Lost e-mail on Tiger upgrade

I just upgraded to Tiger from 10.3.9 and all of my mail before the upgrade says "The message from [e-mail address] concerning [Subject] has not been downloaded from the server. You need to take this account online in order to download it."
Have I lost all of my old e-mail permanently?

Boy, you were not kidding about traffic on this issue. There's a technical paper on it also. I solved the problem by a simple rebuilding, except for one odd box where rebuilding didn't work so I moved the mail from a disabled box to the active box and then rebuilt.
So rebuilding isn't unimportant. I thought it was just like when you compressed your mail in the old AOL so I basically ignored doing it.

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I've lost the 5 months of received mail since Tiger Upgrade!

Hi. Can anyone help??!
I managed to successfully upgrade from 10.3.9 to 10.4.7 today, finally!!
However, I've found one major blip...Since I've opened Mail 2.1 it seems to have lost ALL THE EMAILs I've received since the 17th MARCH of this year. This is pretty disastrous because that includes some fairly important emails (confirmations, passwords etc) !!
I've tried 'Rebuild' - but naturally it didn't work. Nor did 'Import mailbox' and clicking 'old OSX Accounts'.
My only saving grace may be this..... before I upgraded to Tiger I 'Carbon Copied' the entire hard disk in 10.3.9 to my new 160gb external HD. Can I retreive it all from there somehow? Hope someone can help.
Yours with bitten nails
Simon
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Hi Simon.
This is a known issue. The conversion from Mail 1.x to Mail 2.x is broken. Take a look at the following thread to better understand the problem:
Help! "You need to take this account online in order to download it."
In particular, you may want to take a look at the following article (also referenced in that thread) to learn what you might have done before migrating to minimize the risk of this happening, and what you may do after fixing the problem to avoid similar issues from happening in the future. DON'T do now what the article suggests, though, as that would make things worse in the current situation:
Overstuffed mailbox is unexpectedly empty
More specifically, if this is a POP account, the following procedure should allow you to fix the Inbox problems:
1. Quit Mail.
2. Make a backup copy of the ~/Library/Mail folder, just in case something goes wrong. You can do this in the Finder by dragging the folder to the Desktop while holding the Option (Alt) key down, for example. This is where all your mail is stored.
3. Create a new folder on the Desktop and name it however you wish (e.g. Inbox Old). It doesn't need to have an .mbox extension.
4. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/INBOX.mbox/.
5. Move the files mbox and Incoming_Mail out of INBOX.mbox, into the Inbox Old folder just created on the Desktop. These files contain all the messages that were in the mailbox before the upgrade to Tiger, and maybe even some messages that had been deleted. mbox is the most important. Incoming_Mail may or may not be present.
6. Move any strangely-named Messages-XXXXXX folder to the Desktop (not into the Inbox Old folder). These folders are to be deleted after fixing the problem. They are temporary folders created during an import or a re-indexing process, and Mail should have deleted them when done. Their presence is a clear indication that something didn't work as expected. If you've been using Mail after the conversion and have already tried to fix the problem by rebuilding the mailbox or something like that, they might contain messages that are neither in Messages proper nor in the mbox file, so keep them around until the problem is fixed.
7. Move everything else within INBOX.mbox, except the Messages folder, to the Trash.
The result of the above should be that INBOX.mbox contains the proper Messages folder only, and the Inbox Old folder on the Desktop contains the mbox and Incoming_Mail (if it exists) files only. Now, proceed as follows:
8. Open Mail.
9. The account's Inbox should properly display in Mail as many messages as *.emlx files are in ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/INBOX.mbox/Messages/. If that's not the case, select the mailbox in Mail and do Mailbox > Rebuild.
10. In Mail, do File > Import Mailboxes, choose Other as the data format, and follow the instructions to import the Inbox Old folder that's on the Desktop. Do with the imported mail whatever you wish. You may move to the account's Inbox the messages that Mail failed to convert properly, and delete those that did get through and, hence, are duplicates now.
The following collection of AppleScripts has a Remove Duplicates script that can be useful for removing duplicate messages:
http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/Mail_Scripts.html
If all is well and you're not missing anything, the files on the Desktop can be deleted, although you may want to keep them for a while, just in case.
Ask for any clarifications or if you need further assistance.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user's home folder, i.e. ~/Library is the Library folder within the user's home folder.

