Mail App - Synchronizing, should it be with POP

I have my Mail application set to download my .Mac mail as a POP account.
When I open the Mail Application, the first thing it says is "Synchronizing with Server".
Then it goes thru the activity that is normal, but usually downloads no new mail. there are also no sounds that are normally associated with Mail (i.e., there is no sound to denote there is no mail).
Now, if I select "Get Mail" account, it contacts the Mac server, supplies my password, and THEN I get the sound (No mail, or if there is mail).
My question is, is this normal behavoir?
And do POP accounts "synchronize" like a .Mac or IMAP account would? Synchronizing to me denotes more of a IMAP/POP account. And bear it mind, it only synchronizes when I first open up Mail - after that, for as long as I have the mail open, I do not see the "synchronize" message again.

I'm guessing, but maybe try "imap.comcast.net."

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Date/Time: 2007-03-20 16:58:27.311 -0400
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2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907deba8 __CFRunLoopRun + 832
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cr: 0x44000224 xer: 0x0000000000000000 lr: 0x0000000092bbf908 ctr: 0x000000009012be18
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r24: 0x0000000000000000 r25: 0x0000000000000000 r26: 0x00000000ab04bce0 r27: 0x0000000000000000
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0x919bd000 - 0x91a03fff com.apple.ImageIO.framework 1.5.4 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/ImageIO
0x91a1a000 - 0x91ae1fff libcrypto.0.9.7.dylib /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.7.dylib
0x91b2f000 - 0x91b44fff libcups.2.dylib /usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib
0x91b49000 - 0x91b67fff libJPEG.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libJPEG.dylib
0x91b6d000 - 0x91c24fff libJP2.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libJP2.dylib
0x91c73000 - 0x91c77fff libGIF.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libGIF.dylib
0x91c79000 - 0x91ce1fff libRaw.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libRaw.dylib
0x91ce6000 - 0x91d23fff libTIFF.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libTIFF.dylib
0x91d2a000 - 0x91d43fff libPng.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libPng.dylib
0x91d48000 - 0x91d4bfff libRadiance.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libRadiance.dylib
0x91d4d000 - 0x91e2bfff libxml2.2.dylib /usr/lib/libxml2.2.dylib
0x91e4b000 - 0x91e4bfff com.apple.Accelerate 1.2.2 (Accelerate 1.2.2) /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Accelerate
0x91e4d000 - 0x91f32fff com.apple.vImage 2.4 /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vImage.fr amework/Versions/A/vImage
0x91f3a000 - 0x91f59fff com.apple.Accelerate.vecLib 3.2.2 (vecLib 3.2.2) /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.fr amework/Versions/A/vecLib
0x91fc5000 - 0x92033fff libvMisc.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.fr amework/Versions/A/libvMisc.dylib
0x9203e000 - 0x920d3fff libvDSP.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.fr amework/Versions/A/libvDSP.dylib
0x920ed000 - 0x92675fff libBLAS.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.fr amework/Versions/A/libBLAS.dylib
0x926a8000 - 0x929d3fff libLAPACK.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.fr amework/Versions/A/libLAPACK.dylib
0x92a03000 - 0x92af1fff libiconv.2.dylib /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib
0x92af4000 - 0x92b7cfff com.apple.DesktopServices 1.3.6 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DesktopServicesPriv.framework/Versions/A/Desk topServicesPriv
0x92bbd000 - 0x92de8fff com.apple.Foundation 6.4.8 (567.29) /System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation
0x92f15000 - 0x92f33fff libGL.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGL.dylib
0x92f3e000 - 0x92f98fff libGLU.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGLU.dylib
0x92fb6000 - 0x92fb6fff com.apple.Carbon 10.4 (???) /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Carbon
0x92fb8000 - 0x92fccfff com.apple.ImageCapture 3.0 /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ImageCapture. framework/Versions/A/ImageCapture
