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This has become a problem since installing Mountain Lion:
I always keep the mail preference on my iMac set to "check manually", and to remove messages from the server when checked on it. It keeps "slipping" and checks mail automatically even though the preference still shows it as set to manual. Change and change back, and it stops...for a little while. This is very troubling as I need to get mail on my iPhone or iPad when away from home, but I miss most messages as the iMac at home has already retrieved them. HELP!!!!!!!!!!
ps- another (possibly related issue) is that the Control-Zoom feature is doing the same thing. It stops working, then I have to change it to something else, then change it back and it starts working again...for a little while.
Many thanks in advance.

If that doesn't work, there is a section in the iPod settings that says some thing like: In next sync only, information on this iPod will be replaced by info from this computer. I believe that that pertains to mail accounts.

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Back up all data. Don't continue unless you're sure you can restore from a backup, even if you're unable to log in.
This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership and access-control lists to the default. If you've set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it.
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In the Terminal window, type this:
res
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Select your boot volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
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