I opened a message in mail and it froze and it wont open or close.

i cant shut off or restart my computer because of this. what do i do?

Reboot just means(log out) turn your computer off, then turn it back on. (and log back in)
Some spam can be malicious, but almost never on a Mac. So I doubt it caused any serious problems.
By the way, I always look at things that are suspicious on my web mail before downloading it...just a bad or good habit from the old Windows days.
All the best

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HT1766 Problems with iPad (3rd generation) i had a pop up on my screen saying i hadnt backed up in 4 weeks i hit ok and the pop up wont go away and now another with the same message has appeared and that wont go either, i cant unlock the ipad because of t

i had a pop up on my screen saying i hadnt backed up in 4 weeks i hit ok and the pop up wont go away and now another with the same message has appeared and that wont go either, i cant unlock the ipad because of these and i dont think it's backing up properly either
HELP!!

Have you tried a reset ? Press and hold both the sleep and home buttons for about 10 to 15 seconds (ignore the red slider if it appears), after which the Apple logo should appear - you won't lose any content, it's the iPad equivalent of a reboot.

How do I keep duplicate messages in Mail and Gmail?

For the past few years messages would appear in both my Mail and Gmail inboxes. If I deleted a message in Gmail, the duplicate would REMAIN in Mail. Therefore, I could keep some messages in my gmail account that pertained to work and delete their duplicates in Mail (since I wouldn't need them at home). Likewise, I could keep some messages organized in my Mail folders and delete their counterparts in the Gmail account.
At some point I must've downloaded an update or something because the accounts are now totally synced. If I delete a message in my Gmail inbox (or even move it to a Gmail folder), it vanishes from my Mail inbox.
I know this is how most people like these programs to work together, but is there a way to revert it back to the way it was? I tried toggling off POP, then testing it (didn't work). Then I toggled off IMAP (still didn't work). Then I toggled both of them off (still didn't work). My Mail account is listed as IMAP for what it's worth.

Try posting this in the 10.7 Mail forum. You'll get more help there.
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WiFi connected but message from mail and Safari "can't connect to server"

My WiFi went down and rebooted. WiFi connected on iPhone, IPad and MacBook Pro. The iPad gives an error message from mail, Safari and other apps, "can't connect to server". What is wrong and how do i correct settings on the iPad?

Hello MBreck47
There are a few more things you can try to troubleshoot issues with maintaining a connection to Wi-Fi. Check out the article below for those steps to resolve your issue.
iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1398
Regards,
-Norm G.

Messaging Server: mail and mailalternativeaddress attributes must be unique

Email addresses for a given User Directory must have unique mail
and mailalternativeaddress
attributes.

Messaging Server uses the following two attributes to search for email
addresses in the User Directory: 

<OL>
<LI>mail
<LI>mailalternativeaddress
</OL>

Each email address in the User Directory must have unique entries for these
two attributes. If a given email address appears twice in the User Directory,
the Messaging Server will display an error message and will not deliver the
email to either address. In the case where a user wants email that is
addressed to one email address to go to other email addresses as well (e.g., if
a user has multiple accounts), you would need to create a group for that user
and add the other email addresses to the group.

Additional Notes:

<UL>
<LI>Administration Server 3.x and 4.x have various mechanisms for
reducing the likelihood of user error when creating email accounts.

<LI>Administrators of Directory Server 4.x servers should also be aware that
the mail and
mailalternativeaddress
attributes must be unique to prevent collisions between those two attributes.

The uid uniqueness plugin maintains uniqueness within attributes, but not across attributes.
Using this feature for both attributes cannot fully prevent address collisions.
 
