Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent Date: 16 Oct 2017 23:04:08 GMT Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <1ndyit3.a7hh9h1ppr9vfN%csampson@inetworld.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net T+lnIWBYV6bAJEPea932OwNDRa+G2QqVBXkgb7Tpgzqea2HgVD Cancel-Lock: sha1:jWUd2v+8P9bkt97HkYf7pTRkN04= sha1:4XSfPaFGPYVSmcxo5QnsbgsZpQY= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.2.6 (iPhone/iPod Touch) X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3eup1/bO{=-) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:39754 Lewis wrote: > In message android wrote: >> In article , >> Jolly Roger wrote: > >>> On 2017-10-16, Charles H. Sampson 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. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR