HT4889 Apple Mail accounts

How can I bring my (Apple) Mail accounts (including Mail Boxes, messages, signatures, etc) across to my new MacBookPro?

Migration Assistant will help you transferring the data from your old Mac to your new one. If you haven't set up your computer, it will ask you to restore files from another computer, so follow the steps. You can select what you want to restore to the new Mac. The same for Migration Assistant.
If you have already set up your Mac, Migration Assistant will create a new user with the migrated data, so you have to log in that user and you will access to your files, including mail addresses. See > http://pondini.org/OSX/MigrateLion.html

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I updated the incoming and outgoing mail servers in Apple Mail and did a "Get Mail".
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The new Smart Mailbox was unable to retrieve any new messages.
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Apple Mail account suddenly offline, smtp offline

iMac 27" (late 2009) updated to Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10 and Apple Mail 8.0 (1990.1) 17th October 2014.
Mail accounts in Apple Mail where working as years before until Yesterday, 3th November 2014. Suddenly 2 out of 3 accounts where offline showing the warning triangle icon on the right. Command "go online" and "syncronize" has no effect. Activity in Mail is showing no try to connect. Looking into the account config I see that the SMTP are "offline".
I checked everything and compared to the settings of the one account which is still normal working. Everything is identically set up. Only differences are the domain names, username and pwd. The domain names are on the same external virtual hosts and have same configs. The on the iMac faulty accounts are working on iPad and iPhone like ever and from the same internal network. My hardware firewall or the external mailserver can not be the reason.
I deleted 1) SMTP config, 2) whole mail account, 3) all corresponding keys in keychain and was setting up from new. No chance, they show SMTP offline and do not go online in IMAP. Next was trying to give account #1 the SMTP from the working #3. The SMTP #3 shows fine but near the inbox of account #1 i have again the warning triangle. No go online, no sync, no action in the activity window.
I go setting up Mail with these accounts in a new user. Mail was totally empty as I started config of two accounts. After doing all they where at the same point. No connection possible.
Why is this happend suddenly and after more than 2 weeks after Yosmite update? Why is one account working, two others not anymore?

