Suggestion for new Mail feature

It would be great to be able to file emails to folders by using a button on the toolbar, or a keyboard shortcut, that would open a text box in which you could type the name of the folder you want to file the email.
(Also, it's too hard to find the link on the Apple support site to send product feedback.)

Right click, or ctrl click on any mail. "Move...".

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Where can i make a suggestion for a mail feature on a future update?

I was looking for somewhere to make a suggestion for a future mail feature on the iphone, but couldn't find a place to do it.
It would be useful to be able to set mail fetching as manual in the evening and timed during the working day so my evenings aren't disturbed by work emails.
What do you reckon Apple? A feature for the next iOS update?

http://www.apple.com/feedback
You are not addressing Apple here.
You can turn off the mail notification sound each night if you like.

Since updating to Mavericks, Mail doesn't work properly. It just stops working (no error messages--it just won't check for new mail) and I must shut it down and reopen it to get it working again. Any suggestions?

Since updating to Mavericks, Mail doesn't work properly. It just stops working (no error messages--it just won't check for new mail) and I must shut it down and reopen it to get it working again. Any suggestions?

Try to force quit the mail app
Double tap the home button. When you see the app previews on the screen scroll sideways if needed to get the preview in question on the screen. Flick that preview up and off the screen to close the app. Single tap the home button or home screen preview to exit the mode.
Failing that, go into the settings, mail, contacts and calendars and remove your account info then put it back in and see if that works

Mail stops checking for new mail until closed and re-opened

This problem began a month or so ago and is only getting worse by the day. I have my Mail app set to check for new mail every minute, but recently it randomly stops checking at all and displays the triangle icon next to each Inbox. I have 10 different email accounts that I use Mail to check and they are a variety of different types from Exchange servers, to IMAP accounts, to POP accounts, iCloud, Outlook.com, Gmail, etc. Part of the time only 2 or 3 inboxes are affected, while other times (more recently) it’s ALL accounts. Clicking on Get Mail doesn’t help; no new mail is downloaded. The only way to get Mail to “wake up” is to close the app and then re-open it. When I do that, there is a flood of new mail that pours in to each account that had been offline. There are never any error messages telling me that anything has happened. I just know that Mail is stuck because of the triangle icon.
Also, there are times when my busiest account mysteriously has no new messages over a few hours, which is very unusual. Closing and re-opening mail will resume downloading mail again to that account. At least for awhile...
I thought I’d solved the problem by thinking that my router was only working intermittently, so I replaced it with a new Time Capsule. The problem did not go away.
I’ve talked to Apple Support and they’ve not been any help. I’d welcome any suggestions.

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What does Mail/Window/Connection Doctor Show? If the server is red, select it and look at the Show Details box.
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SMTP servers keep going offline

Mail crashes when checking for new mail (with crashreport)