0x92fe4000 - 0x92ff4fff com.apple.speech.recognition.framework 3.4 /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/SpeechRecogni tion.framework/Versions/A/SpeechRecognition
0x93000000 - 0x93015fff com.apple.securityhi 2.0 (203) /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/SecurityHI.fr amework/Versions/A/SecurityHI
0x93027000 - 0x930aefff com.apple.ink.framework 101.2 (69) /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Ink.framework /Versions/A/Ink
0x930c2000 - 0x930cdfff com.apple.help 1.0.3 (32) /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Help.framewor k/Versions/A/Help
0x930d7000 - 0x93104fff com.apple.openscripting 1.2.5 (???) /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/OpenScripting .framework/Versions/A/OpenScripting
0x9311e000 - 0x9312efff com.apple.print.framework.Print 5.0 (190.1) /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Print.framewo rk/Versions/A/Print
0x9313a000 - 0x931a0fff com.apple.htmlrendering 1.1.2 /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HTMLRendering .framework/Versions/A/HTMLRendering
0x931d1000 - 0x93220fff com.apple.NavigationServices 3.4.4 (3.4.3) /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/NavigationSer vices.framework/Versions/A/NavigationServices
0x9324e000 - 0x9326bfff com.apple.audio.SoundManager 3.9 /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonSound.f ramework/Versions/A/CarbonSound
0x9327d000 - 0x9328afff com.apple.CommonPanels 1.2.2 (73) /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CommonPanels. framework/Versions/A/CommonPanels
0x93293000 - 0x935a1fff com.apple.HIToolbox 1.4.9 (???) /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.fra mework/Versions/A/HIToolbox
0x936f1000 - 0x936fdfff com.apple.opengl 1.4.7 /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/OpenGL
0x93702000 - 0x93722fff com.apple.DirectoryService.Framework 3.1 /System/Library/Frameworks/DirectoryService.framework/Versions/A/DirectoryServi ce
0x93797000 - 0x93797fff com.apple.Cocoa 6.4 (???) /System/Library/Frameworks/Cocoa.framework/Versions/A/Cocoa
0x93799000 - 0x93dccfff com.apple.AppKit 6.4.7 (824.41) /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit
0x94159000 - 0x941cbfff com.apple.CoreData 91 (92.1) /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreData.framework/Versions/A/CoreData
0x94204000 - 0x942c8fff com.apple.audio.toolbox.AudioToolbox 1.4.5 /System/Library/Frameworks/AudioToolbox.framework/Versions/A/AudioToolbox
0x9431a000 - 0x9431afff com.apple.audio.units.AudioUnit 1.4 /System/Library/Frameworks/AudioUnit.framework/Versions/A/AudioUnit
0x9431c000 - 0x944dcfff com.apple.QuartzCore 1.4.12 /System/Library/Frameworks/QuartzCore.framework/Versions/A/QuartzCore
0x94526000 - 0x94563fff libsqlite3.0.dylib /usr/lib/libsqlite3.0.dylib
0x9456b000 - 0x945bbfff libGLImage.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGLImage.dyl ib
0x945c4000 - 0x945d8fff com.apple.CoreVideo 1.4 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreVideo.framework/Versions/A/CoreVideo
0x9461d000 - 0x94662fff com.apple.bom 8.5 (86.3) /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Bom.framework/Versions/A/Bom
0x946f4000 - 0x94710fff com.apple.securityfoundation 2.2 (27710) /System/Library/Frameworks/SecurityFoundation.framework/Versions/A/SecurityFoun dation
0x94724000 - 0x94768fff com.apple.securityinterface 2.2 (27692) /System/Library/Frameworks/SecurityInterface.framework/Versions/A/SecurityInter face
0x9478c000 - 0x9479bfff libCGATS.A.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libCGATS.A.dylib
0x947a3000 - 0x947affff libCSync.A.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libCSync.A.dylib
0x947b5000 - 0x947d4fff libPDFRIP.A.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libPDFRIP.A.dylib
0x947f5000 - 0x9480dfff libRIP.A.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libRIP.A.dylib
0x94814000 - 0x94ae9fff com.apple.QuickTime 7.1.5 /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickTime.framework/QuickTime
0x94bad000 - 0x94c1efff libstdc++.6.dylib /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib
0x94c91000 - 0x94cb2fff libmx.A.dylib /usr/lib/libmx.A.dylib
0x94dba000 - 0x94eeafff com.apple.AddressBook.framework 4.0.4 (485.1) /System/Library/Frameworks/AddressBook.framework/Versions/A/AddressBook