For example, a user could theoretically enter duplicate values for the
mail and
mailalternativeaddress attributes:
 

mail: [email protected]
 

mailalternativeaddress: [email protected]

Although the server would initially accept this value for both attributes, it
will post an error message later when it processes an email addressed to this
address.
</UL>

What does “I overwrote the information in Accounts” mean? What exactly did you do? More info, please.
Deleting a mail account (which i not the same as overwritting the account information) causes all your mail stored in that account’s mailboxes to be removed from the computer as well, and you you were warned that this would happen by an alert similar to this for Mail 2.x (I don’t know what the exact wording is in Mac OS X 10.3):
Remove Account
Are you sure you want to remove the <AccountType> account "<AccountName>"?
This will permanently delete the account setup information, mailboxes, and messages from your computer. Messages stored on the mail server will not be affected.For IMAP-type accounts, this is not a problem because mail is stored on the server. If you deleted a POP account, however, your mail has certainly been wiped out from the computer, not just moved somewhere.
To prevent that from happening, you should have moved your mail to custom “On My Mac” mailboxes instead of leaving it in the account’s mailboxes. Actually, using the account’s Inbox and Sent mailboxes for archiving purposes is a bad idea regardless — see Overstuffed mailbox is unexpectedly empty.
If the POP account was configured to leave the messages on the server for some time, setting up the account again would cause any messages still on the server to be downloaded again, just like for IMAP accounts, but this would only work for received mail that has not yet been removed from the server.
If the messages are not on the server and you don’t have a backup (which you should have made before doing something like that), you may try to salvage as many deleted mbox files as possible with a data recovery tool such as Data Rescue II or FileSalvage (the files to be recovered would be different in the case of Mail 2.x). Stop using your computer right now if you want to try that, as anything you do with the computer may cause the deleted files to be overwritten.

Mail and iCal wont start

Hi,
So I updated my mac today with the latest software update and now my mail and calendars won't open. I get the following error every time I try to start them:
Dyld Error Message:
Symbol not found: _DAVXMLMkcolNodeName
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/CalendarStore.framework/Versions/A/CalendarStore
Expected in: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DAVKit.framework/Versions/A/DAVKit
in /System/Library/Frameworks/CalendarStore.framework/Versions/A/CalendarStore
I even tried doing a disk util from the operating disks and this didn't help.
Does anyone know how I can get my programs to work again without have to do a full system wipe.

Was mail ever running on this machine?
Did you upgrade from an earlier version or is it a clean install of 10.8.x ?
Was the Server.app downloaded via app store directly onto that maching or was it downloaded downloaded to a different machine then copied over to this one?

I keep getting the message "error signature" and the itunes needs to close

i keep getting the message "error signature" and iTunes needs to close. please help.

Hi johnbpl,
It sounds as if you are having difficulty connecting to the App Store to check for updates for applications on your iPad. If that is the case, I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
Can't connect to the iTunes Store - Apple Support
Start with the section Troubleshoot issues on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch then if needed the section Learn more.
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

Can not connect to the App store I keep getting a connection failure message. Mail and Safari are working fine. Also Iphoto wont update to newer version and itunes does open up properly.

I have recently bought a new imac. Imported all my files etc. from my G5 using Timemachine.
Iphoto requires updating but wont!
itunes wont open up properly the text is wrong!!
I keep getting a connection failure message when trying to visit the App store.
Safari and Mail are working fine.
My Apple Id is also fine as it works with my ipad.
Any suggestions?

Hello Ben, see if this might be it...
Anonymous
Post subject: NSURLErrorDomain error -1100 in OS X 10.8
If you check for software updates using the App Store in OS X 10.8 and get "NSURLErrorDomain error -1100" the problem may be with your Software Update preferences. This is particularly likely if you were using a custom Apple Software Update server. To solve the problem, quit the App Store, move the following two files (if present) to the trash, restart, and only then rerun App Store updates:
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist.lockfile
http://x704.net/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=6130

Mail and contacts wont open on imac also runs slow

Mail wont open contacts wont open rus very slow help

Boot from your recovery partition (command-R at startup) and select Get Help Online. Safari will launch. Is it slow?

Missing password message yahoo mail and Iphone after Icloud restore

I have deleted my yahoo account from the phone and rebooted and added account back and I am still having this issue. It started when I was switching from on Iphone to another and then restored from Icloud. Everything was working fine prior to this on the old phone.

