these few that appeared after I upgraded from Catalina to Monterey. When I test the ones established by me, the dialog box identifies the mailbox by name, and doesn't claim I'm about to delete "On My Mac". So, I've moved the ones I was interested in to the bottom of the list where they're less likely to get in my way.
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srb
"On My Mac" mail boxes are used to keep items that you want to save and not rely on a mail server. If you do not need them or what the contents then you can delete. Your call.
Here is information regarding deleting "On My Mac" mailboxes: Create or delete mailboxes in Mail on Mac - Apple Support
Deleting 'On My Mac' mailboxes - Downside?
