Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!kreme.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lewis Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Mac mail Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 13:53:46 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Miskatonic U Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: <92116026463000505.214283drache-notchibardun.net@news.eternal-september.org> <1976224792463083846.369986drache-notchibardun.net@news.eternal-september.org> Injection-Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 13:53:46 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: kreme.eternal-september.org; posting-host="67a6ffcad0084cff2eaf00478b4e9e19"; logging-data="22276"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+ZMiGLX7vlRH13lfNaC6Uy" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.2 (Darwin) X-No-Archive: Yes X-Excuse: Been playing lots of WoW X-Face: )^b5"R:T7U>9~:PEn3YkzMfW*[b1qKeU.fP9C8~8HpU9}lA&6`bH1z Cancel-Lock: sha1:Iwer1J9wzqpxI6amCU4hvjuNMsg= Mail-Copies-To: nobody Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:31830 In message <1976224792463083846.369986drache-notchibardun.net@news.eternal-september.org> Erilar wrote: > Alan Browne wrote: >> On 2015-09-03 15:20, Erilar wrote: >>> Alan Browne wrote: >>>> On 2015-09-03 10:58, Frank wrote: >>>>> I have one telephone and a Mac mini plugged in on one level of the >>>>> house and an iMac on the other level. Can I set up mail so that I >>>>> receive it on both? I want to have all in and out mail on both >>>>> machines so I can utilize either machine and have all the >>>>> transactions also viewable on the other? I want to use mail that >>>>> comes with machine and not webmail. >>>>> >>>> >>>> IMAP. This is also supported by Gmail (and other Webmails) if you're so >>>> infected. Gmail's IMAP is a little screwy and Apple Mail does funny >>>> things to settings on occasion (like reconfiguring ports to its preferences. >>> >>> I don't recall noticing funny things happening to my settings 8-). I've had >>> IMAP for years, and my main email turns up on both laptops as well as iPad. >>> . And all can be accessed via my ISPs webmail, too. IPad has an iCloud >>> account, too. >> >> This is a well known problem. Some users never see it. Others are >> plagued by it. A couple days ago, Mail spontaneously changed the "Allow >> insecure authentication" setting of one of my POP accounts. >> >> Last month, (10.10.5 update) IMAP settings on my iMac changed and had to >> be fixed on 2 accounts. > Oh, a few months back, Mail quit in all my accounts; there was some kind of > forced "upgrade" or something. I had to call my ISPs tech help to get all > my IMAP settings done over from scratch. Never got any explanation, much > less warning, from Apple. You are totally and completely full of shit. I've been using Mail.app since OS X Public Beta and it has *never* done anything that required redoing IMAP settings. Never. Not only that, but I have dealt with literally hundreds of Macs for other people and, again, that has never happened. YOU fucked up something, clearly. -- It's like a cow's opinion. It just doesn't matter. It's moo