Mail on two macs?

Hi,
my main-mac (iMac), on which I concentrate all my mail-activity, has been for a number of weeks in repair; in the meantime, mailing occured with my mini-Mac.
Does anybody know how I could move the mails which have been received and sent in the meantime from the mini-Mac over to the iMac? I can do that by "forwarding" them to myself, and have the delete-option disabled on my miniMac. but this is quite clumsy, and the dates are not preserved. Copying files (~user/Library/Mail/Mailboxes) over from the mini to the iMac didn't work - apparently, Apple has well hidden the relevant files...
does anybody know how to transfer these files in an elegant way?
Thanks in advance.
Thomas

Please, don't make of this yet another pointless discussion about theoretical side issues that have no bearing on the problem at hand.
For the purposes of the OP's problem, which is what we are supposed to be talking about here, if the version of Mac OS X was the same on both computers, copying those files would be all the OP would need to do in order to have Mail setup exactly the same on both computers. Moreover, there would be no better way to accomplish that.
Sometimes copying these additional files is indeed no big deal;
but sometimes it is, particularly if an unwary user overwrites
data that isn't on the source computer.
So what? Have I suggested copying any files in any case where it wouldn't be appropriate? According to your reasoning, troubleshooting in this forum would be impossible. For every troubleshooting procedure, one could always think of a situation where that procedure wouldn't be appropriate. Does that mean the procedure shouldn't be applied to the problem at hand? Of course not. What matters is whether the procedure is appropriate for the problem that's being discussed. Your theoretical digressions about what could happen in other hypothetical scenarios get us nowhere.
Because not all situations or goals are the same, users should
consider if an export/import operation, syncing, or overwriting
is the best overall choice for them, on an app by app basis.
Have I said otherwise? Please read what I wrote in my first post (the same post where I suggested copying the mail files IF the user wanted to have Mail set up exactly the same on both computers):
Alternatively, if what you really want to do is merge the mail stored on one computer with whatever mail is already stored on the other, then File > Import Mailboxes should be used instead.The more appropriate procedure would depend on what the situation is. It's you who appears to be saying that importing is the most appropriate procedure in all cases, which is plain wrong.

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Mime attachments in Mail from two mac users

I've been receiving mime attachments in Tiger Mail from Ebay and members for a while and I've searched the forum for answers but haven't found a viable solution yet. I end up using TextEdit to open them. I've contacted ebay about this and they have no clue, and think it's spam even though I tell them I get them from Ebay tech support, however they do show up ok in my RCN webmail when I check there.
Anyway that's not the problem now, I was trying to troubleshoot my father's mail problem who is Panther Mail and it mysteriously stopped working for him a couple days ago both sending and receiving. However he is getting them from his webmail at SBC/Yahoo formerly Ameritech. I checked his account settings over the phone and they seemed correct to what he had before but I had him contact his provider.
They don't seem to know what's going on and wanted him to contact Apple.I had him contact them again and they finally did have him change his outgoing mail server from Ameritech to SBC/Yahoo. So he is able to send from there now but not receive emails. ( he still still sends and receives ok at his webmail site) . Since they changed the outgoing mail server however, the email he sends me (all plain text) is coming now as a mime attachment.
I've never seen this before from two Mac users using Mail and plain messages. I had him try changing back to the Ameritech outgoing sever but that still doesn't work. And again if I check my RCN webmail I can view these messages fine in the body of the email there, just not in Mail. Any ideas what may have caused this? Is it because of the Yahoo outgoing mail server? He's about givin up and has resorted to his webmail only for now. I generally like Mail but this is a pia.
Craig
G5 Dual 2.5GHZ, 15 TiBook 1GHZ, I.25 dual G4 MDD, 15G ipod, Beige G3/500GHZ Mac OS X (10.4.7)

