Reinstall mac mail

How to reinstall/reset mac mail...can't open attachments or attach files to email...rainbow wheel spins til forced power reboot

Get Pacifist.
Download Safari 5.1.7 for Lion.
Quit Safari if running.
Install Safari 5.1.7 using Pacifist. Select "Open Package", choose the 5.1.7 dmg from step 2. Click on the "Contents of Safari5.1.7LionManual.pkg", then click "Install" on the toolbar. Choose "Yes" or "Replace" when asked, and wait for it to finish.
Disable the frameworks that were installed by Safari 6 (by renaming them). You will be prompted for your administrator password.$ cd /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks
$ sudo mv SafariServices.framework SafariServices.framework.disabled
Disable additional Safari 6 frameworks (optional, but recommended):$ cd /System/Library/StagedFrameworks/Safari $ sudo mv SafariServices.framework SafariServices.framework.disabled $ sudo mv WebInspector.framework WebInspector.framework.disabled
Launch Safari.

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My macbook pro mail client freezes on launch...is there any way to reinstall mac mail?

Until a few days ago my mac mail worked just fine but now every time I try to start the mail client it freezes (rainbow rotating symbol). I have tried disk utility to try and repair the disk and it shows everything is fine. If there was a way to uninstall mac mail and then re-install it it might work but I don't know how to go about doing that. Would appreciate guidance on this.

You would need to have enabled iCloud on your MBP. Your question indicated you did not.
Its serial number is useful for establishing ownership should the MBP be recovered. File a police report.

Mac Mail -- no go.

Hi all, new here as I have just joined and am wondering if someone out there can offer some advice to this problem.
I have an eMac running 10.3.9 and everything working fine. 2-3 weeks ago I purchased an iMac second hand running 10.4.4. I have upgraded the OS to 10.4.10 and have also updated all the software etc. as well as adding new programs.
The problem is Mac Mail, it will just not operate on the iMac. I have been in touch with my ISP on many occasions and they have been most helpful but to no avail. MM will not connect to the server. I also spent an hour on the phone with the support staff at Apple Australia. We did everything including installing the program and reinstalling. They came to the conclusion that the only alternative left was to do a complete reinstall of the whole OS ( and even then not sure if it would solve the problem ).
After the many hours I have spent updating and installling new programs I am a bit loathe to do this. I am still able to access my ISP through the eMac.
SO -- would a complete reinstall solve the problem -- are there any other suggestions --- or do I wait for Leopard to appear and then have all that new OS ( including Mail) and hope that it would then work.
Sorry to be a bit long-winded in this question, but any thoughts on this.
PS. Thought I might add this. I can access my ISP through webmail and also start up new email accounts like gmail on the iMac, but I have already transferred my address book to the iMac and really love the MM program.
Also could I use Pacisfist to reinstall Mac mail on to the Imac from the eMac disks and see if that works ???

outrigger again, I have resolved the issue myself. The fault was in the proxy settings which neither my ISP or Apple Support picked up. All is now OK.

Mac Mail and AOL

I have for years used MacMail to access my various e-mail accounts, currently four -- ATT, MSN. QWest and AOL -- first through my ATT ISP, then MSN's ISP and now a Qwest DSL line. Starting a couple of months ago, Connection Doctor keeps telling me I can no longer access AOL's SMTP server, i.e. I can receive AOL mail but can no longer send AOL mail using MacMail. All my other accounts work fine both sending and receiving and I can send AOL mail without any problem by logging on to AOL's internet web site. My ISP keeps telling me the problem is with AOL. AOL's "mail team" (in the Philippines, Pakistan or wherever???) sent me multiple suggestions, some simplistic such as check your user name and password, others to try various port numbers, none of which have worked. I have trashed and reinstalled Mac Mail, trashed and reconfigured all my e-mail accounts, tried all available ports, with or without SSL, and Mac Mail simply cannot connect to AOL's SMTP Server. My question is: has anyone else experienced this problem and is there any solution?

Hello:
I had a similar problem yesterday (which I attributed, apparently correctly, to my Mail provider - AOL). In my case, I could not receive Mail, but could send. I repetitively entered the correct password and could receive - even though the system indicated my inbound was off line.
I had to repetitively enter my password - both in the inbound and outbound areas.
The connection doctor gave varying results - sometimes a red dot, sometimes all OK.
The problem has disappeared, but I expect it to return sometime in the future.
Barry
Message was edited by: Barry Hemphill

Cannot open Mac Mail messages.

Hi
I have a G5 pre Intel OS 10.5.8, with Mac Mail v 3.6. I cannot open my messages. I still can receive and send messages. I checked with my ISP and my settings are correct. Mac Mail's Connection Doctor says connection with the internet and my ISP are good.
I believe I will have to reinstall Mac Mail. I first want to make sure my messages are saved.
Does anyone know where on my computer the messages reside?
Where can I get just Mac Mail to reinstall or must I reinstall the OS?
Thanks

What exactly happens when you try to open them?
On Mail...
First Quit Mail, then I'd backup these two Mail folders, by right clicking on them in the Finder, then choose Archive/Compress.
Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail
Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail Downloads
(Could be a different folder here if you chose such in Mail Prefs)
Right click on that Mail folder, choose archive, you'll get everything in the folder, and the folder itself in a file called Mail.zip, move it to a safe place, same for the Mail Downloads folder... only the plist is separate.
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist
Not certain, but this can fix myriad Mail problems...
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), it will try to repair your Disk Directory while the spinning radian is happening, so let it go, run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, then move this folder & file to the Desktop.
Move this Folder to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Caches/Mail/
Move this file to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/Envelope Index
Reboot.
If that doesn't do it and you can afford to redo all your Rules, try these & reboot...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/MessageRules.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/MessageRules.plist.backup
Note, in 10.5 & up /Users/YourUserName/Library/Caches/Mail/ may not exist.
Get Pacifist...
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Mac mail is not responding OS 10.8.1. I open mail and it freezes. I've even reinstalled mountain lion 10.8.1.

My Mac Mail application is not responding. I open mail and it autimatically freezes. I've reinstalled Mountain Lion 10.8.1. and ran disk utility. What can I do to fix this?

I meant automatically...

Lost mail.app! How do I reinstall MAC OS X 10.6.8 or get mail.app back?

Lost mail.app! How do I reinstall MAC OS X 10.6.8 or get mail.app back?

See possible fixes here.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19760703#19760703
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How restore aol sent mac mail from time machine?

I am using mac mail and an imap connection to aol. I also have a time capsule and use time machine for backing up. Yesterday I stopped receiving incoming mail in mac mail and tried deleting the aol account in mac mail and then setting it up fresh. I was shocked to find that my 25,000 AOL sent emails did not restore! I was told by an apple genius bar rep several months ago that once mail was on my machine that the emails would NEVER be lost. Apparently this is not true. When I open mac mail and go into my time capsule using time machine, however, do not see the SENT mail icon under AOL--it goes away? When I try to restore the aol mail from the day before the incident the only thing that comes up is the one Sent Mail mssg that I sent AFTER the deleting and restoring of my AOL account in mac mail. The only relevant post I have found is the one below which was posted in 2008. Please let me know there is a way to get back my sent messages. I can't get them directly from the aol server because the server does not save messages that are sent from any client but AOL. Thanks.
http://raffyjohn.com/2008/01/29/restoring-apple-mail-and-your-emails-from-time-m achine/
Restoring Apple Mail and Your Emails from Time Machine
filed under: How-To tags: mail, timemachine Tuesday, January 29, 2008, 11:31 am
UPDATE (25 August 2010): Please note that this post is well over 2 years old and as Tim pointed out in the comments below, this method may not be the best solution for restoring emails. According to his restore efforts, changes where made to the timestamp from the date in which they were received to the date in which they were restored. I have not tested this myself.
The hard drive on my PowerBook completely died the other day, but I luckily had been running Time Machine backups since upgrading to Leopard. (I wasn’t all that ****** off seeing as I was eager for an excuse to replace my wimpy 40Gb hard drive with a new 160Gb drive). I fumbled a bit, looking for a specific Apple Mail restore tool. I knew where all my emails lived, but I thought that Apple would have a specific means for restoring apps like Mail. So I created this mini-tutorial on how to restore Apple Mail from Time Machine simply because I could not find this method elsewhere.
Supposedly, If you attach your Time Machine backup drive, open Apple Mail then launch the Time Machine application, you are presented with historical views of Apple Mail. This did not work for me, the historical views were just blank, so the steps below do not take this approach.
Restoring Your Emails from a Time Machine Backup
Warning: If you have already setup Apple Mail with your accounts and preferences, this will negate ALL your doings.
Note: This process will restore all your email accounts, preferences, passwords, smart mailboxes, etc.
The How-To
Before loading Time Machine, open the Finder and navigate to Home Folder (username) -> Library. In there will be a folder name “Mail”. Rename it to “Mail (default)” (Select the folder then hit the Return key to rename).
Mount your Time Machine Backup Drive (ahem, plug it in).
Control + Click the Time Machine Application and chose “Browse Other Time Machine disks…”. This, of course, brings up the historical view of your backups.
Go back to your most recent backup (2nd window back) and navigate to Home Folder (username) -> Library. Select the “Mail” folder and click the restore button (bottom right).
Once the restore is completed, open Apple Mail and you will be presented with an import wizard (below). Simply follow through the prompts and you will be good to go.
That’s it!UPDATE (20-January-2009): After step 4., also restore ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plistThanks Jon C.
If you have multiple mail accounts, you should also restore the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist file as well. This will ensure all of your account settings are imported. – Jon C.
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40 Comments
Chucho
May 13th, 2008 at 11:11 amThanks it’s a great hint, you should post it in macosxhints.com
Westin
May 19th, 2008 at 3:28 amAwesome content and great instructions even for stupid people like me. Thank you so much for posting this. It worked like a charm and really is appreciated at 2:30 a.m. after hours of reinstalling junk.
Slippery Snake
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:15 amThis worked. However, I had three email accounts, and it only imported one. My Smart Mailboxes were not imported either.
Jon C
July 30th, 2008 at 2:50 pmIf you have multiple mail accounts, you should also restore the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist file as well. This will ensure all of your account settings are imported.
Joseph Hurtado
August 26th, 2008 at 11:23 amRaffy,This tip is worth it’s weight in gold! Thanks so much for posting such a well though out recipe for a Mail Rescue operation.Just put Jon’s advice on the article, that is also very valuable!Take care,Joseph Hurtado
from Toronto
Cory
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:25 amYou saved my life! Thanks!
Drew
January 19th, 2009 at 12:08 amCheers Great tip! Thank you very much for your time!
Lizart
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:00 pmStill working in May of 2012! Thanks so much!
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May 29th, 2012 at 11:11 amIm getting a teeny problem. I cant get my reader to pick up your feed, Im using bing reader by the way.
Bruno Zysman
May 31st, 2012 at 4:56 pmThanks so much for this tips
I could get back my 170 000 mails in 5 hours thanks to this post, after having tried for few hours without success…Bruno

Don't try to restore the file; restore the Note. Go in Mail to the mailbox where the note belongs. Enter Time Machine from there and step back until you find the Note.

On 10.4.11 Mac Mail I get this: Mail cannot update your mailboxes because your home directory is full. You must free up space in your home folder before using Mail. Delete unnedded documents or move documents to another volume. I can't open mail.

On 10.4.11 iMac Mac Mail I get this message: "Mail cannot update your mailboxes because your home directory is full. You must free up space in your home folder before using Mail. Delete unneeded documents or move documents to another volume." I can't open mail to do this. I have reinstalled software but no effect. How do I get into Mail to delete?

Found this on the "more like this" Worked like a charm!
With the Mail.app quit and using the Finder, go to Home > Library > Mail. Copy the Mail folder and place the copy on the Desktop for backup purposes.
Go to Home > Library > Mail > Envelope Index. Move the Envelope Index file to the Desktop.
Launch Mail and you will be prompted to import mailboxes. Select OK and allow the import process to complete.
After confirming all mailboxes were successfully imported and available, you can delete the copy of the Mail folder and old Envelope Index file from the Desktop and this should resolve the problem.

Is there any way to delete the favorites folder from the mac mail sidebar?