0x94f7c000 - 0x94f8bfff com.apple.DSObjCWrappers.Framework 1.1 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DSObjCWrappers.framework/Versions/A/DSObjCWra ppers
0x94f93000 - 0x94fc0fff com.apple.LDAPFramework 1.4.1 (69.0.1) /System/Library/Frameworks/LDAP.framework/Versions/A/LDAP
0x94fc7000 - 0x94fd7fff libsasl2.2.dylib /usr/lib/libsasl2.2.dylib
0x94fdb000 - 0x9500afff libssl.0.9.7.dylib /usr/lib/libssl.0.9.7.dylib
0x9501a000 - 0x95037fff libresolv.9.dylib /usr/lib/libresolv.9.dylib
0x95bb4000 - 0x95c42fff com.apple.WebKit 419 /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit
0x95c9e000 - 0x95d34fff com.apple.JavaScriptCore 418.3 /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/JavaScriptCor e.framework/Versions/A/JavaScriptCore
0x95d71000 - 0x9607dfff com.apple.WebCore 418.21 /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.frame work/Versions/A/WebCore
0x96206000 - 0x9622ffff libxslt.1.dylib /usr/lib/libxslt.1.dylib
0x96237000 - 0x962b3fff com.apple.syncservices 2.5 (194) /System/Library/Frameworks/SyncServices.framework/Versions/A/SyncServices
0x9657b000 - 0x965adfff com.apple.PDFKit 1.0.3 /System/Library/Frameworks/Quartz.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/PDFKit.framew ork/Versions/A/PDFKit
0x96b17000 - 0x96b18fff libCyrillicConverter.dylib /System/Library/CoreServices/Encodings/libCyrillicConverter.dylib
0x97551000 - 0x97570fff com.apple.vecLib 3.2.2 (vecLib 3.2.2) /System/Library/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/A/vecLib
0x97740000 - 0x97743fff com.apple.normalizer.privateframework 1.0.7 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PSNormalizer.framework/Versions/A/PSNormalize r
0x97746000 - 0x977c0fff libAGM.dylib /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PSNormalizer.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/l ibAGM.dylib
0x97803000 - 0x97845fff libICC.dylib /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PSNormalizer.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/l ibICC.dylib
0x97877000 - 0x97b10fff libnserverlite.dylib /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PSNormalizer.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/l ibnserverlite.dylib
0x97be1000 - 0x97c06fff com.apple.speech.LatentSemanticMappingFramework 2.2 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/LatentSemanticMapping.framework/Versions/A/La tentSemanticMapping
0x98692000 - 0x986a0fff com.apple.DMNotification 1.0.4 (37) /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DMNotification.framework/Versions/A/DMNotific ation
0x988b1000 - 0x98982fff com.apple.QuartzComposer 1.2.4 (32.22) /System/Library/Frameworks/Quartz.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/QuartzCompose r.framework/Versions/A/QuartzComposer
0x989ff000 - 0x989fffff com.apple.quartzframework 1.0 /System/Library/Frameworks/Quartz.framework/Versions/A/Quartz
0x98bc8000 - 0x98be0fff com.apple.slideshow 1.0.4 (1.0) /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Slideshow.framework/Versions/A/Slideshow
0x99105000 - 0x99148fff com.apple.ISSupport 1.1.2 (16) /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ISSupport.framework/Versions/A/ISSupport
0x9916e000 - 0x99195fff com.apple.DotMacSyncManager 1.0.4 (155) /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DotMacSyncManager.framework/Versions/A/DotMac SyncManager
0x99824000 - 0x99867fff com.apple.PAPICommon 2.5 (131) /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DotMacLegacy.framework/Versions/A/DotMacLegac y
0x9b01c000 - 0x9b027fff com.apple.IMFramework 3.1.4 (429) /System/Library/Frameworks/InstantMessage.framework/Versions/A/InstantMessage
0x9b032000 - 0x9b18bfff com.apple.MessageFramework 2.1 (752.2) /System/Library/Frameworks/Message.framework/Versions/B/Message
0x9bb71000 - 0x9bb88fff libCFilter.A.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libCFilter.A.dylib
0x9bb93000 - 0x9bb93fff libCGNormalizer.A.dylib /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libCGNormalizer.A.dylib
0xbbf80000 - 0xbc011fff StuffItCore.dylib /Library/Frameworks/StuffIt.framework/Versions/A/StuffItCore.dylib
0xeab00000 - 0xeab25fff libConverter.dylib /System/Library/Printers/Libraries/libConverter.dylib
0xebf80000 - 0xebff1fff com.stuffit.sdk 9.0.1 /Library/Frameworks/StuffIt.framework/Versions/A/StuffIt
PowerMac Quad G5 Mac OS X (10.4.9) 4GB RAM

