Double messages in Mail.

Hmm… this is a new one by me.
I'm running 10.5.6 on a 1.8GHz PowerPC G5.
After a few weeks of weirdness on my Mac, and doing multiple re-installs of the System, I've finally gotten things worked out. To make a really long story short: bad RAM.
Over the weekend, I did my fourth Erase & Install, and things are running well & pretty much back to order.
I pulled the Mail folder over from my previous Personal Folder > Library and got Mail going. Seems most all of the earlier e-mails in my Inbox as well as Sent box are blank. Messages in other folders are just fine.
Did an Import Mailboxes from an earlier version, and now have two of everything.
Selected a number of the blank duplicates, deleted, and within three seconds they pop back up, although they are greyed out. If I toggle the Show/Hide Deleted Messages command under View, they disappear. But if I go to another Mailbox and back again, the blank messages are back.
Yes, I've done not only a quit & re-start of Mail, but also a shut-down of the computer to see if that rectified anything. No dice.
Anyone have an idea on this one?
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wadcorp wrote:
Hmm… this is a new one by me.
I'm running 10.5.6 on a 1.8GHz PowerPC G5.
After a few weeks of weirdness on my Mac, and doing multiple re-installs of the System, I've finally gotten things worked out. To make a really long story short: bad RAM.
Over the weekend, I did my fourth Erase & Install, and things are running well & pretty much back to order.
I pulled the Mail folder over from my previous Personal Folder > Library and got Mail going. Seems most all of the earlier e-mails in my Inbox as well as Sent box are blank. Messages in other folders are just fine.
Did an Import Mailboxes from an earlier version, and now have two of everything.
Selected a number of the blank duplicates, deleted, and within three seconds they pop back up, although they are greyed out. If I toggle the Show/Hide Deleted Messages command under View, they disappear. But if I go to another Mailbox and back again, the blank messages are back.
Yes, I've done not only a quit & re-start of Mail, but also a shut-down of the computer to see if that rectified anything. No dice.
you didn't transfer your Mail correctly. quit Mail and copy the folder /users//username/library/Mail AND the file /users/username/library/preferences/com.apple.mail.plist from your backup to the corresponding locations on your startup drive replacing existing items. start mail and it will look like it was prior to the reinstall.
Anyone have an idea on this one?
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