Lost mail on Tiger upgrade-how to get it back?

I recently upgraded to Tiger and I've done something I'm not sure I can get out of! I have an external drive partitioned with a bootable backup on one partition and storage on the otehr that I copy new files to. When I upgraded to Tiger I copied over my files from the bootable backup. But when I opened Mail, everything from when I did my first daily backup (Nov 2006) was not there. This is because those files are on the other partition. So is there any way to get those files back in Mail with the others from the other partition?
Thanks in advance!
-Lisa
Dual 1.25Ghz G4 Mac OS X (10.4)

I don’t understand what you say you’ve done, but you can import mailboxes in Mail doing File > Import Mailboxes.

Lost e-mail settings since upgrading to 2.2

Since downloading the 2.2 upgrade I have lost the ability to view my yahoo e-mails.
I got a message stating username or password incorrect.
I thought if I deleted the e-mail account and re-added it again, this would solve the problem, but "wrong".
Having gone into "add account" and input my e-mail address, username and password, I still get the same message so I am no longer able to receive my yahoo e-mails to my itouch.
ne ideas??????
Also have the same problem that others have had on previous threads re: the apps store. Having downloaded a couple of apps, they download ok, but when I click on them, they partially load for a couple of seconds and then goes back to the main screen. I have done what other users have done i.e. deleted and reinstalled, but still no joy. I have also ensured that no other web apps are open via safari.
Don't know how to do a restart, but don't think that will work either based on what others have said.
ne help would be greatly appreciated

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Try a restart, and if that doesn't help a reset. If something is not working right, restarting or resetting iPod touch will likely solve the problem.
Restart iPod touch: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the red slider appears. Slide your finger across the slider to turn off iPod touch. To turn iPod touch back on, press and hold the Sleep/Wake until the Apple logo appears.
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same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
Jim VanLeeuwen wrote:
Try a restart, and if that doesn't help a reset. If something is not working right, restarting or resetting iPod touch will likely solve the problem.
Restart iPod touch: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the red slider appears. Slide your finger across the slider to turn off iPod touch. To turn iPod touch back on, press and hold the Sleep/Wake until the Apple logo appears.
Reset iPod touch: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the
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Hi Jim, thanks for your help. Unfortunately, having done the reset as you said, it has not cleared either of my problems. That is, I still can't reset up my email account as still getting the following message "cannot get mail - the username or password for IMAP.apple.mail.yahoo.com is incorrect" even though the username and password have been entered correctly. Also, I am still unable to get the apps store application I downloaded to work. If I click on the apps, it starts to load for a couple of seconds then goes back to the home screen.
Is there anything else you or ne1 else can suggest?
Here's hoping
Jacqui

Lost my Mail Inbox after upgrade

I just upgraded from 10.2.8 to 10.4.3. I archived users when I met with upgrade failures. There was no opportunity to restore users provided. I manually moved the previous system folders by logging in as root and managed to recover many things.
I am having trouble recovering my old mail inbox (from a POP account) . I have found my sent mail, old-old mail folders that I didn't know still existed, and I have even found deleted mail. What I don't see is my old inbox. I backed up my mail directory before the upgrade and I don't see an Inbox there either.
Is the inbox configured differently than the Sent, Deleted, and other user mailboxes I had? If so where does the Inbox live and what is it called? How can I get my email back?
Side comment. It would be nice if the Migration Assistant was capable of handling archived user directories.
All help is appreciated.

I just ran into this same problem. Just upgraded to Tiger (I thought the bugs would be out by now!!!) I did make a retrospect backup but am finding it impossible to bring in the POP as well. Hoping someone has an answer.
The search continues....