I have also experienced this problem, since I started with 10.4.7 and through updates to 10.4.9. I would agree with the 10% estimate of the frequency of the problem, though today for some reason it has happened more frequently; I found this thread while searching the discussions for a solution.
I, too, am hestitant to archive and reinstall. This problem is annoying, but the hassle and risk of a reinstall worries me. Any other suggestions? I attach my most recent crash report, in case it might shed more light on this issue.
Thanks.
J
Date/Time: 2007-04-15 10:36:33.064 -0400
OS Version: 10.4.9 (Build 8P2137)
Report Version: 4
Command: Mail
Path: /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
Parent: WindowServer [63]
Version: 2.1.1 (752.3)
Build Version: 1
Project Name: MailViewer
Source Version: 7520300
PID: 1303
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000027
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x90a59380 objc_msgSend + 16
1 com.apple.Foundation 0x927fc59e -[NSMutableRLEArray deleteObjectsInRange:] + 63
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x927fb976 -[NSConcreteMutableAttributedString replaceCharactersInRange:withAttributedString:] + 337
3 com.apple.AppKit 0x93313577 -[NSStringDrawingTextStorage textContainerForAttributedString:containerSize:lineFragmentPadding:] + 384
4 com.apple.AppKit 0x932f274b _NSStringDrawingCore + 3780
5 com.apple.AppKit 0x933b28d8 -[NSString(NSStringDrawing) drawInRect:withAttributes:] + 660
6 com.apple.mail 0x000387e0 0x1000 + 227296
7 com.apple.AppKit 0x933bc269 -[NSTableView _drawContentsAtRow:column:clipRect:] + 1022
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x933bb02b -[NSTableView drawRow:clipRect:] + 335
9 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x994c9683 -[ASExtendedTableView drawRow:clipRect:] + 440
10 com.apple.AppKit 0x933b87ce -[NSTableView drawRowIndexes:clipRect:] + 99
11 com.apple.AppKit 0x933b76a4 -[NSTableView drawRect:] + 2499
12 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x994a6bf7 -[ASExtendedTableView drawRect:] + 199
13 com.apple.AppKit 0x932e33b1 -[NSView _drawRect:clip:] + 3228
14 com.apple.AppKit 0x932e1893 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 1273
15 com.apple.AppKit 0x932e2041 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 3239
16 com.apple.AppKit 0x932e2041 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 3239
17 com.apple.AppKit 0x932e2041 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 3239
18 com.apple.AppKit 0x932e2041 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 3239
19 com.apple.AppKit 0x932e2041 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 3239
20 com.apple.AppKit 0x932e2041 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 3239
21 com.apple.AppKit 0x932e2041 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 3239
22 com.apple.AppKit 0x932e0b78 -[NSThemeFrame _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 290
23 com.apple.AppKit 0x932e0362 -[NSView _displayRectIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:] + 523
24 com.apple.AppKit 0x932dfc8e -[NSView displayIfNeeded] + 439
25 com.apple.AppKit 0x932dfa32 -[NSWindow displayIfNeeded] + 168
26 com.apple.mail 0x000290f9 0x1000 + 164089
27 com.apple.AppKit 0x9332fd6c _handleWindowNeedsDisplay + 206
28 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082ed6e __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 342
29 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082de10 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 827
30 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082dace CFRunLoopRunInMode + 61
31 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92dde8d8 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 285
32 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92dddf19 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 184
33 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92ddde39 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 81
34 com.apple.AppKit 0x93264465 _DPSNextEvent + 572
35 com.apple.AppKit 0x93264056 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 137
36 com.apple.AppKit 0x9325dddb -[NSApplication run] + 512
37 com.apple.AppKit 0x93251d2f NSApplicationMain + 573
38 com.apple.mail 0x00094df2 0x1000 + 605682
39 com.apple.mail 0x00094d19 0x1000 + 605465
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90009bf7 machmsgtrap + 7
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082e2b3 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 2014
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082dace CFRunLoopRunInMode + 61
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x92825d3a -[NSRunLoop runMode:beforeDate:] + 182
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x92825c36 -[NSRunLoop run] + 75
5 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x9949f5af +[_NSSocket _runIOThread] + 97
