Solution to mail problem

just did this with mobile me chat, and it appeared to work.
settings, mail/contacts, etc. turn all notifications OFF, but select option to keep on phone when offered. when all off, delete the account.
switch iphone off and on again.
reinstate the account.
This appears to have worked for me so far. fingers crossed.

Just tried this. It didn't work. Any more help? I'm still getting ""The user name or password for "Gmail" is incorrect.

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HT1338 Solutions to Mail problems in OSx 10.8.4?

Since installing OSx 10.8.4 I have been experiencing problems using the Mail client in the normal manner.
1) Screen freezes at odd times when preparing new emails. Cursor seems to lock-up, and will not clear or restart with any conventional soft controls via the keyboard.
2) This problem with Mail also seems to directly affect overall Mac performance. It makes the screen go Black, although the Mac is still working in every other sense. It also makes the Mac crash for no apparent reason - but only when Mail is live on the Dock!
3) When Mail is not on the Dock, NONE OF THIS HAPPENS, and the Mac works 100% ok in every respect in an ongoing normal manner.
4) When I reinstall Mail on the Doc
Question is - Has anyone else experiencing this or similar problems? Has this been investigated or is it being worked on by Apple?
Await any and all responses with great interest - especially from experts at Apple.

Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your personal files or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, or by corruption of certain system caches.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain iMacs. The next normal boot may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of steps 1 and 2.

Apple Script Solution to Mail problem

I'm very new to Mail, but was wondering if anyone with some script experience could tell me if an Apple Script could help with this problem: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=742249&tstart=0
I appreciate any help in advance!

Answered elsewhere

I'm exhausted of trying to find a solution to a problem created by Apple. I have moved to iCloud, following your instructions and now I can not use my mobileme e-mail address. How can I contact directly with Apple, not just an automatic reply phone number

I'm exhausted of trying to find a solution to a problem created by Apple. I have moved to icloud following all your instructions and now I can not use my mobile me e-mail address. I can not activate icloud because when I put my e-mail address it answers that somebody is already using my address. I have my old e-mails, but I can not receive any e-mail or send them.
I have contacted Apple Technical Support in Spain and I was sent an e-mail saying that I have to call a phone number and when I call it is always an answering machine who answers that says that I have to pay 50€ for a consultation or wait for 10 minutes. When I have made the consultation it was never mentioned that I have to pay 50€ for a phone consultation. If I don't want to wait I have to pay for the Apple Tecnical Support which cost 250 €, this was not mentioned in the technical support page.
Can somebody let me know how can I contact Apple in another way in order to talk with a human being or chat directly? I was very happy just using my mobileme e-mails, I didn't need any clouds and I was force by Apple to registered if I want to continue using my mobileme e-mail address.

Sandra,
See this Apple support document for information on reporting an issue with your iTunes purchase.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1933
B-rock

I have an older computer and can no longer update. After the latest Apple update I can no longer access my e-mail on my mac. I can view it on my iphone and on icloud. Is there a solution to this problem?

I have an older computer and can no longer update. After the latest Apple update I can no longer access my e-mail on my mac. I can view it on my iphone and on icloud. Is there a solution to this problem?

Apple changed MobileMe to iCloud and then restricted iCloud to 10.7 users only unfortunately
If your machine is a 64 bit processor Intel Mac you can upgrade to 10.7 for $29, however a lot of your 10.5/10.6/Rosetta based software could cease to function, especially third party hardware drivers for printers, fax machines, all-in-ones, scanners etc.
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
Also depending how old the machine is, if it can accept 4GB of RAM (preferred), older video card, may not run 10.7 very well or stable.
My advice is to keep at 10.6.8, get a web based email service that's plaform/hardware neutral, forward your iPhone emails there. Gmail/Yahoo Mail for instance.
When your ready for new hardware and all new software, then buy a new machine.
If your going to go to 10.7 on your present hardware, I advise you clone 10.6.8 to a external drive first, that way you can c boot off the 10.6 disk erase the drive completely (necessary to remove hidden Lion Recovery Partition) and option boot off the 10.6.8 clone and reverse clone.
http://www.bombich.com/get_ready_for_lion.html

