IMAP + Gmail: will mail.app search function work for 100% of messages?

This feels like a dumb question, but haven't found any discussion of this issue on the forum.
I'm considering switching some accounts including Gmail to IMAP. I'm accustomed to having all mail stored locally on mail.app - and frequently search that whole universe (we use mail as an info archive).
The dumb question is what happens to an account that is switched from POP to IMAP? Specifically, when there is no internet connection (often for us, sailing around the world on our yacht).
Thanks in advance!

Clarification: I forgot to say that I have configured my Gmail IMAP test account in Advanced to "Keep copies of messages for offline viewing".
But it isn't clear whether this applies to every msg on the server, or just to new mail sent/received since the IMAP connection was established.
I am afraid to convert one of our big primary addresses to IMAP until I'm sure that it will work as we require. Again, it isn't clear what happens to say a Gmail account when you switch it from POP to IMAP then back to POP again. What happened to the local copies of the traffic during the IMAP period.
Lastly, can an IMAP account be accessed via POP without messing anything up?

Similar Messages

Apple Mail App won't work for Yahoo Mail

About two months ago I switched from using the Yahoo web interface for my Yahoo mail to using the Apple Mail App. (Yahoo changed their web interface and I didn't like the new one). The Apple mail app worked fine until 2 days ago. I couldn't get new mail or send mail. It appeared that mail could not connect to the Yahoo mail server. I killed mail and started it up, that didn't work. I took the account offline and then back online and that didn't work. When I tried to do things like delete mail that I had received before the problem started Mail appeared to hang and I had to Force Quit Mail. Finally I deleted the email account from mail and then tried to recreate it. Now I can't recreate the account via the normal mail process of creating an account.
I have a MacBook Pro which I bought about 4 months ago. I'm on OSX 10.9.1. I'm using Mail version 7.1 that came with the MacBook Pro.
So I am back to using the Yahoo web interface, that I really don't like. BTW my mail works fine on my iPhone.

Well, Mail crashed. Then the WiFi I was using went down (I'm at a Texas State park and the power failed) and I switched to using my iPhone as a hot spot and it suddenly connected. Could the problem have been the Texas State Park router?

Mail App stuck on checking for incoming MobileMe messages

Hi
Something strange happened to my MobileMe mail account this morning. I was testing out emailing myself some photos from my iPad and a couple of messages came through from [email protected] stating that the delivery had failed.
Since then Mail has been stuck on looking for incoming messages on my Mail account, with a spinning wheel next to the MobileMe inbox. A couple of times it has downloaded new messages, but then the spinning wheel comes back. Eventually, after 10-15 minutes, the Mail App stops responding and I need to Force Quit the App, and start it again, when the problem re-emerges.
I have tried restarting my Mac but this doesn't cure the problem. My mail is still downloading to my iPad OK, so I presume that the issue is to do with the Mail app on my Mac rather than MobileMe server.
I would be grateful if anyone has any ideas as to what I can try to fix this issue.
Thanks
Nick

Nick,
In Mail, are you able to control-click on the Inbox of the MobileMe account and choose Get Account Info?
Next time you launch, hold down the Shift key while doing so -- any change?
Also, have you selected to use the IDLE Command?
Ernie
Message was edited by: Ernie Stamper

Backup Gmail using Mail.app and IMAP

I would like to backup my Gmail emails using Apple Mail. I have IMAP turned on in Gmail. I know I need to add the account in Mail but I'm not sure what to do after that. I'm thinking I need to create a local mail folder in order to store the emails.
Also, how could I automate this? Is Mail the best option for this scenario? Again, I'm only wanting this as a backup for Gmail.

How about avoiding redundancy (http://superuser.com/questions/114253/backup-gmail-using-mail-app-and-imap-witho ut-redundancy)?
I got this all working, there's even this literally great guide on my superuser post (http://db.tidbits.com/article/10253) but IMAP generates a lot of repeated files due to gmail labels nature.
Anyone knows a way to circle around this and still be able to use IMAP and labels with mail.app and gmail?

Walkman app search not working properly after lollipop update?