Sorry, just found the details. Here we go:
INITIATING CONNECTION Nov 05 17:36:48.922 host:domain1.net -- port:587 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x61000086c3c0
INITIATING CONNECTION Nov 05 17:36:48.922 host:domain2.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x61000027a000
INITIATING CONNECTION Nov 05 17:36:48.922 host:internalserver.local -- port:993 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x610000665180
INITIATING CONNECTION Nov 05 17:36:48.922 host:domain2.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x608000862e40
INITIATING CONNECTION Nov 05 17:36:48.923 host:domain1.net -- port:993 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x610000665f00
INITIATING CONNECTION Nov 05 17:36:48.923 host:domain1.net -- port:993 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x608000863f40
INITIATING CONNECTION Nov 05 17:36:48.923 host:domain1.net -- port:993 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x61000086bcc0
INITIATING CONNECTION Nov 05 17:36:48.924 host:domain1.net -- port:587 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x61000026d240
INITIATING CONNECTION Nov 05 17:36:48.940 host:p09-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x600000266300
CONNECTED Nov 05 17:36:48.950 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:domain2.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x6000002b85a0 -- thread:0x61000027a000
CONNECTED Nov 05 17:36:48.956 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:internalserver.local -- port:993 -- socket:0x6180002b77c0 -- thread:0x610000665180
READ Nov 05 17:36:48.956 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:internalserver.local -- port:993 -- socket:0x6180002b77c0 -- thread:0x610000665180
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE AUTH=CRAM-MD5 AUTH=DIGEST-MD5 AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot ready.
WROTE Nov 05 17:36:48.957 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:internalserver.local -- port:993 -- socket:0x6180002b77c0 -- thread:0x610000665f00
1.88 ID ("name" "Mac OS X Mail" "version" "8.0 (1990.1)" "os" "Mac OS X" "os-version" "10.10 (14A389)" "vendor" "Apple Inc.")
READ Nov 05 17:36:48.958 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:internalserver.local -- port:993 -- socket:0x6180002b77c0 -- thread:0x610000665f00
* ID ("name" "Dovecot" "version" "2.2.5")
1.88 OK ID completed.
WROTE Nov 05 17:36:48.960 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:internalserver.local -- port:993 -- socket:0x6180002b77c0 -- thread:0x608000863f40
2.88 AUTHENTICATE PLAIN (*** 68 bytes hidden ***)
READ Nov 05 17:36:48.984 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:domain2.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x6000002b85a0 -- thread:0x61000027a000
220 exthost.han-solo.net ESMTP
WROTE Nov 05 17:36:48.993 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:domain2.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x6000002b85a0 -- thread:0x61000027a000
EHLO [192.168.1.11]
READ Nov 05 17:36:49.016 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:domain2.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x6000002b85a0 -- thread:0x61000027a000
250-exthost.han-solo.net Hello 151.2.150.83.ftth.as8758.net [83.150.2.151], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-PIPELINING
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE 50000000
250-DSN
250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
250-STARTTLS
250-DELIVERBY
250 HELP
WROTE Nov 05 17:36:49.016 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:domain2.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x6000002b85a0 -- thread:0x61000027a000
STARTTLS
READ Nov 05 17:36:49.039 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:domain2.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x6000002b85a0 -- thread:0x61000027a000
220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS
CONNECTED Nov 05 17:36:49.104 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:domain2.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6100004a4e60 -- thread:0x608000862e40
READ Nov 05 17:36:49.126 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:domain2.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6100004a4e60 -- thread:0x608000862e40
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] com server ready.
WROTE Nov 05 17:36:49.127 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:domain2.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6100004a4e60 -- thread:0x61000026d240
1.89 ID ("name" "Mac OS X Mail" "version" "8.0 (1990.1)" "os" "Mac OS X" "os-version" "10.10 (14A389)" "vendor" "Apple Inc.")
READ Nov 05 17:36:49.150 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:domain2.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6100004a4e60 -- thread:0x61000026d240
* ID NIL
1.89 OK ID completed.
WROTE Nov 05 17:36:49.151 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:domain2.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6100004a4e60 -- thread:0x61000086bcc0
2.89 AUTHENTICATE PLAIN (*** 44 bytes hidden ***)
READ Nov 05 17:36:49.162 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:internalserver.local -- port:993 -- socket:0x6180002b77c0 -- thread:0x608000863f40
2.88 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS SPECIAL-USE BINARY MOVE SEARCH=FUZZY URLAUTH URLAUTH=BINARY COMPRESS=DEFLATE QUOTA ACL RIGHTS=texk] Logged in
WROTE Nov 05 17:36:49.163 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:internalserver.local -- port:993 -- socket:0x6180002b77c0 -- thread:0x61000026d240