Upgrade install to 10.5 Mail problems solution

Ok, I am posting this after 2 days of research why Mail behaves crazily after I installed 10.5 via update. I tried archive and install as well with same Mail problems resulting.
Now maybe this wont work for everybody, but it solved all my problems like a charm resulting in Mail working perfectly now.
After one whole annoying day behind the forums I just thought I should post it.
The basic problem was that my Mail didn't want to receive messages while the progress bars were just spinning infinite. Quitting Mail had to be done via Force Quite to stop it.
First thing i noticed was that if I open "*Previous recipients*" panel I get the everlasting spinning beach ball.
So I gathered that there must be some problem in the communication between Mail and Address Book. I backuped the Address Book database and deleted everything I could find connected with Address Book.
Next step was going to Mail folder in my User Library where I deleted all mailboxes .plists and mails because I had some messages I couldn't delete in Mail app. I also deleted other .plist files.
Then I reinstalled Address Book via additional install and rebooted the machine.
Address Book now contained no addresses. I opened Mail, and bingo everything started working, opening "previous recipients" showed 0 contacts and I starter using Mail without problems.
To finish the thing, just backup Address Book ad voila.
Now, maybe that won't sort out everybody's problem, but it sure did mine. And I had all Mail problems described on this forum while sing Mail.
Good luck fixing this highly annoying Leopard feature!

Hi,
Same thing here. All printers gone. Archive & Install 10.5 on a 2.33Ghz MBP. Cannot find my network printers. Tried everything I can think of. When I boot from my external drive (10.4.9) everything works great. Leopard also ate my company VPN and won't give it back. Any help would be welcome.

Is anyone suddenly having Mail problems connecting to Yahoo servers?

I run two Intel iMacs on my home network. Both run Snow Leopard. On my machine that runs 10.6.8, I recently installed several Safari updates. Currently Safari is at Version 5.1.5 (6534.55.3), my wife's iMac Safari is Version 5.1.4. I began having problems downloading email from the Yahoo server (I have ATT UVerse broadband service). Internet access seems solid but I started getting constant requests to enter my password for the Yahoo server. ATT and the alleged Yahoo tech support have been unable and unwilling to help beyond reading the usual scripts.
My wife's iMac is able to send and receive emails using the Apple Mail client, I can only receive emails using Mail, sending results in an endlessly spinning wheel in the "sent" mailbox. I have carefully examined the Mail Preferences on my wife's iMac and verified that they are duplicated on mine. For some reason, my Mail cannot send to the Yahoo SMPT server.
Any suggestions to this somewhat convoluted question?

I see that you are both having the same issues as myslef. I think I may have a solution for your problem. In your mail accounts section (Mail > Preferences > Accounts) rechange the settings to as follows:
IMAP (Incoming Mail Server) information:
Server name: imap.mail.me.com
SSL Required: Yes
Port: 993
Username: [email protected] (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
Password: Your iCloud password
SMTP (outgoing mail server) information:
Server name: smtp.mail.me.com
SSL Required: Yes
Port: 587
SMTP Authentication Required: Yes
Username: [email protected] (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
Password: Your iCloud password
Hope this helps!

