Mail unavailable for hours

I haven't been able to get mail all day. I get "the server "mail.mac.com" cannot be contacted on port 993." When I try to get mail online it says "we're sorry, .mac mail on the web is temporarily unavailalbe." Anyone know what's going on? Does that mean .mac mail everywhere is down?
powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

I also have not been able to access Mail (on my computer, or on .Mac) since about 9:00 this morning. I also encounter the "temporarily unavailable" message on the dot Mac site, but Mail now prompts the following message:
"There may be a problem with the mail server or network. The server error encountered was: your IMAP server appears to be temporarily out of service."
Mail status is green on the dot Mac website. Hopefully they can address these issues quickly.

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I have been using Entourage, on my Mac, as my mail application for years without a problem. During the past week I started to notice that my e-mails were not being answered. Upon further investigation I learned that my e-mails were not being delivered until several hours after I had sent them. This afternoon I sent a dozen e-mails to myself and everyone took nearly five hours to be delivered to me.
My verizon mail service is yahoo.verizon. I have checked all of my settings and they are correct. My outgoing SMPT server is outgoing.yahoo.verizon.net and set to port 587. When sending an e-mail with Entourage the e-mail are sent without a hitch. They simply aren't being delivered by yahoo.verizon for hours later. They apparently arrive at yahoo.verizon and then get trapped there for hours!
What is causing my e-mails to be delayed? Is it a Verizon issue? A Yahoo.verizon issue? It does not appear to be an Entourage issue as I've not changed any of my settings.
IF I send an e-mail using yahoo.verizon on my web browser, the e-mail is delivered almost immediately.
I would contact verizon by phone if I could speak with someone in the U.S.A. that could help me, but I don't have three hours to be on the phone with someone overseas.
Can anyone help me with this problem????

Was contacted this morning by a nice gent from the Verizon Operation Support Center (OSC). As of yesterday, this is now a known issue. Verizon learned in discussion with Yahoo yesterday that they are working on email servers to swtich to a new webmail format. They did not believe that their work would cause any disruption in service, but oviously it is. Unfortunately, no committment as to when this issue will be resolved. I don't expect Yahoo to slack off on a committment for resolution. There is an option to have Verizon switch from Yahoo email support of your Verizon.net email account back to Verizon email servers. You can contact tech support to do this. I am going to hang in there for another week in hopes that this issue goes away. I like the ability to use Yahoo's webmail to read both my Verizon and Yahoo email accounts.

Why is my iPad not able to download mail for hours at a time while the iPhone next to it has no problem?

Why is my iPad not able to download mail when the iPhone next to it can and the iPad may be able to do it 24 hours later with no change in settings? This happens with multiple email accounts at the same time in several locations on many occasions. The setting is to check emails every 15 minutes. It says it is checking but nothing comes up while it does on my Mac or iPhone

I have exactly the same problem here.
Can see new email appearing straight away on the iPhone and Windows pc, but very erratic on the iPad. Sometimes the emails appear immediately on the iPad, other times they don't appear for hours.
One thing I have noticed if I go and change the "delete messages - remove" setting to something other than what it was set (for instance from "never" to "one month") it seems to jiggle something and the outstanding emails all suddenly appear.

How long does it take to migrate mail data from snow leopard to lion. Waiting for hours

OK, so here I thought I was solving a calendar sync problem by updating my OS from 10.6.8 to 10.7.3. Initially unable to load the mail app, however this seemed to work after taking out the "envelope index" file as suggested in this forum. New mail program loaded, but now stuck with rolling blue and white candy bar on a window inside the "Mail Upgrade" window stating "migrating data ...".Thinking I might simply have a lot of data I waited 5 (!!) hours,... No change. I went back to Finder and once again removed the envelope index file as well as all files with a .plist extension. Again started mail, again stuck with the screen "migrating data". So my question: Do I just have to wait (and then for how long? Days?), or do I have to tweek my MacBook Pro a little to be able to once again read and write e-mail?
Thanks

12 hours and did not finish. Still left with the message: migrating data. I cannot imagine what the program is doing.
So I force quit mail and cleaned up everything I know to clean up: went to folder "~/library/Mail" and deleted everything I thought was not needed. Emptied the trash. Now, of course, I have a fair amount of mails in different folders that are stored in the mail program. But from a total data amount point of view this should be trivial.
Restarted mail, get the screen: "Mail Message Import", click "Continue"
Then program successfully imports 4563 messages in less than 2 minutes.
Then - once again - rotating candy bar with message "migrating data ..."
There is no way to see what is actually happening and no way to stop the process other than force quit.
Help!!!

Why am I getting this message on my e-mail account: User account temporarily unavailable for system maintenance

Why am I getting this message on my e-mail account: User account temporarily unavailable for system maintenance?

