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How to stop downloading (Mail) messages - my mail is up to 22K old emails?

How to stop downloading (Mail) messages on my MacBook Pro - my mail is up to 22K old emails?



Posted on May 2, 2022 6:13 AM

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Posted on May 2, 2022 6:29 AM

Farley820 wrote:

How to stop downloading (Mail) messages on my MacBook Pro - my mail is up to 22K old emails?


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22 K is next to nothing ...?



A kilobyte (KB) is 1,024 bytes.

A megabyte (MB) is 1,024 kilobytes.

A gigabyte (GB) is 1,024 megabytes.

A terabyte (TB) is 1,024 gigabytes.



if this is a count as in 22,000 —IMAP mail syncs with the server yes. Mail does not take up much space...


see—

Apple Mail Constantly Downloading Messages - Apple Community

Q: Mail keeps downloading thousands of old emails - Apple ...

Mail constantly downloading emails - Apple Support ...



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May 2, 2022 6:29 AM in response to Farley820

Farley820 wrote:

How to stop downloading (Mail) messages on my MacBook Pro - my mail is up to 22K old emails?


?


22 K is next to nothing ...?



A kilobyte (KB) is 1,024 bytes.

A megabyte (MB) is 1,024 kilobytes.

A gigabyte (GB) is 1,024 megabytes.

A terabyte (TB) is 1,024 gigabytes.



if this is a count as in 22,000 —IMAP mail syncs with the server yes. Mail does not take up much space...


see—

Apple Mail Constantly Downloading Messages - Apple Community

Q: Mail keeps downloading thousands of old emails - Apple ...

Mail constantly downloading emails - Apple Support ...



How to stop downloading (Mail) messages - my mail is up to 22K old emails?

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