Editing incoming mail?

Hi all,
I currently use Entourage but would prefer to use Mail but there is one tiny thing that Entourage offers which I can't seem to do in Mail, and that's edit a message after I have received it.
Basically I sell items on Amazon and once Amazon sends me an email to confirm my product has been sold, I edit it in Entourage and add the date that I dispatched the item so if there were any problems I can go back to that email and see when it was sent.
Does anyone know if you can edit your recieved email in Mail?
Thanks for any help.
Powerbook 17" 1.67Ghz
Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I have seen this thread floating around for years. Many would argue that making messages editable is a nightmare for litigation and such because email is increasingly used in court. I would argue that if this need exists, as it does in the Federal Government the solution does not belong on the desktop. Feds like us are moving to IMAP for this very reason and the archive is frozen when the message passes through the server. Apple really has no excuse for not providing this in Mail.app. Especially since I assume you can edit the individual message files in Tiger or the mbox in Panther by hand anyway. It's just one more case of wanting to appear secure without actually being secure. I hope Apple is listening, and yes I will submit a feature request both online and at WWDC this summer.
edit: It's worth mention that encrypted messages which the feds are also adopting (and Apple supports) can protect the integrity of selected messages without preventing editing of non-encrypted or signed ones.
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Hi there!
Here is a KB that discusses that:
KB02509 Cannot edit original text of a message
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TS4002 I cannot edit my incoming mail server name under iCloud

This morning my iCloud email stopped working. When I open the Mail preferences panel and look at the iCloud account, the Incoming Mail Server is listed as "mail.example.com" and is greyed out. I cannot edit this entry to the proper iCloud server name. I can edit my user name and password, but when I try to save changes it tells me that I cannot leave the Incoming Mail Server name blank. Which wouldn't be a problem if I could, you know, change it.
This just started this morning. I noticed that Mail was asking me for passwords that have been in my Keychain for ages, and I had to manually enter them all to get to my email.
My account is working on my iOS devices.
Tom

Looked around on other threads on Apple Support and found a solution that worked for me.
    - Delete your iCloud account in Mail Preferences, Account tab.
     - Click "+" to add an account
     - Fill in your iCloud name-address-password, then hold Option key down, then click 'Continue'. Holding Option down takes you to a screen you normally don't see!
     - Change the incoming Mail Server from 'mail.me.com' to 'imap.mail.me.com'
     - Proceed creating your account.
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I can't edit my incoming mail server in Mail prefs. I am able to use my .me email on my phone just fine, but can't get it on my iMac. The field reads "mail.example.com" but is grayed out and I click and nothing happens. Can't get the field to edit.
Help!

I did retore the ipod to factory settings, I believe that the information was correct. I even deleted the account and re-entered. when it verifies This message comes up
The IMAP Server
"apple.imap.mail.yahoo.com" is not responding. Check your network connection and that you entered the correct information in the "Incoming Mail Server" field.
I can not even find the Incoming Mail Server.

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When trying to update my Mail Account Mailbox Behaviours settings, after making the changes when I try to close the settings pane the following messages occur: Invalid Incoming Mail Server The “Incoming Mail Server” field cannot be empty. The incoming mail server box has in light grey colour: p02-imap.mail.me.com in it and I cannot edit its content. Any ideas what is going on and how to fix it?

Hi all,
Mattreichenbach is probably on the right track here with a reset of settings. I think I've determined the issue has to do with cached account information and inconsistencies for the account name. This seems to crop up when I've changed my password and it hasn't propagated fully to all the servers, devices, certificates, etc.
Hopefully many here are on their way to restoration of service by now but it's clear that a lot of people are having the same issues. Very frustrating and definitely something Apple needs to resolve: incoming mail server field grayed out, incorrect autopopulation of different fields, other unanticipated behaviors. If you're still having issues, though, here's what worked for me...
First, head to the iCloud preferences pane in System Configuration and choose "Sign Out". When I did this it prompted me with a number of "are you sure" type questions about retaining information on my local machine. I chose to delete/remove the info each time simply because it should all be restored by the cloud and I didn't want to risk a massive duplication of my data... I will say, I'm back up and running with no issues so I suspect you can make the same delete/remove choices... But use your own judgment. I don't want you to lose any data (ie.. please use care as you do this because I cannot bear the thought of causing anyone to experience the pain of data loss).
Once you've signed out of iCloud, restart your system. When you get back in, head to the Mail, Contacts and Calendars section of your System Preferences and add your account back by choosing the brushed aluminum "iCloud" button. When it asks for your account name, use your @iCloud.com email address. I am all but certain my issue had started because one of my devices (iPhone or whatever) had been set up with an email alias specified instead of my @iCloud.com address.
Apple, if you're reading through any of these issues (there are TONS of users having this same problem). Take note, that your icloud service somewhat frequently is not responding and yet tells the user that the password is wrong and this prompts people to be changing their passwords unnecessarily. This has happened to me on numerous occasions. Also, I noticed that last week's outage corresponded to a VERY similar outage exactly one year ago to the day. Sounds like planned maintenance to me and I think you could do a better job notifying folks so we're not wasting HUGE amounts of time troubleshooting a problem that we have no hope of fixing.
Hope that helps some of you!
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I am unable to send mail-in mail preferences at accounts page I am unable to type in the incoming mail server

