Delete a valid .Mac alias duplicate in New Mail account list?
Hello: I've searched the archives a bit and found similar topics, but not quite exactly my situation.
One of my .Mac alias addresses appears twice in the New Mail drop down box for selecting the "sending" account. It appears twice because I changed the name to appear in the From field when sending using this account. Although the change appears when logged into .Mac, the account still shows twice in the drop down box in Mail.
Is there some way that I can remove the "obsolete" alias from the drop down box? I've synced with .Mac, but that didn't update the dropdown box.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Kris M. Cowling
"Old Fort Howard Guy"
Winneconne WI
PowerMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.9)
Do I have to subscribe to a .mac account in order to
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A .Mac account costs $99/yr and includes more than email account access.
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global theUsername
global thePassword
set success to 1
set theResult to true
if theResult is not equal to false
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#set theUsername to getUsername()
#set thePassword to getPassword()
#set theEmailAddresses to getEmailAddress()
#set theFullName to getFullName()
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end if
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tell application "Mail"
try
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on error
set theNewAccount to false
end try
end tell
return theNewAccount
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on getAccountName()
repeat
set theResult to display dialog "What would you like this account to be named?" default answer "Example: My Home Account"
set theAccountName to text returned of theResult
if theAccountName does not start with "Example:" then
exit repeat
end if
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end repeat
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set theResult to display dialog "What is the password for this account?" default answer ""
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repeat
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repeat
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set theFullName to text returned of theResult
if (theFullName does not start with "Example:") then
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end if
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log theAccount
tell application "Mail"
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end tell
end tell
end if
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repeat with eachServer in everySMTPServer
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end repeat
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end tell
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set theDefault to {"Password"}
else if accountType is equal to "SMTP" then
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set theDefault to {"Password"}
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with prompt ¬
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return theResult
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else if thePolicy is equal to "Always leave them on the server" then
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end tell
end tell
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Date/Time: 2009-11-10 23:27:07.583 -0500
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