<Where is it designated as a "mime-attachment" & where does the "27bytes" text appear?>
It shows mime-attachment(27bytes) just below the little plain document icon. This shows up both in the body of the email and also the little attachment drop down menu below the To / subject area.
<Also, if you go to Mail's View > Message submenu when one of these messages is open, which (if any) 'alternate' menu choices are available (not grayed out)? >
All are greyed out except Long headers and Raw source.
Here is the header info in the message if that helps any:
From: [email protected]
Subject: test
Date: December 27, 2006 10:49:27 PM EST
To: [email protected]
Return-Path: <[email protected]>
Received: from mr05.lnh.mail.rcn.net (EHLO mr05.lnh.mail.rcn.net) ([207.172.157.25]) by ms05.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.7.5a-GA FastPath queued) with ESMTP id CYF54813; Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:49:31 -0500 (EST)
Received: from mx06.lnh.mail.rcn.net (mx06.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.56]) by mr05.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.7.5a-GA) with ESMTP id MDY18691; Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:49:30 -0500 (EST)
Received: from flpvm09.prodigy.net ([207.115.20.39]) by mx06.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 27 Dec 2006 22:49:29 -0500
Received: from [75.34.9.255] (adsl-75-34-9-255.dsl.chcgil.sbcglobal.net [75.34.9.255]) by flpvm09.prodigy.net (8.13.8 out.dk.spool/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kBS3nEOh005937 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:49:15 -0800
X-Orbl: [75.34.9.255]
Domainkey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=sbc01; d=ameritech.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:
Content-Type: to:from:subject:date:x-mailer; b=RT51cAASkaC4dXKPZSEOEdmv7ApKJ68xdvGgdP7ifDKDoI6j6EIr5dyZl7OrPcoww SjzfTr1nAxHOJGy0wzYeg==
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624)
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.624)
X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=mr05.lnh.mail.rcn.net
X-Junkmail-Sd-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A090203.45933D44.001B,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=207.115.20.39, so=2006-05-09 23:27:51, dmn=5.2.121/2006-09-27
here is the raw source. The last line is what shows up in the mime attachment when it is opened in text edit or viewed at my webmail :
Return-Path: <[email protected]>
Received: from mr05.lnh.mail.rcn.net (EHLO mr05.lnh.mail.rcn.net) ([207.172.157.25])
by ms05.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.7.5a-GA FastPath queued)
with ESMTP id CYF54813;
Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:49:31 -0500 (EST)
Received: from mx06.lnh.mail.rcn.net (mx06.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.56])
by mr05.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.7.5a-GA)
with ESMTP id MDY18691;
Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:49:30 -0500 (EST)
Received: from flpvm09.prodigy.net ([207.115.20.39])
by mx06.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 27 Dec 2006 22:49:29 -0500
X-ORBL: [75.34.9.255]
DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=sbc01; d=ameritech.net; c=nofws; q=dns;
h=mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:
content-type: to:from:subject:date:x-mailer;
b=RT51cAASkaC4dXKPZSEOEdmv7ApKJ68xdvGgdP7ifDKDoI6j6EIr5dyZl7OrPcoww
SjzfTr1nAxHOJGy0wzYeg==
Received: from [75.34.9.255] (adsl-75-34-9-255.dsl.chcgil.sbcglobal.net [75.34.9.255])
by flpvm09.prodigy.net (8.13.8 out.dk.spool/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kBS3nEOh005937
for <[email protected]>; Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:49:15 -0800
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624)
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
To: Craig Hlady Hlady <[email protected]>
From: bohdan hlady <[email protected]>
Subject: test
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 21:49:27 -0600
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.624)
X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=mr05.lnh.mail.rcn.net
X-Junkmail-SD-Raw: score=unknown,
refid=str=0001.0A090203.45933D44.001B,ss=1,fgs=0,
ip=207.115.20.39,
so=2006-05-09 23:27:51,
dmn=5.2.121/2006-09-27
craig.;;check this one out
G5 Dual 2.5GHZ, 15 TiBook 1GHZ, I.25 dual G4 MDD, 15G ipod, Beige G3/500GHZ Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Using POP Mail With Two Macs?

Is it possible to use two Macs with Apple Mail? I use Mail on my iMac, and I would like to set it up on my PowerBook as well. The only problem is accessing the same mail on both computers. It seems like if I were to open a message, it would store it on the respective computer that I open it with, and I would not be able to access it with the other. Is it possible to set it up where I can see the same messages on both? I use GMail. Thanks.

Like Kappy said, it's a hassle if you are using pop mail. But no problem with imap because the "master" copy is always maintained on the imap server, and your two computers are, essentially, nothing more than mirror sites.
I don't know if GMail is pop or imap.
What you would have to do for a pop account is set up account prefs to leave message on server after downloading on at least one of the computers, if not both of them. If you do that with both, I expect you will be hearing from your pop provider real soon about excessive disk space use. If you only do it to one computer, make sure that it is the one you will always be downloading mail from first. Plus, I can't remember whether that would cause multiple copies to download or not, on subsequent mail checks, when mail is left on server; it has been so long since I have had to play that game with pop servers.
Again, imap is no problem, because imap was designed to address this very problem.