If this is your iCloud email account, go to Settings>iCloud, turn Mail off, then turn it on again.
If it's a different email account, delete the account and recreate it again.

Ive tried to reset my password on different e-mails and it wont take it

everytime i try to reset my password it is not accepted

I will need a little more information order to help out. What is the screen doing when it rejects the password? Are you getting a specific error message or does the screen just remain on that page and does nothing/freezes up? Are you using/creating a password that is a least 6 characters long and contains letters, numbers and/or special characters? Do you already have a printer added to your account with an established email address?
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I get an error message downloading itunes and it wont intall. Any ideas?

When I try to download the itunes program, it tells me my windows installer isn't installed correctly or I'm in Safe Mode. Neither is true. I haven't had any trouble at all with installing other programs. Anybody have a solution?

Go to START/ALL PROGRAMS/Apple Software Update. If it offers you a newer version of Apple Software Update, do it but Deselect any other software offered at the same time. Once done, try another iTunes install

I opened a PDFs file that was attached to an email message and now it will not close when I press "Done" as it usually does. Does anyone have a solution to suggest? Thanks.

I opened a pdf file that was attached to an email message I received and now it will not close when I press "Done" as files usually do. Does anyone have a solution to suggest please? Thanks.

Try double clicking your home button then force close the stuck PDF by swiping upward. Once you've done that just click the home button again to exit.

Is it possible to import messages into Mail that are in .csv format?

Just in case my previous topic subject was preventing some folks from checking this out, I'lll try to ask my question in a more generic way.
I have an archive of a mailbox from another email program that I'm trying to move over to Apple Mail. My archive is saved as a .csv file. I can open the file in either Numbers, Excel, or TextEdit, and I can see that all the info is there. However, I want to be able to import these into Mail so that I can integrate these old messages with my other emails. I would want to be able to search for these messages using Mail's search tools and be able to identify messages based on who they're from, the subject line, date received, etc.
Specifically, this archive was exported out of Earthlink Total Access. My only options out of Earthlink were to export out as either .csv or a proprietary .dat file. I'm trying to figure out how to get the .csv file into Mail. I tried going through Entourage, but Entourage only imports contacts from a .csv file and not messages. I found a Unix utility that coverts a .csv to an mbox file (which Entourage would be able to import), but I'm not sure how to get it to work (I'm not that swift with Unix).
http://membled.com/work/apps/outlooktext_tombox/
Any brilliant ideas?

I too am trying to transfer Total Access messages into Mail and have stumbled at every attempt to use other software, such as Entourage and OE, as intermediaries. I would love to hear if you get any response to this question. I was able to transfer all the addresses, but not the messages.

Can I Send HTML Messages in Mail?

I am trying to send html messages in Mail, and also to add a small html code to my signature. Is this possible? If so, how? When I put in straight code, it just remains text. I know I receive html mail, so....?

RTf with Tiger Mail is HTML but the Mail.app does not include an HTML composer/editor.
In order to send basic text as HTML instead of Plain Text when using RTF for message composition requires changing the font or color of existing text in a new message and/or when selecting bold, underline or italic for a word or a portion of existing text. This part I don't understand since selecting RTF for message composition should send the font and font size selected under Fonts & Colors for the Mail.app preferences as HTML by itself.
You can use an HTML editor/composer of choice (Apple's Text Edit application can be used for this) and save the completed HTML document. Open the saved HTML document with Safari and after confirming the layout, etc. with Safari, at the menu bar go to File and select Mail Contents of This Page and the rendered page with Safari will be copied to a new Mail.app message which will be sent in its entirety.
You can set up a "template" this way by saving the HTML message as a Draft. Utilize a user created "On My Mac" location mailbox named Templates and transfer this message from the account's Drafts mailbox to the Templates mailbox. Select this templates message and at the menu bar, go to Message and select Send Again entering all recipients and making any changes, etc. The original template message will not be altered.
Regarding creating a Mail.app signature with HTML code, check this link.
http://allforces.com/2006/04/14/css-signatures/
Don't know for sure at this point but it appears this may become easier with the Mail.app under Leopard.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/mail.html

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