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Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent

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Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> In message <here-009D57.19501516102017@news.individual.net> android <here@there.was> wrote:
>> In article <f4k5lnFlcpfU1@mid.individual.net>,
>> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
>>> On 2017-10-16, Charles H. Sampson <csampson@inetworld.net> wrote:
>>>> In another thread, I've been led to accounts in Apple Mail as the
>>>> replacement for personalities in Eudora. There appear to be a bunch of
>>>> differences, one of them significant, that one being that I can't set
>>>> different retrieval times for the different accounts. In Mail for OS X
>>>> 10.5.8 at least, when I change the retrieval time for one account, it
>>>> is changed for the other(s) as well. In Eudora, I'm currently working
>>>> with three personalities that are retrieved every five minutes, 60
>>>> minutes, and four hours. Is this impression correct? If so, is it
>>>> changed in later versions?
>>>> 
>>>> As an aside, I'm surprised at the paucity of choices of retrieval
>>>> intervals. I was a software designer/implementer and if I were
>>>> designing such a feature I would have done what the designers of
>>>> Eudora did: let the user specify the intervals. That's a lot easier
>>>> than trying to come up with what the designer thinks is a slate of
>>>> useful choices, almost certain to irritate somebody.
>>> 
>>> Software developer here. My perspective? Meh. I have way more productive
>>> things to do with my time than fuck with different polling times for
>>> each of my accounts. My only real concern is that when I look at my mail
>>> it is fairly up to date. Apple Mail accomplishes that goal handily.
> 
>> The OP uses the same client and macOS account for at least two members 
>> of his family. So when he's done with the days work under the bridge he 
>> want's to be sure that his wife and children have not accidentally read 
>> and/or deleted some important mail intended for him only
> 
> OS X and macOS support separate accounts. THAT is the solution.

Yep.

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Accounts in Mail: Not Independent csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2017-10-15 22:17 -0700
  Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2017-10-16 18:58 +1300
    Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-16 08:54 +0200
    Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-16 16:42 +0000
  Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-10-16 20:35 +1300
    Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-16 10:25 +0200
      Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-10-16 21:57 +1300
        Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-16 11:02 +0200
  Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2017-10-16 09:44 +0100
    Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2017-10-16 11:06 -0700
      Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2017-10-16 21:34 +0100
        Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-16 23:04 +0000
          Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2017-10-17 08:55 +0100
            Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-10-17 12:02 +0000
            Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-17 15:20 +0000
              Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2017-10-17 16:47 +0100
                Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-17 16:08 +0000
                Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-10-17 09:40 -0700
                Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2017-10-18 10:04 +1100
  Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-16 16:39 +0000
    Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-16 19:50 +0200
      Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2017-10-16 11:03 -0700
        Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-16 22:47 +0200
      Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-10-16 21:05 +0000
        Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-16 23:04 +0000
      Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-17 01:10 +0000
        Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-17 08:37 +0200
          Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-17 16:06 +0000
            Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-17 18:34 +0200
              Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-17 16:36 +0000
                Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-17 18:39 +0200
                Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-10-17 20:03 +0000
                Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent android <here@there.was> - 2017-10-18 06:27 +0200
  Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-10-16 21:03 +0000

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