Is there a solution to this issue? I have an iPhone and an iPad that sync with Outlook using iTunes. Every now and then the contacts, calander and notes become unchecked for both the iPhone and iPad. When I recheck them and "Apply" I get this message: The information on the iPad is synced with another user account. Do you want to sync this iPad with the information from this user account?
As far as U know I have only one User Account. I see that many people have this issue. why isn't there a solution?

Lenovo support site, warranty lookup and warranty service unavailable for 72 hours?

Hello, I've got a newly purchased Lenovo Yoga 2 13 with a confirmed hardware issue. I'd like to take advantage of the on-site support I purchased and it appears that's currently impossible. Here are the issues I've encountered.
I began at the Lenovo Support site: http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/
I tried the Check Warranty Status tool ( http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/warrantylookup ) just to verify my new laptop and warranty are accurately listed in Lenovo's systems. No luck, the form has been returning a "Service Busy" error for the past hour.
I then tried to submit an Online Service Request ( http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/submitrequestonline ) to schedule the repair. Again, no luck. The page is broken and has no form or links on it (see below). Same result in multiple browsers over the past hour.
I finally called Lenovo technical support. Doing that was difficult because the support phone number is not listed anywhere visible on the Lenovo Support site - I had to find it through the FAQ here in the forum. The phone rep asked me some questions and then suggested I work with the vendor where I purchased the laptop. But it was purchased from Lenovo.com, so this is Lenovo's problem. The rep then informed me that the Lenovo technical support system is "being upgraded" and will be unavailable for the next 72 hours until Tuesday 8/12. I was unable to get a case number and will need to call back or submit a new request online (when and if the online form is repaired).
A next-day, on-site warranty is kind of pointless of it takes 2 business days before you can even request service. Not a good first impression, Lenovo. How about acknowledging the "system upgrade" on the support site or forum so customers know what's going on?

Does anyone know of any other options, or do I need to send my phone back to a service centre in Australia?
For a warranty claim, there is no other option.

HT201320 server unavailable for add account mail

plese hellp me i can't add account mail in my iphone 5, always answer server unavailable for account

Hello, kemal panigoro.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
After looking at the iCloud system status, I see there was an outage in regard to iCloud mail on April 12, 2014. I would recommend attempting to add the account again. If the issue persists, try the troubleshooting steps in the article below.
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Mail
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4002
Cheers,
Jason H.

Getting Mails repeatedly for Job Alert

Hi,
I have configured CCMS mail alerts for a particular job that runs once in an hour.Till yesterday i got single mail for every one hour for that failed job .But now am getting 10 to 15 mails for the single job that fails in an hour .Could someone please help me on this?
We have found one difference between alert mails for the failed jobs .. I have found only one difference in date like " 15.03.2010 " and " 03/15/2010 " ... may this be the cause due to day light timing change in USA? If so how can i resolve this .....
Thanks
Prakash
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I am unable to connect on facetime.my daughter is waiting but it won t connect saying that she is unavailable for facetime

I am trying to connect using facetime to my daughter who's ready and waiting! But the message saying she is unavailable for facetime keeps coming up.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5419 -UPDATE
Pay attention to step 1:
If you started to have issues making or receiving FaceTime calls after April 16, 2014, you or your friend may have an expired device certificate. Updating both devices will resolve this issue.
iOS: Troubleshooting FaceTime
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3367
If you encounter issues making or receiving FaceTime calls, follow these steps:
Update both devices (your device and your friend's device) to the latest version of iOS.
If you started to have issues making or receiving FaceTime calls after April 16, 2014, you or your friend may have an expired device certificate. Updating both devices will resolve this issue.
Verify that FaceTime is enabled in Settings > FaceTime.
If the issue persists or if you see the message "Waiting for Activation," turn FaceTime off and then on again. Learn what to do if you can't activate FaceTime.
If you don't see the FaceTime setting, make sure that Camera and FaceTime aren't disabled in Settings > General > Restrictions.
Verify that the date and time are set correctly: Tap Settings > General > Date & Time and turn on Set Automatically.
Verify that both parties have an active Internet connection and are connected to a Wi-Fi network or a cellular data connection.
Verify push functionality using Mail or other applications that use this feature. FaceTime uses push notifications to send and receive invitations.
Make sure that you have the correct phone number or email address.
Restart your device.
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'iphoto will open as soon as the iphoto library is available. Time machine might be backing it up" - message been cycling for hours now. Can't access anything in photos

Up till yesterday, our iphoto was working correctly. At one point, I noticed the slideshow wasn't displaying, so I opened iphoto and the message said there was a newer version, so I selected upgrade. The next message said the library needs rebuilding. Selected rebuild. Next,
I got the message in the header, and it's been cycling for hours now with no result. I'm not computer friendly, so I could use some help.