I recently made the mistake of flagging two email messages. Immediately I now see a "Flagged" icon in my Mac Mail sidebar, right under the Inbox. I the "unflagged" the messages. They went away but the Flagged icon won't. It now seems to be a permanent fixture of my mail sidebar. Is there any way to move, relocate or delete a mailbox icon you don't use and don't want to see?

There's no "downgrade" from OS X Server 10.6 Snow Leopard Server to client.
Acquire the current OS X client software, boot the DVD and use Disk Utility to erase the target disk, and reinstall the software.
Leaving the box with the server software running, with the services stopped, adds negligible performance overhead. If any.

How can I do a clean install of Mac Mail client? ...

... without doing a clean reinstall of the entire OS?
I've been wrestling with my Mac Mail client all day and am pretty sure I've got a corrupted file somewhere, either in the app or in the Home<Library folder somewhere. I've been using the mail app for several years without issues with .mac mail as the primary and a couple of POP accounts from gmail and pacbell. The troubles began late Monday when I was batch deleting some old e-mails from the mail server. The entire inbox (maybe 120+ e-mails disappeared.
Since then, I can receive mail from all three mail providers, but am unable to send via any provider on my Mac Mail client. I have a PC that pulls mail from all three services via POP3, and it's working fine for both sending and receiving.
I was also able to create a .mac account on the Mac Mail client on a spare iMac and had no trouble sending or receiving from it. But the Mail client on my G5 refuses to send. I've reconfigured all the accounts, checked them 10 times, deleted and reinstalled them all, all to no avail, which is why I think there's bad ju-ju in one of the files somewhere.
Any suggestions?
Many thanks.

First find out if you need to reinstall the mail app. Create a new user by going to system preferences >accounts. Unlock the lock and click on the + sign. Create a new user account. Log into the new user by going to the apple menu and logging out. In the new user go to system preferences>.mac. Enter your user name and password. If you can log in here then open Mail. Your .mac mail should be automatically set up. Send a test e-mail to yourself. If Mail works then the problem is specific to your user account and you do not need to reinstall the Mail app. If the Mail works then consider continuing to set up your other accounts in this user. Once your accounts are working in the new user close all windows and applications. Go the the ~/Library/Preferences and holding down on the Option key drag the com.apple.mail.plist to desktop. Now select your hard drive icon in the finder window and double click on the Users folder. Drag the com.apple.mail.plist into the Shared folder. Log out of your new user account and back into your account. Navigate to the ~/Library/Preferences and drag your com.apple.mail.plist from that folder onto the desktop. Open your hard drive and go to the Users folder and open it, then open the Shared folder. Drag the com.apple .mail.plist from the shared folder into the open Preferences window. Close the windows and open mail. Mail should work.

Problem sending emails with Mac Mail 1.3.11

Desperately in need of help. I'm able to receive but not send email using Mac Mail. I keep getting an error message:
"This message could not be delivered and will remain in your Outbox until it can be delivered.
The sender address [email protected] was rejected by the server"
I have already tried the following at the advice of AppleCare reps:-
Have verified & repaired disk utilities & keychains
Have reinstalled the operating system
Have trashed the mail.plist file
Have trashed the outbox.mbox file
Getting quite frustrated now because we have a mac bookpro with identical mail settings and it is able to send and receive mail without any problems.Could it be the version of Mail I'm running ?
I initially thought that the problem related to having switched to a new ISP but the fact that one of the mac's has no problem has led me to be less convinced of that idea.
Any suggestions gratefully accepted.
Many thanks

I am having the same problem exactly. I can read e-mail, but get the same error message trying to send it. I can't use .Mac anymore--have to use alternate e-mail for the last month--since some time in October 2006.
I haven't changed anything on my G4, haven't upgraded anything, and the problem started about the time .Mac reported some customers were unable to use Mail for a couple of days in October.
I see nobody answered your post. Did you ever get your mail to work? I have repaired permissions, but I don't think it has anything to do with that.
Thanks,
iMama
G4 Quicksilver 867Mhz 60GB Mac OS X (10.3.8) Maxtor 120GB internal; LaCie 150GB external HD

I have Yahoo mail provider but just lost my folders in Mac Mail program. The folders were not "On my Mac" but on "Yahoo". How do I get them back again?

