Re: Mail font colour

2012-10-19 Thread Alex
Thanks Peter. My Preferences already had Rich Text selected, tho' I don't recall doing it myself. I had manually changed the text colour to blue, so it is interesting that it didn't appear that way to you. Selecting the colour as you suggested doesn't work either. Anyway, not to worry,

Re: Mail font colour

2012-10-19 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Alex, You can't by default have outgoing email text in Colour but you can set different Colours for quoted text in replies. See Mail Preferences, Fonts Colours, Level One, Two, Three and so on. As Peter has already mentioned... The problem with sending email text in Colour is that, not

Re: Mail font colour

2012-10-18 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 19/10/2012, at 1:30 AM, Alex aln...@highway1.com.au wrote: Hello WAMUG friends! Can someone tell me how I can make the message text in Mail be any colour I wish by default, eg like this message. I have played around in preferences, but it doesn't seem to stick or even do anything.

Re: Mail Time Out By 1 Hour

2012-10-07 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Pete As you've noted, yes, it's normally done at the ISP receiver end. As long as you have all correct in your system, which from what you've said with your computer time, then that should all be correct. I would think their (Internode) mail server may have adjusted your mail times in

Re: Mail Downloads

2012-09-10 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 11/09/2012, at 8:27 AM, Bill Parker ren...@westnet.com.au wrote: Dear all, now I have Lion, I cannot find Mail Downloads. That's been a life line in the past. But now? Where is it? Bill It's been moved to ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library. You will need to hold

Re: Mail Downloads

2012-09-10 Thread Bill Parker
Many thank Peter.I eventually found it by searching, but its obviously hidden. If it ain't broke etc…. Bill On 11/09/2012, at 8:41 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 11/09/2012, at 8:27 AM, Bill Parker ren...@westnet.com.au wrote: Dear all, now I have Lion, I cannot find Mail Downloads.

Re: mail since mobile me move to icloud

2012-08-31 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Gary, I don't think you have your iCloud Mail Account setup correctly. On 31/08/2012, at 4:12 PM, gdorn gd...@me.com wrote: Hello WAMUG After the demise of mobile me, I moved over to iCloud- for email only ( running OS 10.6.8) I have 4 accounts ( in preferences accounts on this Mac

Re: mail since mobile me move to icloud

2012-08-31 Thread gdorn
I think I may have just fixed my issue up 1. set from to gd...@me.com instead of gd...@mac.com and has started to send 2. used the correct wamug address! sorry for taking up bandspace with my nonsense. On 31/08/2012, at 4:12 PM, gdorn wrote: Hello WAMUG After the demise of mobile me, I

Re: mail since mobile me move to icloud

2012-08-31 Thread gdorn
On 31/08/2012, at 4:58 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Gary, I don't think you have your iCloud Mail Account setup correctly. On 31/08/2012, at 4:12 PM, gdorn gd...@me.com wrote: Hello WAMUG After the demise of mobile me, I moved over to iCloud- for email only ( running OS 10.6.8) I

Re: mail since mobile me move to icloud

2012-08-31 Thread Ronda Brown
Ah, sorry Gary, I've just realised you are running Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.8, not Lion OS X 10.7. My instructions were for iCloud Mail in Lion. I had just come in from work and 'presumed' by your subject; mail since mobile me move to icloud, that you were running Lion :( Email is the only

Re: Mail compromised?

2012-08-21 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 22/08/2012, at 5:35 AM, Kevin Lock kal...@iinet.net.au wrote: I have received several emails supposedly from people in my address book. Their name appears in the header, but the email address is not theirs. The senders do not know each other. As far as I know it is only me receiving

Re: Mail compromised?

2012-08-21 Thread Kevin Lock
Peter, thanks for your reassuring comments. I will, however, be spooked if someone else gets a bogus email from me. Regards, Kevin On 22/08/12 9:57 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 22/08/2012, at 5:35 AM, Kevin Lock kal...@iinet.net.au wrote: I have received several emails supposedly

Re: Mail Downloads folder (for email attachments)

2012-08-17 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi All, Mail in Mountain Lion also saves attachments in another location as well, which is much harder to find and go through to delete attachments, especially if you have quite a few email accounts as I do :-) When you receive a message with attachments, Mail stores the raw source of the

Re: Mail Downloads folder (for email attachments)

