Mail - Attachments and Outbox
On opening mail the software occasionally creates the Outbox and randomly places a message, (usually one that I have received or one from an RSS feed), in the Outbox even though there were no messages waiting or drafts when I last closed Mail. In addition when creating a message with an attachment the following message displays when I check the attachment contents with Word, Quick Look etc. before sending;
Mail was unable to save the attachment “Invoice 51.doc” to disk. Verify that your downloads folder exists and is writable".
The Mail Downloads folder in user/library is writable.
Any ideas how to solve?
Phil,
Good to have posted in the better forum for your questions.
I am not sure I have seen anything like the report about the Outbox -- it does not get created, but rather only displays when something is in it that has not been sent. For that, I would try quitting Mail, and in the Finder open Home/Library/Mail/Mailboxes and delete the Outbox.mbox folder. Mail will create a new one when you next relaunch Mail, and then send a message. If there is something corrupt about the existing one, that would correct.
You should now read through some other topics, and then post back in this one any differences you note between your experience and those already reported. See among several, the following topics:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2137407&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2172635&tstart=100
Ernie
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