Lost saved mail messages after upgrading to OSX Mavericks

I rencently noticed that after upgrading to OSX Mavericks I have lost all of my saved messages from before that date, messages mainly from my gmail account that is syncing with Mail. I have also noticed that the same messages are now missing when I log into Gmail and look for them there.

HI,
I also use IMAP and the "folders" I create in the Mail App are actually created on the IMAP server.
My Mail side bar looks like this:-
Between the INboxes and the Google folders are the Smart Mailboxes (Today) and the On My Mac line which is current closed/hidden.
I have a bunch more folder that are On My Mac in here.
I went the Google Mail Web page the other day and was informed that there was a New Inbox.
I also received an email about it.
It appeared to happen just as I logged in to Google.
I not sure it this was coincidence or the trigger.
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Lost my mail files when upgraded to OS X 10.9.2

Since I downloaded OS X 10.9.2, all format has been changed. Mail, inbox is all new and unable to find my each files. Do you know how to find them?
Please guide me how to find my inbox files so that I can find previous e-mails which most important information I kept for years...
Thank you,
Yuhide

There is nothing I can find any files even I looked at below...
Is it all disappeared?? I wasn't even asked anything before updated. I have a back up from Time machine..
Is there anything I can do to find my inbox filles??
From the Apple () menu, choose System Preferences. ( I did )
Click Spotlight. ( I did )
Click the Privacy tab. ( I did )
Drag a folder or an entire volume (your hard drive) to the list. ( I don't find any folder from my hard disk.
If prompted for confirmation, click OK. ( I can't go further than that... )
Remove the item or volume you just added to the list by clicking it and then clicking the minus ("-") button.
Close Spotlight preferences.
Spotlight will re-index the contents of the folder or volume.

Tiger upgrade of mail tries to import non existant messages

On my G5 17" iMac, I've upgraded from Panther to Tiger. I can't upgrade to 10.5 because I need some OS 9 aps. The first time I open Mail in Tiger, it wants to import my 2 imap accounts. It is trying to import messages I've deleted and cleared. I synced the mail accounts on another computer and the imap account shows there are less than 2000 messages. Mail is trying to import 12k and gets hung up around 2.6k. I wants 5 hours to do the import. I tried restarting the computer. I re-synced the mail accounts and mail rules. And the thing still wants to import messages that I've cleared from the imap server.
Ideas?
Thanks.

The conversion from Mail 1.x to Mail 2.x is broken, but it isn’t clear what the problem really is nor what it really is that Mail is trying to import in your case. I’d set up Mail again from scratch and manually import back afterwards any messages you may have stored in local mailboxes, as follows:
1. Quit Mail if it’s running.
2. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/. Move (not copy) the entire Mail folder out of there, to the Desktop.
3. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Preferences/. Locate com.apple.mail.plist and move it to the Desktop.
4. Open Mail and set it up again from scratch. If given the option to import existing mailboxes or something like that, don’t. Just enter the account information and check that everything works fine.
5. You’ll have to re-configure your Mail > Preferences settings. For spam-related security reasons, the first thing you should do is go to Preferences > Viewing and disable Display remote images in HTML messages if it’s enabled.
6. If Mail works fine now and you had any messages stored in local mailboxes, do File > Import Mailboxes and follow the instructions to import your mail from the old Mail folder that’s now on the Desktop. Import the Mailboxes folder first, then each of the POP-username@mailserver account folders, if any.
There are two ways to import Mail 1.x mailboxes into Mail 2.x. The obvious one is importing them as Mail for Mac OS X. But Mail 1.x stored mail in standard mbox format plus some additional support files, and this allows Mail 1.x mailboxes to also be imported as Other, i.e. as generic mailboxes in standard mbox format.
Importing as Mail for Mac OS X produces the best results when it works, because it takes into consideration all the files in the mailboxes, not just the mbox files where the messages are stored, and hence, allows information such as status flags to be preserved. Importing as Other, on the other hand, may work in cases where importing as Mail for Mac OS X doesn’t, because it looks at the mbox files only, ignoring the support files which is what Mail 2.x usually chokes on, but precisely because of that, information such as status flags is lost and previously deleted messages may reappear.
Hence, you may try importing as much as you can as Mail for Mac OS X, then import the problematic mailboxes as Other.
Note that what Mail asks for when importing depends on the format chosen. Mail always asks for the folder that contains the “things” to be imported. If Mail for Mac OS X is chosen as the data format, the “things” to be imported are the .mbox folders, so you must choose the folder that contains them, not the .mbox folders themselves. On the other hand, if Other is chosen as the data format, the “things” to be imported are the mbox files, so choosing the .mbox folders would work in that case.
As a result of doing the above, some messages may be duplicated. Andreas Amann’s Mail Scripts has a Remove Duplicates script that you may find useful.
Do with the imported mail whatever you wish. You may move the messages to other mailboxes and get rid of the imported mailboxes afterwards if you want.
If all is well and you don’t miss anything, the files on the Desktop can be deleted, although you may want to keep them for a while, just in case.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user’s home folder. You can easily locate any of the folders referred to in this post by copying the folder path here, doing Go > Go to Folder in the Finder, and pasting the folder path there.