2012-08-16 Thread Curtis Peter
Hi Daniel Thanks for that info, I presume there is nothing in this file that needs to be kept other than for your own reasons? Regards Peter On 16/08/2012, at 6:50 PM, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Hi All Just a little hint for those that may not be aware. In previous

Re: Mail Downloads folder (for email attachments)

2012-08-16 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Peter Correct. Basically if you get an attachment and double click it to view it then it will save to that folder and open in its associated program (eg .doc to Word, .pdf to Preview) etc. then if you save it from the email to the desktop or another folder you will have two copies (one

Re: Mail Downloads folder (for email attachments)

2012-08-16 Thread Stuart Breden
Thanks Daniel. Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 Please consider the environment before printing this email On 16/08/2012, at 6:50 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi All Just a little hint for those that may not be aware. In previous versions of

Re: Mail activity feature in Mountain Lion?

2012-08-14 Thread Alan Smith
Hi Ronni Thanks for your help. Mail now seems to be working as per the book (and to expectations). The squiggles and occasional bang had stopped by mid-afternoon. I could not prove any mail server or internet problem, but found several settings in Mail had got out of kilter. In no

Re: Mail activity feature in Mountain Lion?

2012-08-14 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Alan, Just quickly as still working with Clients. I'm not sure what problems you are still having from your email below :( 5. Sometime today (well after the squiggle problem was noted over the weekend) I found that the mail composing box showed two from boxes: one normal and one showing

Re: Mail activity feature in Mountain Lion?

2012-08-14 Thread Alan Smith
Hi Ronni Thanks very much. This last suggestion cleared up a mystery in the series of problems I had. The old mail account has now been deleted from the Outgoing Mail Server list. I think I know how the Mail.app clears the squiggles and bangs (SB). When iMac wakes from sleep mail.app is

Re: Mail activity feature in Mountain Lion?

2012-08-13 Thread Alan Smith
Hi Ronni I have serious problems with Mail on my iMac. I replied to you around lunchtime, but Mail (now called Hal, from 2001 movie) sent it from my gmail account. This was rejected by WAMUG as it is not my member address. May also have iiNet problems, but can't access their site. I will

Re: mail saving drafts

2012-08-13 Thread Stuart Breden
I discussed this extensively in the past and did not get and solution. I have it on all the client iMacs at work as well. Would be interested to hear latest solution. Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 Please consider the environment before printing

Re: mail saving drafts

2012-08-13 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Alastair Stuart, Are you both using IMAP Mail Accounts? If so: Go to Mail Preferances - Accounts - Mailbox Behaviors - uncheck - Store draft messages on the server. The draft messages should disappear. Cheers, Ronni On 13/08/2012, at 5:36 PM, Stuart Breden bred...@highway1.biz wrote: I

Re: mail saving drafts

2012-08-13 Thread alastair taylor
Hi Ronni Yes, IMAP account - have duly unchecked Many thanks Alastair On 13/08/2012, at 5:43 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Alastair Stuart, Are you both using IMAP Mail Accounts? If so: Go to Mail Preferances - Accounts - Mailbox Behaviors - uncheck - Store draft messages on the server.

Re: mail saving drafts

2012-08-13 Thread Stuart Breden
Anything I've learnt. Good stuff. Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 Please consider the environment before printing this email On 13/08/2012, at 5:43 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Alastair Stuart, Are you both using IMAP Mail Accounts? If so:

Re: Mail activity feature in Mountain Lion?

2012-08-12 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Alan, The 'squiggle' beside an account name means you are not connected to the mail server, you are offline at that moment. Perhaps you are not immediately connecting to the Network on wake from sleep. Mail automatically checks for Mail when you launch Mail.app and then in what time you

Re: Mail

2012-08-11 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Peter, Do you get an Error Message? Who is your Mail Server? Do you see a 'Squiggle' or a 'Bang' beside an Account Name? A 'Squiggle' by an Account Name means not connected to the Mail Server, you might also find you are not online with your computer... 1. Check your Internet Connection to

Re: Mail

2012-08-11 Thread Curtis Peter
Hi Ronni On 11/08/2012, at 2:53 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Peter, Do you get an Error Message? No Who is your Mail Server? Westnet, I think. or maybe CrazyDomains. Do you see a 'Squiggle' or a 'Bang' beside an Account Name? No, not that I'm aware of. A 'Squiggle' by an