3.88 LIST "" ""
READ Nov 05 17:36:49.164 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:internalserver.local -- port:993 -- socket:0x6180002b77c0 -- thread:0x61000026d240
* LIST (\Noselect) "." ""
3.88 OK List completed.
WROTE Nov 05 17:36:49.164 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:internalserver.local -- port:993 -- socket:0x6180002b77c0 -- thread:0x610000665f00
4.88 LOGOUT
READ Nov 05 17:36:49.197 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:domain2.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6100004a4e60 -- thread:0x61000086bcc0
2.89 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS QUOTA] Logged in
WROTE Nov 05 17:36:49.198 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:domain2.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6100004a4e60 -- thread:0x61000086bcc0
3.89 LIST "" ""
WROTE Nov 05 17:36:49.204 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:domain2.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x6000002b85a0 -- thread:0x61000027a000
EHLO [192.168.1.11]
READ Nov 05 17:36:49.221 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:domain2.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6100004a4e60 -- thread:0x61000086bcc0
* LIST (\Noselect) "." ""
3.89 OK List completed.
WROTE Nov 05 17:36:49.221 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:domain2.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6100004a4e60 -- thread:0x61000086bcc0
4.89 LOGOUT
READ Nov 05 17:36:49.227 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:domain2.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x6000002b85a0 -- thread:0x61000027a000
250-exthost.han-solo.net Hello 151.2.150.83.ftth.as8758.net [83.150.2.151], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-PIPELINING
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE 50000000
250-DSN
250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
250-DELIVERBY
250 HELP
WROTE Nov 05 17:36:49.228 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:domain2.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x6000002b85a0 -- thread:0x61000027a000
AUTH PLAIN (*** 44 bytes hidden ***)
READ Nov 05 17:36:49.253 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:domain2.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x6000002b85a0 -- thread:0x61000027a000
235 2.0.0 OK Authenticated
WROTE Nov 05 17:36:49.253 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:domain2.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x6000002b85a0 -- thread:0x61000027a000
QUIT
CONNECTED Nov 05 17:36:49.542 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:p09-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6000002ba220 -- thread:0x600000266300
READ Nov 05 17:36:49.651 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:p09-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6000002ba220 -- thread:0x600000266300
* OK [CAPABILITY st11p09mm-iscream007 14G XAPPLEPUSHSERVICE IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR AUTH=ATOKEN AUTH=PLAIN] iSCREAM ready to rumble (14G:30156) st11p09mm-iscream007 [18:7146:16:36:49:09]
WROTE Nov 05 17:36:49.651 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:p09-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6000002ba220 -- thread:0x61000027a000
1.100 AUTHENTICATE ATOKEN (*** 80 bytes hidden ***)
READ Nov 05 17:36:49.777 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:p09-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6000002ba220 -- thread:0x61000027a000
1.100 OK [CAPABILITY XAPPLEPUSHSERVICE IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 ACL QUOTA LITERAL+ NAMESPACE UIDPLUS CHILDREN BINARY UNSELECT SORT CATENATE URLAUTH LANGUAGE ESEARCH ESORT THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES CONDSTORE ENABLE CONTEXT=SEARCH CONTEXT=SORT WITHIN SASL-IR SEARCHRES XSENDER X-NETSCAPE XSERVERINFO X-SUN-SORT ANNOTATE-EXPERIMENT-1 X-UNAUTHENTICATE X-SUN-IMAP X-ANNOTATEMORE XUM1 ID IDLE] User cabaumle logged in
WROTE Nov 05 17:36:49.778 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:p09-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6000002ba220 -- thread:0x61000027a000
2.100 ID ("name" "Mac OS X Mail" "version" "8.0 (1990.1)" "os" "Mac OS X" "os-version" "10.10 (14A389)" "vendor" "Apple Inc.")
READ Nov 05 17:36:49.889 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:p09-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6000002ba220 -- thread:0x61000027a000
* ID NIL
2.100 OK Completed
WROTE Nov 05 17:36:49.890 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:p09-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6000002ba220 -- thread:0x610000665f00
3.100 LIST "" ""
READ Nov 05 17:36:50.000 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:p09-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6000002ba220 -- thread:0x610000665f00
* LIST (\Noselect) "/" ""
3.100 OK Completed
WROTE Nov 05 17:36:50.001 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:p09-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6000002ba220 -- thread:0x610000665f00
4.100 LOGOUT
READ Nov 05 17:37:07.812 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:internalserver.local -- port:993 -- socket:0x6080002b4ca0 -- thread:0x600000266300
* OK Still here
READ Nov 05 17:37:11.012 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:domain2.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x6100002ae700 -- thread:0x61000026d240
* OK Still here