Using Mail on two Macs

Hi
I've had a MacBook Air since July 2008 and have just bought a new iMac. Both are running Snow Leopard 10.6.2. I have used Migration Assistant to transfer everything to the iMac so all the email I've received and sent is now on both computers. I have my mail set to stay on the server for one week so and I received all my mail on both computers.
My question has to do with my sent mail. My iMac stays in one place and my Air moves around the house with me. Sometimes I answer from the Air and sometimes from the iMac so that now my two "Sent" folders are different. Is there a way to synch this so that both Macs have the same sent emails in the "Sent" folder? With MobileMe I can synch "Mail accounts" and "Mail Rules, Signatures, and Smart Mailboxes." I tried using this but it doesn't synch the actual emails.
Is there a solution to this in the "Sharing" section of System Preferences?
Thanks!

If you are connecting to your e-mail via IMAP, instead of POP, then it should sync everything for you already. However, if you are using IMAP, you may have some settings that need changing. Go to Mail -> Preferences, Accounts pane, select the account in question and click the Mailbox Behaviors tab. Make sure that the "Store sent messages on server" box is checked, along with the similar boxes for any other mailboxes you want to keep synced.
The one problem with this: if you keep all your mail on the server too long, you'll eventually run out of space on the server. Make sure you know the policies of your mail service provider.

How do I download Mail to two Macs from server?

Lion seems peculiar about this: if I check my (imap att.net) email from my Macbook, the messages load just fine. When I go to my iMac and check email, the messages that have already downloaded to my Macbook aren't offered by the server anymore--they don't download--AND, even stranger, my inbox is mostly empty because messages don't seem to stay locally saved (i.e., on my Mac drive). That means there isn't an archive of all my emails on both my macs for me to search when I need to; whichever Mac I happen to check email on first ends up having more messages. To find an old email, I have to search BOTH Macs, instead of like in Snow Leopard when each Mac would download the same group of new messages off my ISP's server.
Is this making sense? Basically, it seems that Lion only downloads messages from an email server once and then deletes the original from off the server, so my second Mac can't also download a matching set of incoming emails as well. How do I adjust my settings so that Mac doesn't delete new messages from the server, so I can also download the same messages to my second Mac as well?

Are you sure your mail account is IMAP? This sounds more like the behavior with a POP account than an IMAP account. With IMAP, messages are never downloaded; they are always on the server (unless manually copied) and just marked as being read. Please confirm your type of account and post back.
Regards.

Mail missing two macs

Hi
I had my mail working perfectly on my Mac Mini. My mail server is a Linux box here at home, and I was using Mail.app as an IMAP client.
I bought a MacBook, and used my Time Machine external HDD to copy data onto the new laptop. Now, when I send e-mails from either machine, they don't arrive, and are not in 'Sent'.
Anyone else encountered this, and is there something blindingly obvious that I'm missing?
Thanks.

Please, don't make of this yet another pointless discussion about theoretical side issues that have no bearing on the problem at hand.
For the purposes of the OP's problem, which is what we are supposed to be talking about here, if the version of Mac OS X was the same on both computers, copying those files would be all the OP would need to do in order to have Mail setup exactly the same on both computers. Moreover, there would be no better way to accomplish that.
Sometimes copying these additional files is indeed no big deal;
but sometimes it is, particularly if an unwary user overwrites
data that isn't on the source computer.
So what? Have I suggested copying any files in any case where it wouldn't be appropriate? According to your reasoning, troubleshooting in this forum would be impossible. For every troubleshooting procedure, one could always think of a situation where that procedure wouldn't be appropriate. Does that mean the procedure shouldn't be applied to the problem at hand? Of course not. What matters is whether the procedure is appropriate for the problem that's being discussed. Your theoretical digressions about what could happen in other hypothetical scenarios get us nowhere.
Because not all situations or goals are the same, users should
consider if an export/import operation, syncing, or overwriting
is the best overall choice for them, on an app by app basis.
Have I said otherwise? Please read what I wrote in my first post (the same post where I suggested copying the mail files IF the user wanted to have Mail set up exactly the same on both computers):
Alternatively, if what you really want to do is merge the mail stored on one computer with whatever mail is already stored on the other, then File > Import Mailboxes should be used instead.The more appropriate procedure would depend on what the situation is. It's you who appears to be saying that importing is the most appropriate procedure in all cases, which is plain wrong.

Syncing Pop Mail across two Macs

How can I sync my POP Apple mail folders on my work computer (Macbook Pro) and Macbook Air? I need to be able to read and download them on both computers but make sure the messages I've downloaded are on both computers. I can't switch to an IMAP account as I have 20,000 downloaded emails organized in folders that I need access to. Thank you for any help!