Mail problems after upgrading to Leopard 10.5.6

To day I upgraded my daughter's MacBook to Leopard 10.5.6 (from about 10.3 ?)
During the install the only problem was at the very end, the configuration wizard failed to make connection with the internet because Airport had lost the password for my wireless router. Once this had been reinserted we had instant internet connection, but by then I had closed the wizard.
Everything else went well except for Mail, the most important application!
When you click on Mail in the docking area it appears in the bar at the top of the screen but no window opens. To get one open we had to click on file> new viewer window. But this window was blank. Clicking on get new mail did nothing. No emails of any kind were visible. Checking the account details showed that they had transferred correctly, and the diagnostic window showed that it was connecting to the server and logging into the IMAP mail account OK.
Rebooting the Mac did not help.
The Mail program has to be forced to shut down, it won't exit gracefully.
I could not get it to send a message either, click "send" and it just sat there spinning its wheels.
At no point did we get any error messages.
We took a backup of the entire system to an external USB drive before the upgrade and all the files associated with Mail appear to be in the same place as before. There still seem to be hundreds of emails on file, we just can't see them. Clicking on one of there email files does nothing.
Is this a known problem? Is there some new feature of Mail we are not using? Has Mail failed to upgrade correctly? Any ideas how to fix this?
I've just found a note on theappleblog.com that suggests that Mailbox > Rebuild will solve this problem, but on this machine "Rebuild" is greyed out.

Hi,
Please note that this upgrade related problem would very likely be what has been covered by the support document at the link below:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2537
If you also find any files named to include MessageSorting (which would mean you once have upgraded from a version of OSX earlier than 10.4, which is clearly the case for you), remove those, also, but never restore those.
Often this is all that needs to be done, but you might then need to force an overall reindexing via the removal of the Envelope Index. Note the special instructions when forcing the reindexing of IMAP or Exchange accounts in the following:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mail/3.0/en/14019.html
This will force the reindexing of all the POP mailboxes and all On My Mac mailboxes. With regard to any IMAP accounts if you have any, the practical result of this action of removing the account folder, is that with the IMAP account still set up in the Preferences, Mail will connect to the IMAP server and create a new account folder, and while doing so will index the messages in the mailbox folders of the IMAP accounts on the server.
Keep me posted.
Ernie

Using Mail in Tiger, Messages in .mac account not deleted

I have recently upgraded my Slot loading iMac to Tiger. I have had a .mac account for many years.
I'm just starting to use Mail in Tiger to see if I can filter the Junk mail. The filter training seems to work OK, but once I delete the Junk messages in Mail, a copy of the Junk stays on my .mac account.
To delete the Junk on .mac, in Mail I have clicked "synchronize .mac account" and also "Erase deleted messages .mac account", but it dosen't seem to work.
What am I doing wrong? Do I have to wait? Is there a time lag? Or am I just using the wrong tool?
I searched the discussions for this but could not find a smilar question.
Thanks!
Slot loading imac Mac OS X (10.3)