Hello everyone
Can someone shed light on this crashreport?
The crash happens everytime Mail.app tries to download new mailmessages.
Process: Mail [320]
Path: /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
Identifier: com.apple.mail
Version: 3.1 (914)
Build Info: Mail-9140000~1
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [158]
Date/Time: 2008-02-10 09:00:25.820 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.1 (9B18)
Report Version: 6
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 19
Thread 19 Crashed:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x935a647a __kill + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9361d782 raise + 26
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9362cd3f abort + 73
3 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x0046b8ce sqlite3_traceCallback + 0
4 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x003631ba +[Library insertOrUpdateMessages:withMailbox:fetchBodies:isInitialImport:oldMessagesByNew Message:remoteIDs:newDocumentIDs:setFlags:clearFlags:messageFlagsForMessages:cop yFiles:progressDelegate:updateRowIDs:] + 2261
5 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x00466efe -[LibraryStore appendMessages:unsuccessfulOnes:newMessageIDs:newMessages:newDocumentIDsByOld:f lagsToSet:forMove:error:] + 767
6 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x003e8803 -[MessageStore appendMessages:unsuccessfulOnes:newMessageIDs:newMessages:flagsToSet:forMove:er ror:] + 92
7 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x00386090 -[MessageStore appendMessages:unsuccessfulOnes:newMessageIDs:newMessages:flagsToSet:forMove:] + 85
8 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x00386035 -[MessageStore appendMessages:unsuccessfulOnes:newMessageIDs:newMessages:flagsToSet:] + 77
9 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x00385fe2 -[MessageStore appendMessages:unsuccessfulOnes:newMessageIDs:newMessages:] + 70
10 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x00385f96 -[MessageStore appendMessages:unsuccessfulOnes:newMessageIDs:] + 63
11 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x00385f51 -[MessageStore appendMessages:unsuccessfulOnes:] + 56
12 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x00360330 -[MessageStore finishRoutingMessages:routed:] + 388
13 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x003edcf6 -[MessageRouter routeQueuedMessages] + 953
14 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x938d7b9d _invoking__ + 29
15 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x938d7588 -[NSInvocation invoke] + 136
16 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x003d0a05 -[MonitoredInvocation invoke] + 409
17 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x003d18c7 +[WorkerThread _execute:] + 144
18 com.apple.Foundation 0x9393804d -[NSThread main] + 45
19 com.apple.Foundation 0x93937bf4 _NSThread__main_ + 308
20 libSystem.B.dylib 0x93569075 pthreadstart + 321
21 libSystem.B.dylib 0x93568f32 thread_start + 34
Here is another crash from thread 17:
Process: Mail [492]
Path: /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
Identifier: com.apple.mail
Version: 3.1 (914)
Build Info: Mail-9140000~1
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [158]
Date/Time: 2008-02-10 09:36:19.146 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.1 (9B18)
Report Version: 6
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 17
Thread 17 Crashed:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9361967e _semwait_signalnocancel + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9360b547 usleep$NOCANCEL$UNIX2003 + 61
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9362cd4b abort + 85
3 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x0046b8ce sqlite3_traceCallback + 0
4 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x003631ba +[Library insertOrUpdateMessages:withMailbox:fetchBodies:isInitialImport:oldMessagesByNew Message:remoteIDs:newDocumentIDs:setFlags:clearFlags:messageFlagsForMessages:cop yFiles:progressDelegate:updateRowIDs:] + 2261
5 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x00466efe -[LibraryStore appendMessages:unsuccessfulOnes:newMessageIDs:newMessages:newDocumentIDsByOld:f lagsToSet:forMove:error:] + 767
6 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x003e8803 -[MessageStore appendMessages:unsuccessfulOnes:newMessageIDs:newMessages:flagsToSet:forMove:er ror:] + 92
7 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x00386090 -[MessageStore appendMessages:unsuccessfulOnes:newMessageIDs:newMessages:flagsToSet:forMove:] + 85
8 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x00386035 -[MessageStore appendMessages:unsuccessfulOnes:newMessageIDs:newMessages:flagsToSet:] + 77
9 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x00385fe2 -[MessageStore appendMessages:unsuccessfulOnes:newMessageIDs:newMessages:] + 70
10 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x00385f96 -[MessageStore appendMessages:unsuccessfulOnes:newMessageIDs:] + 63
11 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x00385f51 -[MessageStore appendMessages:unsuccessfulOnes:] + 56
12 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x00360330 -[MessageStore finishRoutingMessages:routed:] + 388
13 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x003edcf6 -[MessageRouter routeQueuedMessages] + 953
14 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x938d7b9d _invoking__ + 29
15 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x938d7588 -[NSInvocation invoke] + 136
16 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x003d0a05 -[MonitoredInvocation invoke] + 409
17 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x003d18c7 +[WorkerThread _execute:] + 144
18 com.apple.Foundation 0x9393804d -[NSThread main] + 45
19 com.apple.Foundation 0x93937bf4 _NSThread__main_ + 308
20 libSystem.B.dylib 0x93569075 pthreadstart + 321
21 libSystem.B.dylib 0x93568f32 thread_start + 34
Thread 17 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x0000003c ebx: 0x936191cf ecx: 0xb04520ac edx: 0x9361967e
edi: 0xa0499f00 esi: 0xb0452108 ebp: 0xb04520e8 esp: 0xb04520ac
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00000247 eip: 0x9361967e cs: 0x00000007
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x0000001f gs: 0x00000037
cr2: 0x20496050
Thanks, hope someone can help me out with what to do.
Cheers Nikolaj
Message was edited by: nsode

Hello Barry
Thanks for your reply, it did the trick, in a weird sort of way:
After deleting the mail preference file as you suggested, I could check for new mail messages without Mail.app crashing all over the place.
However all my accounts and the messages in them was gone. Okay, one problem solved and new one created.
Solution: Reinstalling my wifes and my own mail accounts and reimporting all the messages from the backup. Sounds boring right?
So I threw caution to the wind and replaced the new preference file with the old one that I had kept in the (disabled) folder. Thinking that it was an easily reversible step.
And it ruddy worked! Now I can again check for new mail messages and I have the old mail accounts intact. The logic of this however escapes me.
The morale: Its a weird world sometimes;-)
Thanks again for your help, it is much appreciated.
cheers Nikolaj

