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Re: More mailbox problems with Mail

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: More mailbox problems with Mail
Date 2017-03-16 23:36 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID <ej0lsjFm809U3@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <oacgnn$v41$1@dont-email.me> <0001HW.D4F05FFD01932E77B02919BF@news.astraweb.com> <oaf30l$r12$1@dont-email.me> <0001HW.D4F08D79019DD75CB02919BF@news.astraweb.com> <oaf5ct$289$1@dont-email.me>

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On 2017-03-16, Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

He probably meant to delete all of the accounts, and add them again.

> 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.

But that shouldn't be a problem since you will be adding it again
afterwards and the actual messages are stored on the IMAP server, right?

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JR

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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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