Apple mail - account is offline - refuses to go online

I use apple mail to connect to multiple accounts. One of them went offline on Friday and refuses to come back on.
The account is fully functional, because it's still working fine on iPhone, iPad and through Outlook 2011.
It's like once apple mail decides an account is offline, that's it.
Is there a solution?

INITIATING CONNECTION Jul 14 13:28:28.682 host:plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x61800067a6c0
INITIATING CONNECTION Jul 14 13:28:28.682 host:smtp.att.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x61000087c6c0
INITIATING CONNECTION Jul 14 13:28:28.682 host:smtp.comcast.net -- port:587 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x608000879e00
INITIATING CONNECTION Jul 14 13:28:28.682 host:smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x600000e74080
INITIATING CONNECTION Jul 14 13:28:28.683 host:imap.mail.yahoo.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x618000a7ae40
INITIATING CONNECTION Jul 14 13:28:28.683 host:mail.comcast.net -- port:995 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x600001071b40
INITIATING CONNECTION Jul 14 13:28:28.683 host:plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com -- port:995 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x618000a78b80
INITIATING CONNECTION Jul 14 13:28:28.698 host:p07-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x618000a7ae80
INITIATING CONNECTION Jul 14 13:28:32.101 host:plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x600000e74080
INITIATING CONNECTION Jul 14 13:28:32.101 host:smtp.att.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x608000879e00
INITIATING CONNECTION Jul 14 13:28:32.101 host:plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com -- port:995 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x600001072880
INITIATING CONNECTION Jul 14 13:28:32.101 host:p07-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x600001071b40
INITIATING CONNECTION Jul 14 13:28:32.101 host:smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x61800067a6c0
INITIATING CONNECTION Jul 14 13:28:32.101 host:mail.comcast.net -- port:995 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x618000e76280
INITIATING CONNECTION Jul 14 13:28:32.102 host:imap.mail.yahoo.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x618000a78b80
INITIATING CONNECTION Jul 14 13:28:32.102 host:smtp.comcast.net -- port:587 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x618000a7ae40

Apple Mail accounts defaulting to IMAP instead of POP

My ISP (Cox) tells me they support both IMAP and POP. With my old eMac (PPC 10.5.8), Apple Mail was working fine with POP. However, when I set up my new Mac Mini (10.10.3), the account setup defaults to IMAP and doesn't allow me to change this to POP. I was involved in this discussion :
OS X 10.10.3 Apple Mail: 'Remove copy from server after retrieving a message' is no longer an option?
However, unlike the OP, in my case after pressing the "Create" button, no second display came up, i.e. Yosemite automatically configured the account as IMAP and that was that.
Anyone have any ideas how I can either edit the new accounts or add a new account so that it uses POP instead of IMAP in Apple Mail?

You may have to use Add Other Account from the bottom of the email provider list in Internet Accounts.
So, if this doesn't work for the listed providers, try it with Add Other Account.
When you get to the screen where you put in the email address and password, hold down the Option key and the Create button will change to Next. Press that and you can manually configure the account.

Apple Mail account missing in Mac and iphone

Last Sunday, one of my mail accounts disappeared in apple mac.
This morning, the same mail account disappeared in iphone.
I did not delete any account.
What's more strange is that the account seems to exist since I cannot add a new account using the same setting/information. It says the same account already exists
I have exactly the same mail settings on mac, iphone and iPad. Hopefully my ipad won't get screwed up.

I just had an account vanish on my apple mail. I was able to re-enter it though.

IPhoto'11 changing Apple Mail account settings

When sending a photo from within iPhoto'11's share/mail option, iPhoto requests I enter my email account password (which I do). The photo is then eventually sent, however when then accessing the separate Apple Mail application 'Mail' cannot send or retrieve email because it repeatedly requests my POP & SMTP passwords. No matter how many times I input the correct info Mail will not send/receive.
I think that iPhoto11 is rewriting/overwriting the Mail account settings within the Mail application itself.
The only way I can get Mail to work correctly again is to use my Time Machine backup and replace Mail's Library & preference plists settings from the day earlier.
Mail works correctly before using iPhoto11 but when I then use iPhoto11 the above error repeats itself and it's Groundhog Day again! Aaagh!!
Anyone have a workaround/solution to this please?