Gmail continuously checking for new mail!

this is a very perplexing problem and i have searched forums for how to fix it but as i don't quite know what to call the problem, i haven't found any solutions yet!
i just got a new iMac and proceeded to set up my two gmail accounts with mac mail. one works perfectly fine, the other, for some reason unbeknown to me seeing as both were set up in the exact same way, the second gmail account is stuck continuously checking for new mail with the loading circle next to it.
i have tried deleting the account and adding it again several times, as well as restarting my computer and mail. i have tried taking the account offline and then connecting again but nothing has worked so far.
the settings are EXACTLY the same as the first gmail account that works fine. both are set to IMAP and as i didnt get the option to manually set up an account when i added them, they were both set up automatically by the mac mail app.
it might be helpful to note that i have the same two accounts set up on my macbook with mail 3.6 and they both work fine, so it is not a problem with my gmail account. (however on the macbook they are set up as POP not IMAP.. but i dont see an option to change that in mail 4.2)
PLEASE HELP! as i am very frustrated i cannot work this out on my own. not sure what other information you need but please just let me know if you need to see a screencap or something.
many thanks in advance for any help that can be provided.

FWIW:
Apple Mail 4.0 and Snow Leopard seem to have multiple issues, rather long threads that follow (see links), but some users with multiple Gmail accounts have tried different solutions: best of luck.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=15f2852996dedf1f&hl=en
Also:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=776735
One guy notes:
+Possible Solution Found+
+Ok, I think I may have figured something out here....+
+I use IMAP as stated earlier.+
+I started from scratch with my gmail accounts in mail 4.0.+
+I hit Mailbox > Take all accounts offline.+
+Then created my 2 gmail accounts, following gmail's support page I unchecked all the options on the Mailbox Behaviors tab.+
+I used [email protected] for the username, not just the first part of my email, i.e. [email protected] This is also suggested in the gmail help guide, but mail doesn't set it up this way.+
+I forced my SMTP port to 587 in mail's setting instead of just having it use "standard ports 25, 465, 587"+
+I created both accounts, set those options, and hit take all mailboxes online. Mail seems to be downloading my messages from gmail smoothly so far for both accounts at the same time.+

Mail constantly checks for new mail; downloads same emails repeatedly HELP!

For the last three days (since 19th), Mail has been downloading the same emails over and over again. I first noticed a problem when about 20 spam emails that usually route to my Junk folder appeared in my Inbox. I thought I had just moved it incorrectly and deleted them, then they appeared again later.
The mail jogger cycle (next to Inbox) keeps turning and turning like it can't stop checking for new mail. How do I get it to stop?? The emails are multiplying like gremlins in my Inbox and driving me nuts!
Also, it only downloads new emails when I first open the app. I have to force-quit out of Mail, then reopen, and I will get a couple of new emails, and then ALL THE EMAILS FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS AGAIN.
Mail was working fine for me until three days ago. The only thing I've changed recently is a Software Update on the 15th for QuickTime and iTunes.
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UPDATE: I think I got it to stop checking mail. I have Yahoo mail and I checked my email through online Yahoo. I was able to delete a bunch of emails and it suddenly stopped checking for email in the Mail app.
HOWEVER, it will NOT remove some of my junk emails. I was able to delete over 100+ of them. But one specific message (which I now have 8 copies of) will not go away. It is one of those 'Delivery Status Notification' emails. Is this a virus??
I've tried Erasing Deleted Messages and Erasing Junk Mail. Neither helps. These emails won't go away.
Help please! I would be very grateful.

Is it possible to keep an email account on the iPhone but stop if from checking for new mail?

I have an email account that has been deleted from the provider (Gmail), but I want to keep the old mails on my phone, while stopping it from checking for new mail. Is this possible?
If I disable the account to stop if from checking for new mail (and producing a bunch of annoying pop-ups every time the mail app is opened), the account becomes invisible and the old mails disappear. I want to keep them visible to I can read and refer to them, but want to stop the phone from trying to download new ones or check the account.
Any help appreciated.

Thanks for the thought. In this case, that doesn't really help much, as it requires a bunch of button pushing just to check emails. Plus, if I'm not mistaken, in addition to switching modes every time I check email, it also prevents the other accounts from downloading the most recent mails as well. Since it's possible to keep an account on a Mac computer, but take it offline, it's very disappointing if there isn't a way to do the equivalent on an iPhone so that it passively holds the mails but doesn't send constant pop-ups every time the app is accessed.