E71 E-Mail Key and Related Mail Problems

Since my E71 was updated to the latest firmware (at a Nokia Service Center) around 6 months ago I have had a number of odd mail problems, which manifest themselves as follows:
After an initial boot everything with mail and messaging works fine as expected. However at least once or twice a day the phone switches unpredictably into an odd mode with the following symptoms:
1) E-Mail key stops responding to short or long presses.
2) New e-mails and sms messages which arrive do not appear on the home screen as usual, though they may (or may not) appear as small icons in the top right corner of the screen.
3) For new e-mails only the title/header is downloaded, whereas usually I have it set to automatically download the first 2 K of each message.
4) New messages still appear as 'unread' even after reading them. Manually setting them to 'read' works, but only after a long delay.
5) The flashing navigation key light which warns of new messages/mails gets stuck in flashing mode and will not stop until the phone is rebooted.
Problems 1-3 occur every time, and 4&5 occasionally, but all can only be cured by rebooting the phone, after which it works fine again - for a while.
Since I first saw this problem I have updated the firmware twice (it is currently on the latest version), but the problem persists. I wonder if anyone has seen this problem or has any idea how to fix it? It's a great irritation with an otherwise excellent phone, especially since it was all working fine when I first purchased it. Thanks for any comments or suggestions

For anyone who is interested, I've found the answer to my own question, though not the solution to my problem. After several days playing with mail settings I noticed that when Retrieval settings > E-mail to retrieve is set to 'Headers only' or ' Msgs & attachs', there is no problem. However, if it is set to 'Size limit' with a setting of say 2K or 5K (i.e. just enough to capture the first few important paragraphs of any message) then receipt of many types of formatted mails larger than the specified size causes the mail program to crash, and the OS to switch into the odd mode described in my earlier post.
This is particularly irritating since I travel frequently overseas in Asia where roaming GSM data use is expensive (and there are no caps or limits on roaming fees), and due to the nature of my work my e-mails typically come with long threads and large attachments. Therefore I am left with the choice between:
     A) Downloading mail headers only and waiting till I can find a WiFi connection to find out what the message actually says
     B) Downloading the whole message and paying many hundreds of dollars a month in data roaming fees
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Anyway, it seem this problem is clearly due a bug with the Nokia mail software in recent builds, since it worked fine with these exact same settings for the first year I had the phone, and repeated clean re-installs of the latest firmware do not fix the problem. Therefore, if any Nokia developers are monitoring this board you can add this to your bug list, and you know where to start looking for the bad bit of code.

Mail Problems - Security Update 2007-004

Since applying the new security upgrade yesterday I have experienced the following problems:
1. When clicking on a hyperlink in the email, I get an error message "Mail unable to open the URL "http://xxxxxxxxxxxxx" No associated application could be found.
2. Mail will no longer open view window by clicking Mail icon from the dock. It must be opened via a pull down menu command. No hot key assigned.
I have checked all prefs, and no solutions to abouve problems, the worst being not being able to open hyperlinks.

Problems arising right after installing a system update are usually the result of some filesystem corruption that should have been fixed first, or not having installed the update properly (e.g. applications running while installing it), or having ignored Apple’s “Important: Please read before installing” warnings, etc.
Verify/repair the startup disk (not just permissions), as described here:
The Repair functions of Disk Utility: what's it all about?
Check that the Safari > Preferences > Default Web Browser setting is correct.
When done, try this:
1. Open /Applications/Utilities/Console.
2. From the File menu, choose either Open Console Log, or Open System Log, or both, so that Console displays the contents of both system.log and console.log.
3. Reproduce the problems and look at the bottom of the Console windows for messages that might be written there as a result. They may provide some clues.

