Hundreds of e-mails appear in dock
Trying to help a colleague and am stumped.
When she opens her Mail program, literally hundreds of e-mails appear in her dock, rendering it completely useless. I haven't been able to find a way to turn this feature off.
Hi again:
Spotlight does not find system files very well (I never use it). I use "file>find" and tell it to include system files in the search.
That file is in your home folder (~library>preferences).
Barry
Message was edited by: Barry Hemphill
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Something doesn’t make sense here. Are the messages on the server or not?
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