Thanks for the reply.
I was wrong - the OS is 10.6.8. Is that old, too? I don't know where to find the version of iphoto I had and which one is trying to upgrade. Where would I find that. I restarted and still the same message.
"Your photo library will not be readable by previous versions of iPhoto after the upgrade. The upgrade process for very large libraries may take an hour or more to complete." selected upgrade:
"iphoto is unable to open this library. The library has issues that require rebuilding. The iphoto library is missing required database files and must be rebuilt before it can be opened" selected rebuild:
Next message is: "waiting for iphoto library...will open as soon as library is available. Time machine might be backing it up" and cycling.....
During this time, the iphoto file is unavailable, all options greyed out.
I have an external hard drive connected and time machine is on.
Like I said, not literate with computers, so I hope I'm giving the right information

Is itunes down? Message for hours says unable to process credit card purchases.

Is itunes down? Message for hours says unable to process credit card purchases.

I was having this exact issue when I was set up to use PayPal as my payment method. I fixed it by -
1. going to my iTunes account and selecting None as my method of payment, then clicking Done
2. confirming this on my account page - which then said Add (or Set up, I can't remember) a Credit Card
3. on the Add a credit card page, I again set up the exact same PayPal account I had before.
4. I was then taken to the PayPal website to confirm that I wanted to use my PayPal account for iTunes purchases, and finally
5. I was taken back to my account page in iTunes, which looked exactly the same as before BUT...
The next time I tried it, my purchase went straight through! (And this was less than 5 minutes after I'd had the "Credit Card processing is temporarily unavailable" message.)
YMMV, but I guess a similar revalidation process would work for credit cards too.

Mac Mail: Check for new messages doesn't work

Hi,
In Mac Mail the setting at "Preferences -> Check For New Messages" I have set for manual and yet Mail still fetches emails when I haven't asked it too. I previously had this setting set to check for messages every hour but it ignored that setting too so I set it to manual but this setting is ignored. Ideally I'd like to check mail every four hours but there isn't a setting for that.
I'm running Lion and have IMAP email accounts.
Any idea how I can get Mac Mail not to ignore my Check For New Messages setting?
Thanks!

Thanks for the link. Well I never would have found that out without some help. I saw the IDLE in the IMAP settings I didn't know it was a kind of PUSH / FETCH thing. Anyway I've got it on manual now and only seems to get emails when I send one or press the button. I've only changed it a little while ago so I hope this is actually fixed.
Thanks again it was driving me nuts!

Spotlight on G5 spotlighting every day for hours

hi all,
I have installed Leopard 10.5.3 on my G5 2.3 dual (4 FW disks attached on it) and since then Spotlight searches for files every day for hours, on all disks, internal and external;
I really don't know what SL is looking for and why these searches are endless,
but it's so frustrating when I need to find a file because SLing is not available during its search;
I have the same problem with my MBP 15" Penryn 2.4GHz but only when external disks are on;
has anybody out there any idea about that? I wonder, is that normal function?
thanks for helping_

What malware was found by ClamXav? Most likely, it was Windows malware. Also, unfortunately, most likely it was Windows malware attached to e-mail messages, in which case deleting it from ClamXav probably corrupted one or more of your mailboxes. Assuming you're using Mail, you should probably rebuild all your mailboxes, by selecting each one, one at a time, and using the Rebuild command in the Mailbox menu on each.
Regarding Mac malware, you most likely have nothing to fear. There isn't much malware out there for Macs, and all of it is very rare. Of course, if you're actually using Mac OS X 10.5.8, as your profile indicates, you have fewer defenses than users of more up-to-date systems. For more on this topic, see my Mac Malware Guide.
As to the downloads, there are many things that could account for that. Jon P D gave a couple excellent possibilities. Regarding the wifi, if you're using a wifi router to create a network without a password, or with weak WEP encryption, you could easily have someone piggybacking on your wifi and using your bandwidth without permission. Lock down the network with WPA2 encryption and a good, strong password that people won't be able to guess.
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Hi, my MacBook Air is not working anymore if it's not connected with the power cable. It's pretty new so I can't imagine that the battery is dead already. Why can't I use my MacBook Air without the power cable even though I charged it for hours?

Hi, my MacBook Air is not working anymore if it's not connected with the power cable. It's pretty new so I can't imagine that the battery is dead already. Why can't I use my MacBook Air without the power cable even though I charged it for hours?

Please take the Mac to Apple store to have it checked out.
Genius Bar reservation
http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/
Best.

Iphone mail app for hotmail not working

Hi,
i have the iphone 4s and have been using the mail app to connect with my hotmail account. in the past it has never been a problem but over the last few days it has not been recognising my password or verifying the account. i have deleted the account and re-installed it...did not work, i have logged onto the account using a p c and it seems to be fine, i am able to log into my gmail account but hotmail it has a problem with. any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Logging in to an email account via webmail access using a browser is not the same as connecting with the incoming mail server for an email account with an email client.
You need to contact Microsoft regarding this problem especially since there is no problem accessing your Gmail account with the iPhone's Mail app.

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