Apple Mail problems

Here's the situation:
One PBG4 w/broken screen, running an external (duh) Samsung monitor. This is my shop PB, it's currently masquerading as an immobile desktop.
Another PBG4, which I mostly keep at home, but also use on the road.
LaCie 320GB external Firewire drive. backup at shop (used Migration Assistant to copy the shop PB's system (10.4.7), apps, and docs to the FireWire drive)
Two mail accounts both of which dump into Mail 2.1, on both PBs.
Problem one:
Is there a way -- besides signing up with .Mac -- that I can synchronize the mail on both machines? Failing that, is there a way -- besides doing it message-by-message -- to save the text and attachments from new mail messages?
Problem two:
As far as I can tell, both PBs are set up exactly the same way and certainly the mail prefs are the same, and both PBs are set up with Firefox as the default browser. when I click on a hypertext link in a message on my PB at home, it opens Firefox to the correct page, just like it ought to do, but if I click on an HTML link in a message on my PB at the shop, the mail window flashes once, but nothing opens. This is especially problematic when the clickable link is one of those "click here" links, rather than the actual URL.
What in the ding-dong am I doing wrong?
Thanks!
Bart Brown
PBG4 Mac OS X (10.4.9)
PBG4 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Locally stored mailboxes and POP accounts cannot be synchronized. The only way to synchronize mail between users or computers is storing it on the server, i.e. using an IMAP account (it doesn’t have to be a .Mac account, any IMAP account would do).
Mail stores most preferences and all account settings in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist (except the passwords, which are stored in the keychain). Everything else, including all your messages and mailboxes, is stored within the ~/Library/Mail/ folder.
If both computers are running the same major version of Mac OS X, copying these (the preferences file and the entire Mail folder) from one computer to the other is all you need to do in order to have an exact copy of all your messages, mailboxes and Mail settings on both computers.
Locally stored mailboxes can be copied to the Desktop or anywhere else by just dragging them there from Mail itself (for IMAP server-stored mailboxes, transfer the messages to locally stored “On My Mac” mailboxes in Mail first). These, however, are *.mbox folders (not standard mbox files), where messages are stored in individual *.emlx files that other mail clients don’t know or care about. They can be imported back into Mail doing File > Import Mailboxes and choosing Mail for Mac OS X as the data format.
Selected messages can be exported in standard mbox format doing File > Save As and choosing Raw Message Source from the Format popup menu. Standard mbox files can be imported into most mail clients. In particular, they can be imported back into Mail doing File > Import Mailboxes and choosing Other as the data format. Using this format, however, would cause some status flags to be lost (e.g. whether a message has been replied to).
Andreas Amann’s Mail Scripts has an Archive Messages script that you may also find useful.
Finally, there are several backup/archiving solutions for Mail available out there:
http://www.hawkwings.net/plugins.htm#archive
if I click on an HTML link in a message on my PB at the shop,
the mail window flashes once, but nothing opens.
1. Open /Applications/Utilities/Console.
2. From the File menu, choose either Open Console Log, or Open System Log, or both, so that Console displays the contents of both system.log and console.log.
3. Try to reproduce the problem and look at the bottom of the Console windows for messages that might be written there as a result. They may provide some clues.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user’s home folder, i.e. ~/Library is the Library folder within the user’s home folder.

TS3988 i want to delete my iCloud account and get a new one. but i can not delete as it says that my iphone is being restored. could anyone tell me what would be the solution to my problem. i will be thankful to you..

i want to delete my iCloud account and get a new one. but i can not delete as it says that my iphone is being restored. could anyone tell me what would be the solution to my problem. i will be thankful to you..

You can go to icloud.com, open Mail, click on the gear shaped icon on the upper right and choose preferences, go to the Vacation tab and set up an auto response saying that the account is no longer in use. Then go to Settings>iCloud and turn Mail to Off on your device and stop using the account.
Incoming email to the account will receive your vacation auto response, and eventually the mailbox will fill up and no longer receive mail at all.

SQL Agent Job Notification - Database Mail problem

Hi
I'm a little stumped. Have setup database mail on SQL Server 2008 (SP1 x64) and its working fine except when its supposed to send out a SQL Agent job notification.
I've enabled database mail on SQL Agent and have specified a profile, but when it tries to send an email on agent job completion it errors with "NOTE: Failed to notify '<operator>' via email."
Can anybody help?
Thanks

Hi Webdawg,
As suggested above, try these steps.
1. Try test email first, this can be by done (right click on database mail under mangement folder). prior to that you should already have a profile configured to send the emails and make sure you got the right SMTP server and do not block
port 25.
2.If test is succeeds, enable mail option under sql server agent properties and select 'database mail' and corresponding profile.Add the reciepents email to the operators under sql server agent(check the enabled option here). Restart the SQL sever
here.
3. Create your sql job and in the notifcations section you should see email option and should have the operator email you configured above.
Try it out. let us know. Hope it helps.
If the test succeeds and still you did not get the email from sql job, check the database mail log and check whether it is being queued. let us know.
Please mark as 'Answer', if the solution solves your problem.