If you want to stay with POP rather than IMAP, make sure your mail account is set up to NOT remove messages from the server (Mail>Preferences>Accounts>Advanced).
Then, set up your account to automatically BCC yourself on messages you send. (Mail>Preferences>Composing).
Now all messages you receive and send will be available from either machine.
Another alternative is to periodically simply copy the whole Mail folder (<home>/Library/Mail) from one machine to the other.
This is what I do, in fact. I use the iMac as my main computer and made an Automator workflow app to copy Mail, Calendar, and Address Book files and selected Documents folders to my MBA. It's not elegant perhaps, but it works for me.

Is there any way to synch mail on two Macs so it doesn't have to be read twice?

Is there any way to process mail once instead of having to go through it again on each device? If you read or delete a message is there any way to have this synched on other devices?

Use ones that do :-)
Any service that does not provide IMAP, in my opinion, is not a service you want.
I suppose the alternative is to use webmail. Yuk.
Grant

Reading mail on two mac

Hi, how can i read the same mails on both my computers(with the same account)? an IMac and a Macbook.......
After I read a mail on the Macbook, I can't read the same mail on the IMac.........because is already downloaded.
How can I receive all mail in both my computers?......

Hi
You don't say what email you use (Hotmail, GMail, etc), but it sounds like you have a POP account, which is set to delete mail after you download it. What you'll need to do is this: in Apple Mail, go to the Mail - Preferences menu, click Accounts, highlight your account, and click "Advanced".
Note where the window reads "Remove copy from server after retrieving a message", and the following listbox. It sounds like it might read "Right away". Either untick the "Remove copy..." option entirely (which means that you would have to remove your mail manually from the server, through your webmail interface), or change the time list to something longer such as "After one week", which gives you a longer time to check the mail on both computers.
Matt

Sync Mail between 2 mac's

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to sync Mail between my two mac's? Using .mac or some other avenue? I am not only using .mac email but also a POP server and g-mail. thanks!

Hi,
To sync mail between two macs (also with the web browser and iPhone) yo need to set up the email accounts using IMAP. .Mac is automatically set up as IMAP. For gmail account the setup instruction can be found at
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=81379
For POP server sync is not possible, you simply can read your email within an email client. Check with your email server, if they offer any IMAP access by any chance.
Read the following thread for better setup of an IMAP account,
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8007668#8007668
Other additional sync can be made using MobileMe in system preferences.

Two macs. Mail trouble

Hello there.
I use two macs, one at home and another in my office, under one apple id. Im trying to use mail.app with two mail accounts (corporate, not gmail or similar). So, i create both accounts on my office mac and it's work ok - i can receive and send mail. Later, at home, i can see the same accounts already setted. But the trouble is i cant send mair from home. Can receive, but can't send. Both SMTP servers is offline. I'll check all settings in System Preferences-Internet Accounts and in the Mail it's ok and exactly the same as at my office mac. I'm trying recreate accounts from System preferences and from Mail.app - nothing changes, i'm still have offline SMTPs, while it's ok at my office.
What i need to do to have both macs work ok?

Troubleshooting sending and receiving email messages
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Merging Inbox/Sent for Mail.app on two Macs?

I send/receive all e-mail via Mail.app; this app is always kept "open" on my iMac and my ISP (in collaboration with GMail) automatically downloads all incoming mail.
When I'm away from home, however, I utilize Mail.app on a MacBookAir. My "home" Mac remains off or sleeping.
Once I've returned home, what procedure will allow the files on my two Macs to become identical?

What kind of accounts are they? If they are IMAP, or can be set up as IMAP (gmail can), you would never have to sync them.
If they are POP accounts, you should set them up to Leave Mail on the Server for a long enough period that both Macs can download the email before it is removed from the server.
As for doing what you want, now, I'm not sure of the easiest way to do that. I would either forward them to myself, or try dragging them into a folder on an external drive and copy that over to the other Mac.

How can I keep Mail in sync on two Macs?

One of the beauties of .mac seems to be that you can work on your email from various computers.
Both my wife and I each have a Mac laptop, which we sometimes want to use interchangeably (webcam, size, portability reasons). We each have an individual @mac.com email address but would like to have both email accounts combined and visible on each computer. What sync settings would I need to choose to achieve this?
Thanks in advance for any advice.