Carlson,
I was not recommending any change, but only what was selected, to see if it might provide a clue -- it did not.
Create a New Mailbox, as On My Mac. Open the troublesome message (or highlight in the list of messages), and click Message, and in the pull-down choose Move Message, and target the New Mailbox you have just created.
Close Mail, and in Safari see if the message remains in the Inbox, on the server. If not, then in the Finder, open Home/Library/Mail/Mailboxes and find the New Mailbox you just created, and delete it.
Relaunch Mail, and see if any trace of the message remains. I have been researching some similar behavior with some bad acting messages, but not with an IMAP or .mac account, so I don't know if this will work, or not?
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Integration of Panther Mail With Tiger Mail

After having several problems with Tiger when it first came out, I returned to Panther for the last several months. I wanted to give Tiger another whirl, so I reinstalled (erase and install) it on a second partition a couple of weeks ago. One problem that appeared immediately was that all my messages in Mail did not migrate over. I'm using the same user account, so I don't understand why all my messages did not migrate over properly. It appears that all recent messages appeared (probably because they were still on the email server). Some old messages from the last 3-5 years came through, but it seems that most of my older messages didn't.
I have one partition (Secondary) with Panther on it. I erased and installed Tiger on another partition (Primary). During the migration process when I first started up after installing Tiger, it asks you what items you want to migrate. I checked every box (can't recall specifically what they were). I believe the purpose of the migration process is to get you back up and running with the least amount of fuss when upgrading the system. In this case, it appears that every user defined setting/preference migrated OK with the exception of all my Mail messages (the mailboxes migrated successfully but not the messages themselves).
If I boot back up in Panther, all my older messages are still intact. So I'm confused why all my messages didn't migrate over since they are in my User's Library folder and should be essentially identical to how Mail appeared/acted in Panther (except I'm using a new version of Mail in an upgraded System). And despite the exact reason WHY this happened (helpful in preventing this from happening during my next upgrade), the more important queston is how do I get all my messages to appear in Tiger Mail (so that I can leave Panther behind permanently)? Obviously they are on my hard disk somewhere if Panther Mail can read them when starting up in Panther.

What does "I returned to Panther" mean here? What exactly did you do to "return to Panther" the first time you tried Tiger?

USING TIGER UPGRADE

i currently have 10.0.2 (i know, kinda behind the curve) and purchased tiger....i know i can do full install, but if i want to just use the 'tiger upgrade' can i do it from 10.0.2? or do i have to purchase the jaguar upgrade(10.2) in order to be able to install the tiger? stressed!!!! help!!!

Hi artsenthusiast,
first make sure you have
the retail full install version of Tiger (black DVD).
You cannot use hardware specific disks that shipped
with another computer (gray).
You cannot
directly upgrade from 10.0.x or 10.1.x to 10.4.x. You
will have to either reformat the drive (recommended)
or do an Erase&Install. In both cases all your
data will be lost, so make sure you have a complete
backup!!! If your computer is a dual-boot model (can
boot into OS 9 natively) I suggest to reformat the
drive using the OS 9 install CDs. By reformatting the
drive with the OS 9 disk you are safe that all
required OS 9 hardware drivers will be installed
properly.
1. Boot up from the OS 9 install
CD and reformat the drive as Apple Extended
(HFS+).
2. Install OS 9 and update it to 9.2.2: Mac OS 9: Available Updates
3. Confirm
you can boot into OS 9
4. Upgrade your firmware:
Firmware Upgrades
5. Insert the Tiger
install DVD and reboot while holding down th
c-key.
6. Once the installer has started select
"disk utility" from the menu.
7. Select "repair OS
9 privilegies" from the menu.
8. Repair the
disk.
9. Quit disk utility and proceed with a
normal install (do not select Erase&Install
because this would erase your OS 9)
10. After the
reboot Repair permissions!
11. Download
and apply the Mac OS X 10.4.8 Combo Update
(PPC).
12. Repair permissions again and
finally run Software Update from the Apple menu to
install all remaining updates (yes, you should
install all at once because only the software update
app knows the exact order in which they have to be
installed).
Good luck!
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hi gulliver, steve, all you mac geniuses out there taking the time to help out...
a few things...
i have both 9.2.2 and ox 10.0.2 installed on my computer, and usually boot from 9.2 (i know, get with it, huh) because my photoshop, illust, quark, etc. are all for classic apps)..that's why i bought tiger (yep, the black disk) but found out if i installed it it would wipe out my hd, and then couldn't do the upgrade because i don't have 10.2 yet....
so, please clarify...if i purchase a used copy of jaquar on say ebay, and upgrade, and then upgrade w/ tiger, is this the safest way to go? or should i put all my trust in you gulliver, and go for it the way you outlined here by way of the classic 9 os? would these be the same steps to take now that i've told you i have ox 10.0.2 installed, too?
i'm kind of hesitant that i'll %$ck something up, but need to get with the times! thing is, i spent almost 3 grand last year due to a power surge that spent my hd...didn't back up, so drivesavers got all data back for me for the low, low price of 2700., then had to buy a new hd...so updating to a new mac was not an option for me last year - got to make due with the quicksilver g4 for a while.....
sorry for the melodrama, but i need any help you guys can give me, i just don't want to mess up again and go through what i did last year with my data!!! thanks for all of your much appreciated help!!!!

