Trouble with e-mail since switching to gmail accounts
Moved from my cable internet service providers e-mail to gmail. Problems with my mac os x mail ever since. Must've been something I did along the way. Followed the instructions for "access a Gmail account in OS X Mail 2 Using POP". I'm starting to wonder if I should've followed the instructions under the heading "Access a Gmail account in Mac OS X Mail Using POP" or "Access a Gmail Account in Mac OS X Using IMAP." Based on some of the info I've been reading I'm wondering if the IMAP option is the better choice because I don't get all of my E-Mails on the Mac but I do get all of them on my Blackberry and my windows xp machine.
HELP!!!!
So, what would you use if you had several computers your email came to?
IMAP for certain.
Lastly, will IMAP work on Verizon's Blackberry.
Not certain not having a BB, bit I+ suspect so.
although that might have something to do with some of the other problems I'm having with the email on the Mac.
Let's work on that angle.
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 these 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
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