Hi Deb, I can take a crack at helping with this. You can edit the SMTP server settings in Mail preferences, in the Accounts pane. You'll need to take the account offline, I think, but after that the process is fairly straight-forward. You can set things up so only a specific server will be used per each account. THe other is somewhat more complicated. You can't completely disable the combined inbox, as far as I know. What you can do is show the mailboxes table with the button in the favorites bar and configure your favorites in such a way as to let you switch between work and home inboxes with a key press. It's a somewhat complex process, but explained in Mail help. I can't vouch for this one since I don't mind the combined box myself. Hope this helps somewhat, Zack. On Jul 21, 2011, at 12:43 PM, Deb Lewis wrote:
> I never liked the old mail layout on the mac so am pretty sure I will > actually like this new one. But I'm having several unrelated > difficulties. part of this probably comes from my being too much of a > newbee with the mac in the first place i'm afraid. So it may not all > be Lion. > > First, where would I go to edit my sMTP server? It's not correct for > one of my accounts but I seem to be going in circles when I try to > make changes to it. So where do I go and basically how do I go about > this. > > My other issue relates to reading mail. I prefer not to have > conversation view so have turned that off. I can move through the > messages and can read them etc. But I only have my Inbox. Where are my > other boxes. And can I disable the entire smart Inbox function? I > really liked my accounts being individualized since they are for work > and home. I've liked being able to be at work or home exclusively with > respect to mail. Now it's all mixed together. I know they introed the > smart box on the phone and I was able to disable it there, but I've > searched everywhere. > I think if I can disable smart boxes and fix my SMTP server issues, I > might be pretty set in mail. > Thanks for any help. Feeling so muddled right now. > > deb > > -- > Find me on: > Twitter: http://twitter.com/deblewis53 > Facebook: http://facebook.com/deblewis53 > WWW: http://therideradio.net > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