Mail problems since latest OSX mountain lion update

Since I updated to the latest version of OSX Mountain Lion my Macbook Pro is very slow starting (up to 2 minutes) and my mail program is always stucking (colour-ball turning) so that I have to shut down and restart.
Does anybody have a solution for these problems?
Thanks!

So it's a new 2012 non-Retina model... there are a couple of things that you might want to try - even with only 4GB of RAM (and I truly feel that 8GB is the 'sweet spot' for any modern MBP) you should be having slow startup or Mail beachballs.
First, let's boot into Recovery mode by holding down the Command and R keys during startup. At the bottom of the window, you'll want to open Disk Utility. Select your hard drive from the left pane and verify and then repair permissions. Some won't be 'fixed' but that's OK. Then with the hard drive still selected, verify your hard drive. If any errors pop up, go ahead and repair the hard drive.
If neither of these things fix the problem, you might want to redownload and reinstall 10.8.2, using the 'combo' updater found here. Also make certain that you install (or reinstall) the 10.8.2 supplemental update - here.
And if that doesn't work, we'll just have to dig a little deeper.
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MacBook Pro Printing & Mail Problems

My stepdad's Macbook Pro just came Fed Ex today. Amazing yesterday, it was in Shanghi.
Anyway, I have two major problems. First, I imported all his old documents and settings, using the assistant from his old iMac. When I went to print, nothing happens. I mean I click on the button, but no print window pops up. It does not matter what application I am in. The printer is plugged in the USB port correctly. It is supported ( a Lexmark laser E320). The driver is installed. The computer even says it sees the printer. I just get no print window, and the print queue stays empty.
Apple support was useless. The person barely could speak English and the recommended solution was to re-install OSX. How could that help, I only had the computer for an hour and a half.
Second, the installer imported all my step dad's mail, but when I click on the reply button to respond to other's email, nothing happens (the exact same problem as with printing, nothing happens). Again, Apple support was no help. Repairing permissions, emptying the cache, trashing preferences, nothing helped.
Any clues would be helpful. What a bumper, as I hyped up the machine
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I used Print Repair Setup. The demo is free, but it is shareware. I had forgot about this software, but have used it in the past, and it is great. It can be found at:
http://www.fixamacsoftware.com/software/index.html.
I should say, however, that it only solved the printing problem for the root user's account on my machine (which also had not been working). I did not check my account before verifying the fix and psoting here. Sure enough it did not work. Eventually I did an index and reinstall, and it restored printing for my normal account. The utility may work for you though, so try it out. As I set, I have used it in the past, and it has fixed some problems when all else failed.
I will have an update for my mail problem. The indexing and reinstall did not solve the mail problem. I, however, discovered the problem. Apparently, I had a .Mac account a long time ago. I cancelled it after the year of reduced membership costs expired. My computer, however, carried this information forward with it when I updated my operating system several times from 10.1 to 10.4.
After trying everything I coudl think of, including deleting the .Mac mail folders in the Library Mail folder, I went to system preferences. I opened the .Mac option, and deleted the user name. I closed mail, and restarted it. This solved the problem for me.

HT1414 i am getting an error message saying unable to update as the firmware file is not compataible .Any solution to this problem

when i try to update iphone 4 i am getting message saying unable to update the firmware file was not compataible .
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If the problem is sending to just one address and it has worked in the past, I don't know if this will work. I posted this to another thread yesterday for someone who had the same problem you are having and it worked for them. You can take a look. This is thread that I found and the words below are the OP's suggested fix.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3048200?start=0&tstart=0
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