I have Yahoo mail provider but just lost my folders in Mac Mail program. The folders were not "On my Mac" but on "Yahoo". How do I get them back again? I have reinstalled MacMail as everything had disappeared. The new install has given me everything except the Yahoo folders. When I looked one of the folders had reappeared, but now it has gone again. I am using Yosemite.
Desperate to find those folders with so much data involved.

Thanks for that babowa. If I add my Yahoo account it just goes straight to MacMail and says I already have an account. There seems to be no basic problem with mails going between Macmail and Yahoo. It is just the folders that have disappeared, while MacMail was out of action. I don't think those particular folders were ever on the Yahoo mail that I access through BT, they were just on the MacMail under "Yahoo" as opposed to "On my Mac". I am worried in case I lose what I already have if I press "Restore" from my back up. As you can see, I am not exactly good at this!

Having trouble reinstalling Mac OS X

Hi everyone,
First I think I have to say I'm not very clever when it comes to Mac's operating system. Altough I always try my best.
With that said, here I go:
I have an old white macbook. I am sorry I don't know the model. I only know it's quite old (probably 2007?).
At the beggining of the year I started having problems with the fan, but apart from that everything was ok. A few months ago when I turned on my computer it shutted down a couple of minutes after I turned it on. I did turn it on again and the same thing happened over and over again. Sometimes it would stay on for longer but it wouldn't let me open anything.
ANYWAY, I got a new MacBook Pro and I love it. But I don't wanna chuck away my old white one. A few days ago I decided to restore it (?). I don't know, I followed some instructions I found on this website. Everything went well. The next step is to reinstall Mac OS X. When I turn on my computer a window with a few options ( I think it's 4 options) pops up, if I'm not mistaken the first option has something to do with the Time Machine, the second one is to reinstall Mac OS X, the third one is to use Safari for help, and the last one is Disk Utility. Anyway, I click on the second one, I then click continue and a little window pops up saying that Apple has to verify if my macbook is eligible for the reinstall. I click continue and this step takes AGES. I mean, I've been in front of the computer for HOURS (I know... how miserable!). But aparently apple never 'finishes verifying' my macbook's eligibility.
I've checked my WiFi connection and is working well.
Is there something I can do?
Please HELP!!!
Thanks for reading.

That's true of Lion or later, but not of Snow Leopard or earlier. A 2007 machine came with Tiger, Leopard, or Snow Leopard but not Lion.
Upgrading to Snow Leopard
You can purchase Snow Leopard through the Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
Clean Install of Snow Leopard
Be sure to make a backup first because the following procedure will erase
the drive and everything on it.
     1. Boot the computer using the Snow Leopard Installer Disc or the Disc 1 that came
         with your computer. Insert the disc into the optical drive and restart the computer.
         After the chime press and hold down the "C" key. Release the key when you see
         a small spinning gear appear below the dark gray Apple logo.
     2. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue
         button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
         After DU loads select the hard drive entry from the left side list (mfgr.'s ID and drive
         size.) Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window. Set the number of
         partitions to one (1) from the Partitions drop down menu, click on Options button
         and select GUID, click on OK, then set the format type to MacOS Extended
         (Journaled, if supported), then click on the Apply button.
     3. When the formatting has completed quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed
         with the OS X installation and follow the directions included with the installer.
     4. When the installation has completed your computer will Restart into the Setup
         Assistant. Be sure you configure your initial admin account with the exact same
         username and password that you used on your old drive. After you finish Setup
         Assistant will complete the installation after which you will be running a fresh
         install of OS X. You can now begin the update process by opening Software
         Update and installing all recommended updates to bring your installation current.
Download and install Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1.

File Path for Saved Mac Mail

What is the file path in OS X Yosemite to locate my saved "On My Mac" emails from the Mac Mail Application? I am trying to recover them from Time Machine as I had to reinstall Yosemite due to a software issue. I tried using the search bar with no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

You do not say if you have just media on the external or if it is the whole library. Wireless drives can be a problem. If they go to sleep or for some reason are not up and fully awake/mounted when you start iTunes, iTunes will revert back to its default library location on the internal drive. Switching on the drive after starting iTunes won't get iTunes to have another look for hte drive -- you have to restart iTunes.
I hope you are not storing your media on the same drive you use for backup. What will you do when one day the airport drive unexpectedly fails?

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