POP accounts can be set up to leave mail on the server. Thus this mail could be accessed from several different computers.
I used Eudora a while ago, and set up 2 accounts, one left email on the server, and one did not. I would normally check mail from the one that left it on the server (accounts like this on several macs). When I was ready to download the mail, then I would check it from the other account that existed on only one of the macs.
So in Mail, you could set up for POP and leave mail on the server. Then when ready to download (and not be able to see mail from various macs) you could switch to another user account, where Mail would be set up to not leave mail on the server.
However, iMap makes this whole process easier.
Normally, iMap mail can stay on the server forever. But I do like to get my mail and store it on my Mac after an arbitrary period of time. So I have set up a smart rule in Mail.
It is GET MAIL:
if Date received is less than 10 days old
perform the following actions: stop evaluating rules
So every day the mail is received, and of course it is less than 10 days old, so the rules stop evaluating.
When I am ready to download the messages I select all in the mailbox, and use command-option-L to apply the rules. Any messages less than 10 days old stay on the server, Older messages then follow the other rules which are listted after GET MAIL. Usually these just filter mail into specific dumb mailboxes on my Mac. And/Or they could color the mail, or whatever else I choose to do with the mail.

I have two .mac addresses; how does this work in iCloud?

This is not about consolidating Apple ID's... I think.
When I got my first .mac address, I thought I picked a good one at the time. Later on, due to the peculiar spelling, I opted for an additonal (paid) address which I use every day. Now the first one (which is an Apple ID) contains my calendars, contacts, etc. I never use the email portion of it, again because of challenging spelling. The second .mac address (also an Apple ID) is an email only account. This is the email account I use daily.
When I make the transition to iCloud, I intend to keep my original AppleID (from the pre-.mac days) as my iTunes store ID.
My question is, what happens with my two other accounts?
.mac #1 with the contacts and such would move to iCloud and sync everything there as it currently does with MobileMe. Since .mac #2 is an email only account, would I even need to bother moving it to iCloud (if that's even possible), or would I just keep using that as email only using the current mail settings on my iThingys and Mac? Does anyone know if .mac #2 will live on after MobileMe vanishes, or will I loose my daily and coveted .mac email at that time?
I'm sure Apple has a good reason for not allowing us to just consolidate everything in one place, but I know there are many out there with a similar situation to mine.
I've spent a good deal of time tonight searching the various threads and can't seem to find an answer to the two .mac email dilemma. My appologies if it's already been discussed.
To sum up, I have one Apple ID that I use for iTunes and intend to keep as such. I have two .mac addresses which are also Apple ID's; one that syncs with MobileMe and one that is email only. I would like to use iCloud to sync what is currently on MobileMe, AND continue to use the simpler email address that I've been using for years.
Am I screwed??
Thanks in advance for your help, and Happy Holidays to all!!

Migrate the account which contains your calendars, contacts etc. first, at http://me.com/move and set it up on your Mac and devices.
http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/mac.html
Now migrate the email-only account in the same way. On a Mac you can add it in System Preferences>Mail, Contacts & Calendars - it won't sync anything but will be added to the accounts in Mail where you can then use the email in the normal way.
I don't know what the equivalent process on an iOS device is; very likely you need to add it as an account in the Mail app.

Two macs sharing an iTunes lib stored on a NAS?

I know there are many discussions/articles pointing to how I can move my iTunes library to an external drive, but my questions re- moving the library are:
1. Can two macs share that library (as long as there are no concurrent users)?
2. Can multiple users on the two macs share it (again, as long as they are not concurrently trying to access it)?
3. Does the external drive have to be Mac OS X formatted?
4. Can the "external" drive be a NAS?
FYI, I am using iTunes 8.0.2.

Yes you can!
The way i did it was open a new iTunes account on in a folder on you NAS drive and open your itunes from there.
If you change the location of your iTunes files by preference,advance then change - your Library data base file is still on your mac, thus you cant open from anywhere on your network.
But if you create a new iTunes account on your NAS its all located on there and all you have to do is locate your iTunes library file from any computer with an iTunes program to open and use your complete iTunes account and what's stored on it. but remember for other people to open the account you have to log off yourself.
The good thing is i can open it from my iMac on my profile so when i sync my iPhone i get my ical,address book email etc and when my wife opens it from her MBP and from her profile she gets all her ical,address book mail etc and we get to shall all the music, movies and applications.
the only downside i can see is its a bit slow over NAS especially over WiFi but thats what you get for all your eggs in one basket.
any amount of people can use your account this way and as for formating you will find the software that comes with your NAS will format it in its own way usually FAT that way any computer can connect.
any problems give me a shout.
N

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