On Sep 4, 2008, at 10:41 AM, Dan wrote:
>> However, we use IMAP exclusively, I wonder if it's something to do >> with the way Mail manages POP accounts. > > Could be. All our uses are POP3. But one of the more frequent > problems is for Mail to go belly up when trying to view an email with > lots of HTML in it. That email has already been downloaded; no POP3 > actions occurring. > > Since tossing the prefs file often fixes this, I'm thinking the > problem isn't the installed webkit... Ugh. that's why I have mine set to default to plain text. I think people sending HTML mail should be drug out and shot. Are the problematic html mails referencing Flash crap? Or (dog forbid) they're getting MS Wordified HTML-like-cheese-food- stuff? Have you tried doing a file comparison of a broken and working prefs file? There's nothing in the my prefs file that looks like it would affect this, unless it's the last read message item, which would point not to a prefs issue but a caching issue of some sort. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