I, too, am having this problem...as I just found out. I have been trying to email a picture from my iPhoto '11 library for the better part of an hour now. It still hasn't worked. I have verified and reverified my settings. Still no luck. I have had nothing but trouble since upgrading to '11. I'm at a loss right now--All I would like to do is email this ONE picture!

Need help mapping Exchange info to Apple Mail account setup

I need a little help mapping the Exchange settings I have from my IT department to the fields used by Apple Mail for an Exchange mailbox. It's not clear whether Apple Mail is really using the Exchange protocols or POP. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
From my IT department:
Outlook web access (OWA): server.mycompany.com
Exchange server: exchg.server.mycompany.com
Exchange domain: EXCHG
Incoming mail (POP/IMAP): inserver.mycompany.com
Outgoing mail (SMTP): outserver.mycompany.com
Exchange proxy setting: exproxy.mycompany.com
Apple Mail 3.3:
Incoming mail server: Should this be exchg.server.mycompany.com or inserver.mycompany.com ?
User name: Should this be the userid that I use for https Outlook Web Access (OWA) login?
Outgoing mail server: outserver.mycompany.com
Outlook web access server: Should this be exproxy.mycompany.com ?
The Apple Mail fields for "incoming mail server" and "outgoing mail server" suggest that it's not really using the Exchange protocols so what does it do with the "Outlook Web Access Server" information??
Thanks in advance. I hope this thread is useful to others!

Create the mail account as "IMAP" and use these server settings:
Incoming mail (POP/IMAP): inserver.mycompany.com
Outgoing mail (SMTP): outserver.mycompany.com
User name: Should this be the userid that I use for https Outlook Web Access (OWA) login?
It should be the username in Active Directory, typically in the form "domain\usershortname" or "usershortname@fqdn_domain". Don't mix up the Active Directory domain with the mail domain! If not set up different, this should be the same credentials you use to authenticate for Outlook Web Access.

Migration Assistant only moved Apple Mail account & nothing else in Mail

Hello,
I recently got a New MacBook Pro, now running 10.8.1. My Old Black MacBook was Running Snow Leopard 10.6.8.
I used the Migration Assistant to move everything over. So far Everything seems to have been moved over, except my mail settings, Malbox folders, Rules, and accounts. It did move my icloud mail account info, but that was it. I have 5 other Accounts with seperate POP/SMTP servers to move over. I have been able to manually Migrate all the Mailbox folders on my mac by importing them from my old mac's ~/user/Library/Mail folder, but my accounts and Extensive set of rules still have not been moved.
I first tried moving my MessageRules.plist file from my old ~/user/Library/Mail folder to my new folder of the same name, but that did not move my rules.
Any Suggestions as to how I can move my accounts and rules.
Thank you in Advance.
Jeff

I am having the same issue in one of my machines: just downloading one mail at a time from my Gmail account...
I would love to hear a solution to this...

Setting up apple mail account with imap fails

Hi folks.
I have a mail address from a german provider www.all-inkl.com.
My hardware is a MacBook Air 1,7 GHz Intel Core i5 with MacOSX 10.7.5
I do not succeed setting up Apple Mail (Version 5.3) for this mail address using IMAP. Strangely it works on Thunderbird 17 for Mac.
Find the settings below (those which Thunderbird accepts):
INCOMING: imap.XXXX.de – Port 143
OUTGOING: smtp.XXXX.de – Port 587
STARTTLS
Email: [email protected]
Username: j.raff
Apple Mail says (translated from German):
"Login at the IMAP Server 'imap.XXXX.de' failed. Make sure Username and Password are correct ..."
Does anyone have a clue?

Thank you for staying with me.
And, yes, I have the same error as described above.
I double checked all details.
Still, there is some ambiguity with username and servernames. Username may either be the email OR email name before @ OR client number ... Tried all.
Btw, in the Android E-Mail App it doesn't work either. I guess I have to call the provider.

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