On my mac pro I have lost the abillity the send mail--no a probllem on my desk top Mac.
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Any way to disable or/edit the complete list…?
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I put my wife's email account which is in iCloud on mail with a couple of other iCloud accounts. To identify who's iCloud account is who's, In the preferences on the account where you edit the description from the default "iCloud" to User's Name iCloud and after you hit save I get an error saying The "Incoming Mail Server" field cannot be empty. Yet is has p04--imap.mail.me.com in the field that is greyed out and I cannot edit the fields contents and therefore doesn't allow me to change the email account's description. I've tried deleting the accounts, logging out of icloud, etc. Nothing has fixed this yet.
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Okay, I had this problem and solved it as follows:
1. Deleted any non-functioning iCloud-IMAP accounts from Mail's Preferences. I had two that were working fine, so I left those in place. One of those was the primary iCloud account on my Mac, i.e., the account used for "Find My iPhone/Mac/iPad" and iCloud storage, etc.
2. Then I quit Mail and restarted my computer.
3. Went to my other devices and made sure the primary account was the same one there. [Note: It was not -- the primary iCloud account was different on my iPhone versus my Mac, I think this discrepancy might have been the source of the problem, but I don't know.]
4. I also made sure my wife's Mac uses a different primary iCloud account, one that is not on my machines, although we share one secondary iCloud Mail account (which is not the primary on any device -- it is always a secondary account).
5. Then, following MChannel's advice upthread, I went into System Preferences > Mail, Contacts & Calendars, and added the formerly problematic iCloud accout that way. I have everything turned on for my primary iCloud account. All of the secondary accounts only have Mail turned on (although I don't think that matters -- you can turn on the other features that are available there if you like).
6. Opened Mail and voila! -- everything is working fine. Accounts are all set up properly without me even opening Mail's Preferences.

ICloud incoming mail server setting.

I'm not getting iCloud email and the incoming mail server setting (p99-imap.mail.me.com) is dimmed out and not editable. Ideas?

Chris CA wrote:
CAP2010 wrote:
Unfortunately, no matter what I type into the incoming email server while attempting to recreate my account in Mail, the program always tries to connect to p99-imap.mail.me.com.
You don't have to type any server info for your iCloud account.
System prefs > Mail, Contacts & Calendars - New account and select iCloud.
Unfortunately, that was step 1 in the process of not being able to use my mail in iCloud. Also, I have tried changing my password to 8 numbers/letter, etc. in accordance with the new AppleID rules, but that did not work. I have also tried deleting and recreating my account multiple times. I am definitely willing to try any more suggestions.

How to stop incoming mail?

Hi!
I would like to stop *incoming mail* on the iBook G4. All I want is send. Is it possible? I read something about +Server Admin+. I don't know what it is and where to find it. I thought of creating rules for all accounts but I don't know if it's the right way to do it. It is becoming increasingly difficult to manage the mail system through 4 computers.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Hmmm, interesting question, only thing I can think of at the moment is in Mail Prefs to wipe out the incoming Mail server and log in, then in Advanced deselect Check this account for incoming mail automatically for this account.
Perhaps just in advanced, unchecking Remove Mail from Server on all but the Main one, they'll all get it still, until the main Mac does.
IMAP if available could solve this also.
EDIT: Took me too long t post, glad you found it though!
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HT4864 how do i change my incoming mail server name?

My incoming mail messages on my MacBook suddenly stopped coming in yesterday. I changed nothing, but now it says I have the wrong password. I checked my incoming mail server settings and think this could be the problem, but do not know how to change it. It is greyd out.

Since you're posting in the icloud forum, I'm going to assume you're using an icloud email account.
You're not supposed to edit its settings directly. Quit Mail. Click your apple >> system preferences >> icloud. Remove the checkmark beside mail. Wait a minute and recheck it. Then try the account in the mail.app again.
If you've manually added the account because you're not running Lion or Mountain Lion, then you can check the settings in Mail menu >> preferences >> accounts >> select the account. The correct settings for icloud mail is here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4864

TS3988 I cannot change the incoming mail sever

I recently set up two aliases through iCloud and then added them as new email accoutns to my email client on my computer. However, I cannot click on the field to change the incoming mail server. There is a generic greyed out 'mail.example.com', but I cannot change that on either account. I also have squiggly lines nest to the inboxes on the email client. When I click on those, I am asked to put in a password. The only password I know to put in is my iCloud Password, but that doesn't work, and it asks again.
Can anyone please help?
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Jeremy

I am up against the same problem with a reticent Incoming Mail Server field as I attempt to set up IMAP accounts for my original mac.com alias addresses. I've tried deleting the incomplete account setups, then recreating an identical account using "imap.mail.me.com" without success. Nor have I found any improvement by changing the Account Type from an iCloud IMAP to a plain IMAP account…and back again.
The field labeled Alias appears to offer a choice of Custom or Edit Aliases but attempts to make a different selection are futile…the setting remains on Custom.
Curiously, however, my primary mac.com address appears to be operating correctly, though it requires an altogether different IMAP address — po3-imap.mail.me.com. Presumably, a solution exists; however, it remains elusive and far from intuitive to this observer. Any insight from more experienced users than I will be gratefully received! Thank you.
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Open Keychain in Utilites and delete all the "outgoing" entries (will probably be smtp.<your ISP name>.net). Then go into Mail Preferences>Accounts, clear out any passwords for the outgoing. Can't say exactly where this is or what this looks like in 10.7, since I'm running 10.6. Then enter new (EDIT: or can be the same old ones) passwords, or password. Allow Keychain to save those new ones.
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