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f02e0 forkThreadForFunction + 123
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024147 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9001a0ec select + 12
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024147 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 3:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90048e07 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 7
1 com.apple.Foundation 0x9288ed30 FCONDITION_WAITTIMEOUT + 128
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x9288ec7a -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 101
3 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x9949a821 -[InvocationQueue _drainQueue] + 210
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f02e0 forkThreadForFunction + 123
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024147 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 4:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90048e07 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 7
1 com.apple.Foundation 0x9288ed30 FCONDITION_WAITTIMEOUT + 128
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x9288ec7a -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 101
3 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x9949a821 -[InvocationQueue _drainQueue] + 210
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f02e0 forkThreadForFunction + 123
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024147 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 5:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90048e07 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 7
1 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94760646 -[ABRemoteImageLoader workLoop] + 158
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f02e0 forkThreadForFunction + 123
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024147 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 6:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90048e07 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 7
1 com.apple.Foundation 0x9288ed30 FCONDITION_WAITTIMEOUT + 128
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x9288ec7a -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 101
3 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x9949a821 -[InvocationQueue _drainQueue] + 210
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f02e0 forkThreadForFunction + 123
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024147 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 7:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90009bf7 machmsgtrap + 7
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082e2b3 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 2014
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082dace CFRunLoopRunInMode + 61
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x92825a0f +[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionInternal) _resourceLoadLoop:] + 259
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f02e0 forkThreadForFunction + 123
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024147 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 8:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90009bf7 machmsgtrap + 7
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082e2b3 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 2014
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082dace CFRunLoopRunInMode + 61
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x9284cbc2 +[NSURLCache _diskCacheSyncLoop:] + 206
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f02e0 forkThreadForFunction + 123
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024147 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 9:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90009bf7 machmsgtrap + 7
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082e2b3 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 2014
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082dace CFRunLoopRunInMode + 61
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x92825d3a -[NSRunLoop runMode:beforeDate:] + 182
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x92825c36 -[NSRunLoop run] + 75
5 com.apple.WebKit 0x94cbd529 +[WebFileDatabase _syncLoop:] + 198
6 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f02e0 forkThreadForFunction + 123
7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024147 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000007 ebx: 0x927faffb ecx: 0x90abffd0 edx: 0x162a03a0
edi: 0x0000003b esi: 0x00000001 ebp: 0xbfffd078 esp: 0xbfffd008
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010206 eip: 0x90a59380 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Mail.app can't save draft with irrelevant error message