After Clean Instal Tiger, upgrading to 10.4.7. many errors appeared

I wiped my boot drive, installed tiger, upgraded combo 10.4.7. Created anount account user. Things were spiffy for a moment until I mounted my firewire drives and some dmg file. BLAM! CRASH! MAYDAY MAYDAY! RUN FOR COVER into the apple forum! I've search forums for several problems and was unable to find solution but did on my own.
Errors:
Media ejectables: DMG, firewire drives, cd, dvd would not appear (but would on other users) I tried permission fix, disconnecting, whatever.
Internal audio wasn't working. Volume control was dissabled, and volume icon dissappeared from menubar after clicking it.
Worse of all: My icons on my sidebar were missing, desktop icons were randomly missing. I did comand J on finder and select show icon and show preview. That worked until log out, log in. Icons were switched around to the wrong ones, I thought I was on mars.
What else, well didn't get around much since I tried to deal with one problem at a time - it became overwhelming.
Before erasing the drive and reinstalling for another try, I decided to trash all my contents in my prefs folder in my home/personal directory (didn't empty trash). Logged out and back in. I'm back in business!
Those of you may want to try that and may have to re-adjust all your settings, serials, etc. Or you could drag some prefs back to folder to to find culprit or just the ones you really need. When happy with everything... Take out the garbage!
Hope it works for you as well.

It's explained as is. Delete some preference files.

How do I keep my email password from remaining in Preferences? I want to enter it every time I get my mail. I upgraded to OS M Lion but it won't let me delete it from preferences. It's worked prior to using M. Lion. Any suggestions? Thanks!! Jen

How do I keep my email password from remaining in Preferences? I want to enter it every time I get my mail. I upgraded to OS M Lion but it won't let me delete it from preferences (the password from Account Info). Once you enter the password, it keeps it permanently. i do not want that. It's worked prior to using M. Lion. Any suggestions? Also, The other pressing issue i have is, I DO NOT want ANY mail showing in my inboxes when Mail starts UNTIL i enter that password for each account. Instead of creating different user accounts for the MacBook, it's just easier this way. Or is it? If this is a permanent thing, then I may switch back to Lion. I guess I shoud've waited until the kinks were out before installing (**** Mac-head!)
Thank you all kindly for any suggestions & your time
Regards,
JC

I DO NOT want ANY mail showing in my inboxes when Mail starts UNTIL i enter that password for each account.
That is simply not possible with Mail, and never has been. Anyone who uses your account can see all messages stored in Mail. The only true solution is to not let other people use your account. Let other people use the guest account, or if you share the machine with someone else, set up a separate user account for that person. This will also solve the problem of remembering the password. It will become a non-issue for Mail to remember your password if nobody else has access to your account.

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