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Re: More mailbox problems with Mail

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On 2017-03-16, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Mar 2017 18:59:41 -0400, Patty Winter wrote
> (in article <oaf5ct$289$1@dont-email.me>):
>
>> In article <0001HW.D4F08D79019DD75CB02919BF@news.astraweb.com>,
>> Nelson  <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> There is a lot more that could be wrong than the plist files.  And even 
>>> if it is a plist file how would you know how to fix it?  In my 
>>> experience sometimes it's easier to just start from scratch.  Delete 
>>> everything, rebuild the accounts from scratch and then re-import the 
>>> mboxes one by one.  Tedious, I know.  But you will probably spend more 
>>> time trying to figure out what is wrong and trying to fix it.  And by 
>>> doing it that way, one by one, if something goes haywire, you'll catch 
>>> it immediately.
>> 
>> What do you mean by "delete everything"? I don't think I can delete
>> Mail, and anyway, since it's working for a different user, the basic
>> Mail setup can't be the problem.
>> 
>> I tried deleting my IMAP account, but my only choices were to disable
>> it or to remove it from all of my computers. I certainly don't want
>> to do the latter.
>
> Ahh.  You have them all synched up with iCloud.  My idea was to get 
> back to the point where you would be if you had done a clean install of 
> Sierra and then rebuild the accounts.
>
> I wonder if it was synching with the iCloud that screwed your mail 
> accounts up.  You probably have to have the same structure on all the 
> served machines.  I don't use iCloud, so I can't help you.  It would 
> seem that if you bought a new Mac with Sierra installed, it would 
> automagically synch up your Mail client with the iCloud, no?

It's a setting at System Preferences > iCloud > Mail.

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More mailbox problems with Mail Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-15 22:54 +0000
  Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-16 15:17 +0000
    Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-16 13:38 -0400
  Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-16 13:18 -0400
    Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-16 18:57 +0000
      Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-16 15:30 -0400
        Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-16 22:19 +0000
          Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-16 18:44 -0400
            Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-16 22:59 +0000
              Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-16 19:32 -0400
                Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-16 23:41 +0000
              Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-16 23:36 +0000
                Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-17 06:10 +0000
                Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-17 03:54 -0400
                Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-17 17:04 +0000
                Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-17 15:40 +0000
                Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-17 17:00 +0000
                Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-17 17:31 +0000
                Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-17 20:51 +0000
                Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-17 22:23 +0000
                Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-18 01:40 +0000
                Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-18 04:16 +0000
                Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-18 05:18 +0000
                Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-18 15:01 +0000
                Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-18 14:52 +0000
          Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-03-16 21:28 -0400
            Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-17 05:37 +0000
          Re: More mailbox problems with Mail Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2017-03-17 11:36 -0400

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