hi!
Mail.app in Leopard with latest updates installed ( System Version: Mac OS X 10.5.5 (9F33), Mail:
Version: 3.5 Last Modified: 16.09.08 0:50 Kind: Universal Location: /Applications/Mail.app) can not save message as Draft, and wrong error message appears if new message have characters missing in message encoding.
Test case:
1. Open mail.app
2. Compose new message
3. Select Message->Text Encoding ->Cyrillic (KOI8-R)
4. Open in Safari http://www.communigate.com/CommunigatePro/Install.html#Solaris
5. Select text from words Installing on a "Sun Solaris System." to words "Installing on a Linux System."
6. Copy to clipboard
7. Switch to mail.app
8. Edit -> Paste
9. File->Save
Error message "Draft can't be saved to Drafts mailbox.
The message contains one or more attachments that are too large to be saved in the Drafts mailbox. Try to delete some attachments [OK]" will appear
This message is misleading.
Correct message "Invalid text encoding
Some characters in your message coundn't be converted to the "Cyrillic (KOI8-R) text encoding." Appears only if user is trying to send message
Co

These forums are user to user. To report things like this to Apple, use the feedback channel:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

Mail.app doesn't hava connection with imap server when changing network.

Ive got a strange problem after upgrading OSX from 10.6.8 to 10.8.4.
I have got a xserve, with osx 10.6.8. (mail) server installed on it.
When i am in the office (LAN) mail works just fine. if iam home and wake my macbook from sleeping i see in the mail app the attention mark telling my something is wrong with the mail account.
If i open the connection doctor it say's can't connect to IMAP server. if i check my iOS devices there is nothing wrong, everything is working and i can send/recieve mail. on iOS and OSX the settings are the same with SSL enabled and password type.
When i tried to telnet the mailserver address with the IMAP or SMTP port i get a connection. so, there is no firewall blokking my connection.
But now the strange thing when i quit my mail.app and start it again the mail gets connection again. So is there a problem when changing networks when the Mail.App is stil active?

That's just to bad, will it be solved in a future release of OSX?
I don't know... maybe Apple will force me migrating to Mavaricks.
it seems that although w'r using DNS, the outside ip gets remebered or the connection isn't closed down properly when putting the macbook to sleep.
I can try offcource to configure the outside LANip (Non dns) in my mail client.
I will post with results..

Mac Mail.app V.2.0.5 with OSX server's email don't play well sometimes

I have my own web, FTP, and email server. (OSX 10.4.4 Server). I've been managing my own server services since AppleShare V.6 .So I've done this a few times. I have set up an account for myself "nino" on the server that people email to, you know "[email protected]".
On my laptop I have Mac Mail.app set to log onto my server, via the internet, and to get and send emails. Sounds pretty normal right? Yep, it is except four or five times since I updated the server to 10.4.4., last December, Mac Mail.app simply stops receiving email from my account. Now I'm a pretty busy guy and email is my main source of communications. Plus get a healthy amount of junk mail. So I hear that familiar beep at least twice an hour - usually a lot more. I can always when this tell when this anomaly happens when two hours go by without something arriving in Mac Mail.app.
The catch here is the server is still accepting mail for my account. I can go to web mail, which I have set-up and working fine, and new emails are there! Mac Mail.app simple stops accepting them.
I have tried:
restarting both machines
changing the password to my account, on both machines
actually deleting my account from Mac Mail.app, restarting and creating my account again
Nada.... I can see emails adding up in web mail....grrrrrr.
The only way I know to resolve this is to, gulp, delete my account on the Server and set it up again. This seems to work but unless I've answered messages in web mail their gone! Poof. I do like to keep good records by saving and organizing business related emails. So when this happens I'm screwed.
Any thoughts?
15 Powerbook Mac OS X (10.4.3) G5x2

I have my own web, FTP, and email server. (OSX 10.4.4 Server). I've been managing my own server services since AppleShare V.6 .So I've done this a few times. I have set up an account for myself "nino" on the server that people email to, you know "[email protected]".
On my laptop I have Mac Mail.app set to log onto my server, via the internet, and to get and send emails. Sounds pretty normal right? Yep, it is except four or five times since I updated the server to 10.4.4., last December, Mac Mail.app simply stops receiving email from my account. Now I'm a pretty busy guy and email is my main source of communications. Plus get a healthy amount of junk mail. So I hear that familiar beep at least twice an hour - usually a lot more. I can always when this tell when this anomaly happens when two hours go by without something arriving in Mac Mail.app.
The catch here is the server is still accepting mail for my account. I can go to web mail, which I have set-up and working fine, and new emails are there! Mac Mail.app simple stops accepting them.
I have tried:
restarting both machines
changing the password to my account, on both machines
actually deleting my account from Mac Mail.app, restarting and creating my account again
Nada.... I can see emails adding up in web mail....grrrrrr.
The only way I know to resolve this is to, gulp, delete my account on the Server and set it up again. This seems to work but unless I've answered messages in web mail their gone! Poof. I do like to keep good records by saving and organizing business related emails. So when this happens I'm screwed.
Any thoughts?
15 Powerbook Mac OS X (10.4.3) G5x2

IPod Touch mail app smarter/pushier than MacBook with Gmail?

This overlaps multiple categories, starting inquiry here first.
Why doesn't my MacBook's mail program update read-vs.-unread Gmail like my iPod Touch does? I read a message on the dedicated app on my 'Touch and it counts as "read" on Gmail; I read a message on my MacBook, and no, not registered as read on Gmail. Likewise, my MacBook "send" folder only has messages sent from my MacBook, not all my Gmail-sent messages. I've tried setting options to be as "pushy" as I know to make them in my MacBook, but what'm I doing wrong? Thanks for any info.