Does anyone else have problems with the walkman app search function? Just yesterday it worked fine before I updated to lollipop, when I searched for a song it actually found it. Now it's all broken and can usually find results only when I type in two or three letters. If I type less or more it finds nothing at all even though I know I have those songs on my SD card.
I can find the songs just fine if I scroll through all the albums manually, but that's slow and pain to do...
I updated the walkman app too after I noticed this problem but nothing changed. I also tried cleaning app data/cache but it doesn't help at all.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Sony really needed to test Lollipop better. On my Xperia Z3 Compact, after Lollipop installed, Walkman app could no longer find any of my SD Card music using the Search function. It could however still play the SD Card music via the playlist. My best guess is that the index was corrupted during the upgrade, or Lollipop indexes SD Cards differently.
The solution to move SD Card music to Internal storage was a non-starter for me, as the Internal storage is 16GB and I have over 32GB of music on my SD Card.
However, I can report that I solved the problem by:
Connecting my phone to my PC by USB.
Moving all the music off the SD Card and onto my PC.
Moving it all back onto the SD Card.
Time taken : over 2 hours! Thanks a bunch Sony. Lollipop looks nicer than KitKat but wasted my time, apart from seeming to make apps slower and eat battery faster My advice to people thinking of switching from KitKat - don't bother!

Can Mail.app 3.3 Work on 10.3.9?

Hi all,
I'm letting my wife use my computer for some weeks and I want to simply take my whole Mail folder and chunk it over onto her computer. Trouble is I'm using 10.5.4 and she's using 10.3.9. Can I still do this wild thing? Or must I try to export four years of mail in some format that her older Mail version can read?
Please please tell me this will work!
Thanks,
Franz

Hi, Franz.
Can Mail.app 3.3 Work on 10.3.9?
No. Mail 3.3 requires a later OS. It won't run in Panther.
If you are swapping computers with your wife for a few weeks and need to make her old Tibook compatible with your Mail files, consider taking the following temporary measures:
1. Make a bootable clone of the Tibook's hard drive on an external drive. Verify that the clone is bootable and all in good order.
2. Erase the Tibook's drive and install Leopard on it so you can use it while your wife has your machine. Note that if the Tibook is slower than 867MHz, Leopard isn't supported on it.
3. Use it until you convince your wife to return your computer to you. (Good luck with that!)
4. Transfer your own new data from the Tibook onto your Mac.
5. Clone the backup of your wife's drive back onto the Tibook, restoring it to exactly the condition it was in when she handed it to you.
6. Transfer your wife's new data from your computer onto the Tibook. Note, of course, that data created by the new versions of some apps on your machine won't be readable by the older versions of those apps on her machine. Your wife will have to be very careful about what apps she uses and/or what file formats she saves data in while she has your Mac.
On the whole, I suspect the temporary computer swap is going to be fraught with land mines for both of you, and I strongly suggest that if there's any way you can afford just to get your wife a new computer comparable to yours, you do so.
Message was edited by: eww

Very very slow to download gmail in mail APP iPad

As I wrote in the title, in the last days, from when I updated iOS 7.04, I've some problem with the mail app in iPad 3rd gen.
With the account gmail: it's very very very slow to download the emails.
First of all, I reset the iPad, but nothing.
So, I deleted the gmail account and set up it again... but nothing.
So, what's the problem: Gmail? Mail APP in iOS 7.04? Both? And how can I resolved it?
Thank you very much for yours replay. Best regards.
Fabio Panzeri

As I wrote in the title, in the last days, from when I updated iOS 7.04, I've some problem with the mail app in iPad 3rd gen.
With the account gmail: it's very very very slow to download the emails.
First of all, I reset the iPad, but nothing.
So, I deleted the gmail account and set up it again... but nothing.
So, what's the problem: Gmail? Mail APP in iOS 7.04? Both? And how can I resolved it?
Thank you very much for yours replay. Best regards.
Fabio Panzeri

Mail app doesn't work

Mail app doesn't work after Yosemite OSX upgrade. At first it didn't check email and now it doesn't boot. I tried many times, but nothing happens

Ok after nearly going crazy I read something about someone having a problem with a program related to fonts not being installed. I started up font book and now my problem is miraculously resolved... This is good and bad. I don't know why having font book running would resolve my problem or know what font is causing the programs not to work. As far as I know I didn't disable any system fonts. And the problem doesn't happen when font book is running, which is confusing me.