Check for new mail not working on one account

For a number of months now I have been having trouble getting new mail. I have my Apple Mail 2.1 preferences set to check for new mail every minute and play a New Mail Sound when something arrives. This seems to be working for my earthlink POP account but not my dot.mac e-mail account. The only way to get new dot.mac e-mail on my G5 tower is to alternately click on the left most icons for the different incomming tray icons in my in box, then the InBox icon itself. I dont have to do that for my second e-mail account--an earthlink POP account, or on either account on my laptop. Also, When I do click on the specific in box for my dot mac account, it takes forever to load that new mail, and the activity monitor shows that it is caching every attachment that is already in my in box even though it is already old mail.
Also, Mail seems to be following Smart Mailboxes arbitrarily. For instance, I have a smart mailbox set up to display any incoming mail from someone in my Family Group from address book, however it seems to ignore about half of these, but display the other half accurately.
Anyone know whats going on or how to fix it so I dont have to mannually keep checking for new mail? Again, I have my preferences set to check for new mail every minute and to play a new mail sound, and new mail does work fine from my Earthlink POP account.
Thanks for your help.
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If this happens to your .Mac account only, try rebuilding the mailbox, i.e. select it and do Mailbox > Rebuild.

Checking for new mail icon next to mailbox seems to have disapeared

After upgrading to OS X Mountain Lion I noticed that the icon next to each mailbox that shows when checking for new mail is not there. I wonder if anyone else has noticed this, and if they have found a fix?

Yes, the little "spinner" is gone with Mountain Lion. It's checking mail, you just don't see it.

OSX 10.5.8 / Mail.app 3.6 - Mail.app No Longer Auto-Checks For New Mail

Since I upgraded to 10.5.8, Mail.app does not appear to be checking automatically for new mail. Regardless of how I set the preference (Every 1 Minute, Every 5 Minutes) it never checks for new mail, and I always have to click on "Get Mail".
I've verified this by opening the Activity WIndow and watching it for more than 5 minutes, with the preference set to 1 and 5 minutes between checks. I don't have time to test the longer intervals right now.
Mail.app is at version 3.6, modified yesterday morning at the same time that I used Software Update to apply the 10.5.8 update (from 10.5.7). I've used Spotlight to make sure that this is the only version of Mail.app on the drive.

Never mind...for the account in question, the "include this account when checking automatically" option was unchecked. Not sure how that happened...

Offlineimap-notify - wrapper that adds notifications for new mail

I've created my first little open source project (long overdue). It's a wrapper script that decorates OfflineIMAP's UI classes with notification sending for new mail, using Python's introspection facilities, before running offlineimap normally. See the man page for more info.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/offlineimap-notify/
Last edited by Raynman (2013-03-18 09:55:06)

Wibjarm wrote:
Excellent. This hits one of those little annoyances that's always seemed to never quite be worth fixing, for me. The only thing that it seems to be missing to me is the lack of a way to set the urgency of the notifications, which seems to be reasonably easy to fix (assuming I haven't missed anything obvious or otherwise done anything stupid):
EDIT: There was a patch here in a codebox, but it turns out that yes, I had done something stupid and it didn't actually work. I may or may not put a fixed version back up later.
Didn't look stupid at first glance; can't tell now. Anyway, I just pushed v0.5.1 to address this. For completeness' sake, I added a timeout setting as well.

Interested in other people's suggestions for a good feature

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Hi Kerstin,
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When I start the mail app, it will check for new messages. But can the mail app be set to automatically check for new mail at system startup? I typically do not "re open apps when logging back in".
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Leave Mail running and set it to check every minute. AFAIK, there's no way to check otherwise.
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Automatically checking for new mail in IMAP folders.

Here is my relatively simple issue with Mail.
I use an IMAP email provider called Fastmail and use their server-side rules to automatically direct incoming emails into separate IMAP subfolders.
My question is when Mail polls for new mail; it only seems to poll for new mail messages in the main Inbox but not in any of the sub folders. I then have to manually click on each of the other IMAP folders to see if they have received new mail messages.
I am recent convert from Windows and can confirm that I did not have this problem when using MS Outlook.
I was wondering if any one else has experienced a similar problem and more importantly come up with a solution!

I was wondering if any one else has experienced a
similar problem and more importantly come up with a
solution!
Yes, this is a problem I've had with Mail.app from day one. The closest thing that I have come across as a solution is a to write an AppleScript script to convince Mail.app to check all of my folders. However, this is far from an optimal solution for many obvious reasons. I can only hope that Apple will fix this in the future, but it's been a few years with no solution in sight yet.
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