Me again. I've discovered the mail app works when I set the firewall from maximum to typical. Is there any way to tell it to let it work on maximum?

Mail.app - Applescript - Looking for help with my 1st Applescript

Okay… so I am taking the plunge. I've finally found something that is bugging me enough that I want to make a script to resolve it.
*Here's the situation:*
I use Smart Mailboxes a lot. It's my primary window into dealing with email.
I use MailTags (an addon for Mail) to apply keywords to messages, via Mail Act-On rules (an addon by the same company).
I use Smart Mailboxes to show me messages with various keywords etc.
What I have found is that Smart Mailboxes do NOT automatically update themselves. For instance, when a message in the Smart Mailbox is changed in such a way that the filter on that mailbox should not display it, the message will still sit there until I either leave the mailbox and return, or hit Rebuil in the Mailbox menu.
The same applies for when new mail comes into my Inbox. If there is new mail that qualifies for inclusion in the smart mailbox I am currently viewing, it will not appear until I do one of the above two things.
What I discovered was this script:
tell application "Mail" to activate
tell application "System Events"
click menu item "Rebuild" in menu ¬
"Mailbox" in menu bar 1 of process "Mail"
end tell
This is what got me thinking about scripting a solution.
The other option is to assign a keyboard shortcut to the Rebuild command. But I would like the Rebuild to take place automatically when I apply certain rules to messages. I want my Mail Act-on rule to trigger the a Rebuild. I figure I can do this by having it trigger the Rebuild script shown above.
*HERE IS MY QUESTION:*
Is there a way to have the script check what the currently active/selected Mailbox is? Or, put another way, can I get it to NOT run if certain mailboxes are selected?
Here's what I am thinking.
Under no circumstances do I want this script to be triggered if the current mailbox is NOT a smart mailbox, and IS any of my IMAP mailboxes… most especially the Inboxes. That would trigger a complete cleaning out and rebuilding of the entire IMAP inbox, which has many gigs of mail in it.
What I am trying to figure out, and would love some help with, is how I can make sure this script ONLY runs when the current mailbox is either ANY smart mailbox, or NOT an IMAP mailbox, or some other logic that keeps it from running in an IMAP mailbox.
Any tips are greatly appreciated.
With thanks,
Jonathan
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Thanks Camalot,
I appreciate your help with this. I am also enjoying learning more about AppleScript. It seems much easier that other scripting languages, if for no other reason that it uses basic english logic and words.
When I run your script with an inbox selected, I get the following Result:
tell application "Mail"
get selected mailboxes of message viewer 1
--> {mailbox "INBOX" of account "JE Gmail"}
end tell
Result:
{mailbox "INBOX" of account "JE Gmail" of application "Mail"}
When I run it with a smart mailbox selected the following is produced:
tell application "Mail"
get selected mailboxes of message viewer 1
--> {current application}
end tell
Result:
{application "Mail"}
So get the impression it's not throwing up an error. Certainly, either way it does not run what I put into the On Error section, which was simply
display dialog "Success"
Is this useful? Can I test if the output contains the word "INBOX" ?
I notice that if I have, for instance, a SENT folder select, it gives the following result:
Result:
{mailbox "INBOX/Sent Messages" of account "[email protected]" of application "Mail"}
Which again has the word INBOX in there. Drafts comes up a little different.
Result:
{mailbox "Drafts ([email protected])" of application "Mail"}
So if there was a way to parse the result through a test against "INBOX" "DRAFT" etc then this might work. What do you think?
I have no idea how to go about that though, so your input would be very helpful.
Thanks,
Jonathan

