My Apple Mail is acting strange lately.....

I just sent out an email to someone and then when I looked at the email in my SENT box the message I sent them wasn't even the message I sent them. It was a total different message. Is my mail corrupt or do I have a virus? Lastly, when I recently reinstalled my system software and Time Machine settings I lost a lot of messages that were in my email sent box.

Hello christopher:
There are NO viruses that affect a Mac running OS X - none.
Rebuilding the mailboxes, as suggested, is a good place to start.
Barry

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Start here:
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Hello all. First time poster here.
About a year ago I got my first Apple Iphone. I was an Android proponent prior to that, but had numerous issues with the one application I use the most frequently which is Yahoo Messenger, so I decided to try an iphone5 and see if it would be an improvement. I use yahoo to speak with a close friend of mine who is overseas, because she refuses to use anything else. Personally I freaking hate the program, but she is too set in her ways to change. The iphone has been an improvement over my old droid bionic, but lately it has been getting a little weird.
The primary issue I am having is the fact that yahoo messenger will no longer notify when there is a new message if the screen is closed, either audibly or through vibration. This means I must actively go into messenger and open my contacts to see if anyone sent me a message, which is unnacceptable. There has been no update to messenger in what sems like years, and probably is close to it. Any ideas on what causes that or how to fix it?
The other issue I have had is random screen dimming. This issue is less frequent, but intensely irritating. Basically, the phone will suddenly decide that the only appropriate screen brightness is full dim, and the only way to fix it is to go into the settings and move the brightness slider. Even rebooting the phone will not correct the issue. The slider will actually show in the exact position where you left it, but the instant you touch it the brightness returns to normal. Of course when it is bright outside, you cannot actually see anything on the screen to find the settings, and this problem seems to occur most frequently when using navigation on a bright sunny day, rendering the phone and navigation useless until you find a place to pull over and fumble with the phone long enough to fix it. It got me lost in NYC traffic on a recent trip, and cost me over 45 minutes worth of detours etc. I nearly threw the **** phone out the window permanently, and nearby sailors were swooning in disbelief at my language on that day.
Any pointers on how to address this situation folks?
V/R
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Try this:
Go into a dimly lit or dark room.
Launch the Settings app from the Home screen of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
Tap on Brightness & Wallpaper.
Turn the auto-brightness setting to Off.
Adjust the brightness slider to the level you would like your screen brightness to be at in the given environment. For instance, if you're in a completely dark room, you'll probably want to put the slider all the way to low or pretty close to all the way down.
Turn the auto-brightness setting to On again.
Now flip on a light switch.
Watch the brightness slider move upwards to adjust to the new light entering the sensor.
As long as the brightness slider is moving on its own, you have successfully re-calibrated the sensor and it should work properly from here on out.

My dock has been acting strange lately.

Whenever I open an application that isn't permanently on my dock, it doesn't appear on the dock and when I open an application that is permanently on my dock, such as Safari, the blue indicator light doesn't turn on and if I want to quit the application, I try right-click, "Quit Safari" but it doesn't show the option. My OS system is OS X 10.7.5.
For example there, I have Safari and iTunes open but none of them have the blue indicator light on.
And when I right-click, it doesn't show the usual windows open, "New Window" or "Quit" options.

Hi xmiafd1023!
Here is an article that may help you address this issue:
Portables and Magic Trackpad: Jumpy or erratic trackpad operation
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1449
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Have a good one!
-Braden

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The past couple of days, it seems to be random chance whether the program will work. I might have to enter the password 5, 10 times to download mail, or quit and restart. Sometimes, messages I send will load properly, but most of the time it hangs at entering password and I have to enter the password multiple times.
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I'd like to try reloading Mail only from the startup disc, but it seems to be integrated into the basic Install of the entire operating system. Is there a way to download Mail by itself from the startup disc?
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Apple Mail developed a strange behavior.
Neither in the preview pane nor when you double click the mail the content is visible.
Why is this? How can it be repaired?
Thank you very much!
Kind regards
Dieter Zakel MD MA

Are you aware of the following support advisory:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2537
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Hello.
I have been having some major issue with Apple Mail (6.5) in its search function.
I have been a heavy user of Apple Mail (over 15,000 emails on the program- and archived every year) for many years, and never had this issue.
When I search for a key word it does not find it! I noticed that this not to work on emails in my In Box or Sent Boxes (Gmail email POP). If I move a specific email to a newly created folder On My Mac and then search, the keyword will be found in the email in that new folder- but never on the orignal Inbox or Sent Box! Also, the search works fine for senders of emails (by name) if I search for them.
The issue is mainly in finding a key word in the content of an email and particurly in the In and Sent boxes!
I tried EVERYTHING I could find online from reindenxing the whole Macintosh HD, deleting Envelope Files... I even deleted Apple Mail and then reinstalled it from Mountain Lion DVD! STILL same issue.
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ANY IDEAS, as this is frustrating and I am seriously considering switching to new email client after all these years.
Thanks,

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Within about 30 seconds, you should notice the Spotlight magnifying glass icon in the top menu bar will say it is indexing, and it may take about 15+ minutes to complete. Hopefully that will return your missing search results in the Mail.app.

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Thank you for your reply and explination.
1/ Yes, the instructions did help. It was obvious, but I haven't ever used Mac's. They are the best, but switching over it's not the easiest.
2/ Have been thinking about changing to another mail client because of this (Thunderbird). Usually everything with iOS X makes sense, but having the MAILBOXES option and sub-structure (Inbox, Flagged, Drafts, Sent, Junk, Trash) is beyond me at the moment (a lightbulb might go off in the future ...)
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Strange apple mail

since mac os x 10.8, apple mail is like «hanging» after sleep.
this means that some accounts cannot be [re]connected - the problem-triangle appears.
it seems to happen only on imap-, not on exchange-accounts.
restarting the application helps.
checking the activity screen before quitting shows some entries in the list (looks like hanging - no move at all).
this tasks cannot be canceled.
this behavior is very annoying.
it was not like that in mac os x 10.7 and below.
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