Apple Mail Search and Spotlight do not work for locating email messages after upgrading to Lion 10.8.3.

Apple Mail Search and Spotlight do not work for locating email messages after upgrading to Lion 10.8.3 on my 27" iMac.
When searching in Apple Mail, sometimes a get a few results (with many missing), and sometimes no results at all.
I had absolutely no problems before with Snow Loepard.
I have reindexed mail and my startup drive. I have followed discussions regarding this matter and tried everything - a waste of time.
This is VERY serious for me - I have many thousands of messages that I archive and need to reference for work and clients, and now I cannot find them.

I found out that I needed a $100 mini displayport to dual-link dvi adapter to make my $30" cinema display work with my macbook pro
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB571Z/A/mini-displayport-to-dual-link-dvi-ada pter?fnode=51
When I found out that solved the problem, I took it back because that was too expensive for a stupid adapter, and it still didn't work perfectly.

How to get the Wiki search functionality working?

hi,
Another Wiki question regarding the 7.1u1 Portal wiki functionality: What is necessary to get the wiki search functionality working? Right now when using the wiki search page all it does is return to the search form, no errors but no hits either. I guess some additional administrative work is needed to get search working?
thanks, tom

haven't touched anything except for the wiki template jsps to change the design. it is a linux rh4 install. there are no communities on that server (yet), just the wiki portlet in a tab so far. is the wiki search dependent on the portal search server or totally separate (ie self contained wiki search)? any additional services or such that need to be started for it to work?

Mail.app won't work properly after installing Yosemite

My "new viewer window" in Mail.app won't work after installing Yosemite. I can not access the viewer window and thus none of my email.
How can I fix this?
Mail.app v 8.0

some updates on this issue, Mail application uses the same proxy that has been set on your system (system preferences==>Network==>Advanced==>proxies). People usually use HTTP/HTTPS proxy for surfing the web. You should make sure to set SOCKS proxy as well. Mail application works with SOCKS proxy. Note that port number for SOCKS proxy is usually different from the port number for HTTP and HTTPS but the IP address of your server (apparently) is the same.
Hope this helps

TS3899 I have an iphone5 and the reply, forward and writing a message from the mail app doesn't work. I can check my mail but can't reply to it. What's going on?

I have an iphone5 and the reply, forward and writing a message from the mail app doesn't work. I can check my mail but can't reply to it. What's going on?

Try a reset: hold down the home button along with the sleep/wake button until you see the apple, then let go. (No data loss)

10.9.1 Mail spotlight search not working!!!!! APPLE HELP!!!!!!

10.9.1 Mail spotlight search not working!!!!!

When you type in a search term in Mail, does it drop down a list of search criteria like People, Subjects, Mailboxes?
Or does it just offer "message contains"

How does YouTube search function work

Hey all,
Does anyone know how the search function works on AppleTV for YouTube? I know that not everything is on there yet...I know that...but things I have just watched...don't show up in the search?
So it doesn't seem to be searching the video title...maybe it's searching tags only?
Maybe certain video's haven't been indexed in the search yet but are already converted?
Just kind of curious how this thing is searching.
Thanks,
tom

I'm not sure anyone has actually worked out the search function works yet.

I run a mac air on a single user account but multiple people using it, which is ok for the situation. All have their accounts in the apple mail app. what is missing for me is a separate password to access the mail account. otherwise anyone can see anyones

I run a mac air on a single user account but multiple people using it, which is ok for the situation. All have their accounts in the apple mail app. what is missing for me is a separate password to access the mail account. otherwise anyone can see anyones
Any clue, how i can add a mail account to apple mail app, but with separate password / pin to open it.
Years ago there was a program called mail switcher which added this functionality, but thats gone.
cheers
Tom

They would have to be logged in as separate users in order not to see your account in Mail. Whatever accounts put in Mail under your account will show up. All mail accounts usually have there own user and password. The only thing you can do is to remove the password from Keychain and take the account offline so you don't keep getting prompts for passwords each time it checks for mail.
Not a great solution.
Best way is to give the other user their own user account with their own mail and enable fast user swithcing to log between the different users if all access the computer frequently.

IMAP + Gmail: will mail.app search function work for 100% of messages?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for