OSX Mail App uses lots of memory with Exchange change

A couple weeks back, we switched from exchange 2007 to exchange 2010.   The only change required on the OSX mail client was to change the server address.   I have two macbook pros, one is a 2GB early vintage intel, and the other a more recent 4GB model.   Both of them are configured for access to the exchange server.   Both are running 10.6.
Once the change was made, both clients started using huge amounts of memory.   This isn't a leak, as is reported in some Lion threads, because it eventually comes back down again.   When you start the client, it might use about 150MB of RAM.   After a while I have seen as much as 1.6GB of RAM usage on the 4GB machine.   If you take the exchange account out of the mix (disable it in preferences) the client consistently stays at about 75MB of RAM. The peak isn't limited by the client as far as I can tell -- it basically uses up all free memory and drives the system completly nuts.   Many of the applications no longer perform well once they are subjected to memory starvation, and this includes the mail client itself.
I am now running the activity window with Mail to see if I can spot a pattern, but in one case I watched Mail's memory usage grow in Activity Monitor with nothing in the Activity screen.
I aso tried creating a new account instance on the 4GB machine, but without any cached data the behavior was far worse. It very quickly consumes the entire machine and doesn't seem to return to normal.
I am firmly convinced this is a side effect of changing the exchange service or one of the exchange settings, if for no other reason than the behavior is new on two systems.   It's still unforgivable for the Mail client to do this -- if it can consume all available memory then it needs to monitor itself and defer or break up what it is trying to do.   I am a great fan of this mail client but this is so unusable that it might force me back to outlook running in a VM.
Any suggestions?

I did not get a solution from the community, but I can provide one.   However, mine was not a leak.   It would use over 2GB of RAM at times, but eventually return to 150MB or so for a while, then back up again.   I shouldn't have taken it to the genius bar, rather I should have just filed a bug.   I have not done that yet because I have resolved it.   I eventually just bit the bullet and deleted absolutely everything associated with the account. Every cache, every plist, everything I could find.   I did not capture the specifics unfortunately, because at the time I wasn't even convinced it would work, but I had no other option.   Starting with a totally new account after that, it went through a period of about 24 hours where it would still use a lot of RAM, but then settled in.   It's been well behaved now for a number of weeks.
I would be curious if your RAM usage ever decreases, and if you try the same solution if it works for you.
Good luck.
-Jeff

My Mail app on my Macbook Air with Mountain Lion constantly crashes and freezes.

Can I uninstall and reinstall it?

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Step 1
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left.
Enter the name of the crashed application or process in the Filter text field. Select the messages from the time of the last crash, if any. Copy them (command-C) to the Clipboard. Paste (command-V) into a reply to this message.
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
Step 2
Still in the Console window, look under User Diagnostic Reports for crash reports related to the process. The report name starts with the name of the crashed process, and ends with ".crash". Select the most recent report and post the entire contents — again, the text, not a screenshot. In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.) Please don’t post shutdownStall, spin, or hang logs — they're very long and not helpful.

How to sync Mail app with my Palm ?

Hello all,
Anybody knows if there is a way of synching the emails in my Palm with the emails in the Maill app, and also the other way around?
This is because I use Gmail, and there is no option to leave the messages untouched in the server so that I can download them by POP in 2 different devices.
When I'm at home I like to use my Mac to check and write e-mails, but when I'm out I use my Palm to do it.
PowerMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7) Palm Tungsten C

This is because I use Gmail, and there is no option to leave
the messages untouched in the server so that I can download
them by POP in 2 different devices.
Not sure about the Palm software but the Mail.app includes a setting for a POP type account to remove or not remove messages from the server when downloaded.
Go to Mail > Preferences > Accounts and under the Advanced tab for the account preferences, deselect "Remove copy from server after retrieving a message:".
The Palm software used to access a POP type account should include the same.
A Google search is your friend. When doing a search with "Palm sync with Mail.app", I found the following:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16131

Gmail causing issues with other email using mail app

I use the standard mail app for 3 hotmail accounts (with my own domain name) & a work exchange account (which I turn on and off as required). These work well on iPhone 4 & iPad3 using IOS5.1.
However, on adding a gmail account to the mail program I stop receiving all email on the hotmail accounts. As soon as I delete gmail on a device, that device I starts receiving hotmail emails.
The solution for me was to delete the gmail account as I only set it up for analytics & don't need the mail. Although this issue would stop me switching to gmail full time.
Has anyone else encountered this error & found a solution?

No, you can’t. Gmail doesn’t let mail to be downloaded twice by either the same or different POP mail clients.
I believe .Mac actually handles something like this but I do not have it.
Any IMAP account would allow you to do this. Actually, almost any POP account other than Gmail would also at least let you download the same mail on both computers. It’s just Gmail that doesn’t.

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