Re: Mail Client Configuration, to SSL or not to SSL

2012-05-27 Thread iCloud
Many thanks Ronni, again comprehensive and excellent advice. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 27/05/2012, at 5:39 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Adrian, IMAP (SSL) is my recommendation, others might disagree. Have a good read of The Case For Email Security at this link:

Re: Mail ikon from dock

2012-05-23 Thread Brian Risbey
Would dragging a new icon from your applications folder be a solution? If you drag them off the dock they disappear in a 'puff of smoke'. Brian On 23/05/2012, at 9:53 PM, McCallum Malcolm wrote: I have lost the mail ikon from the dock. careless of me :-( but where did i go? I can find mail OK

Re: Mail ikon from dock

2012-05-23 Thread McCallum Malcolm
Of course, thanks ! Mac Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au Skype docmactor On 23/05/2012, at 10:17 PM, Brian Risbey wrote: Would dragging a new icon from your applications folder be a solution? If you drag them off the dock they disappear in a 'puff of smoke'. Brian On

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-11 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi People who have been following this subject, We have exhausted every way of making Mail Text larger, but please bear with me just for one last response. I have been annoyed for years with incoming mail from Windows Users showing much smaller than other incoming mail. I actually get annoyed

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-11 Thread Pete Smith
Hi Ronni. Thanks for that. It works a treat. Now I won't get those forehead marks on the screen when I send emails home from work Thanks again. Pete Smith iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM 750GB Hdrive OS X 10.6.6 On 11/04/2012, at 15:57 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-11 Thread Ronda Brown
You’re welcome Pete, I understand, it has annoyed me for a long time. I should make more time to solve my little problems… a certain person on this list is always telling me to make time to do ‘My Stuff’ ;-) Cheers, Ronni On 11/04/2012, at 4:32 PM, Pete Smith wrote: Hi Ronni. Thanks for

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-11 Thread Bill Parker
Thanks Ronni, That bit of script below works a treat. Bill On 11/04/2012, at 3:57 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi People who have been following this subject, We have exhausted every way of making Mail Text larger, but please bear with me just for one last response. I have been annoyed for

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-10 Thread Alan Smith
To add to the confusion - - - With Mail (v4.5) on my iMac (OS 10.6.8) Command = works just as well as Command + to increase the font size of emails! Cheers Alan On 10/04/2012, at 1:19 PM, Bill Parker wrote: I have no usage for command and + that I know of. It works fine in FireFox, and

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-10 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Alan, That is correct behaviour as I mentioned below It should read as the keys “Command - =“ because to type “+” you depress the shift key ;-)) A little bit confusing for some... Sent from Ronni's iPad On 10/04/2012, at 3:05 PM, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: To add to the

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-10 Thread Alan Smith
Hi Ronni Yes, I now read what you wrote. I had taken a different slant on your response. I use the change font size commands all the time in Safari without conscious effort, but from now on I will be quite confused if I need 2 or 3 keys! Cheers Alan On 10/04/2012, at 3:17 PM, Ronda

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-10 Thread Ronda Brown
Sorry Alan, I did not wish to confuse you. I know I confuse myself sometimes with the way my lateral thinking mind works. I don't alway make sense to myself... ;-)) Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 10/04/2012, at 3:36 PM, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni Yes, I now

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-10 Thread peta
Well Ronni, Alan and everyone else who wrote about Mail Text Size - this is the second giggle I have had today. Thank you. Ronni I also confuse myself just reading questions, never minding trying to answer questions! It is now 5;15 in my house. Surely we can now have our glass of red? Peta

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-10 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Peta, You sure can have your glass of red... I'm going to take a break very soon and 'open the bar' at my place :-) 5PM is 7PM in my home state Victoria, well past pre-dinner drinks time! Enjoy you glass or two of Red... I'll have a toast to you fellow Red drinker... Cheers, Ronni Sent

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-10 Thread Bill Parker
Now I have more knowledge! INcoming email - use Command plus the +/= WORKS OUTgoing emails Command plus +/= DOESN'T. Does this matter? Probably not! Bill On 10/04/2012, at 5:14 PM, peta wrote: Well Ronni, Alan and everyone else who wrote about Mail Text Size - this is the second giggle

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-10 Thread Daniel Kerr
Or, in Mail (and Safari). Go to View menu, Choose Customise Toolbar... Drag in the little A big A to the menu bar. Repeat for Main Window, New Message menu and when reading an email Window. Then you will have it there all the time. If you then forget the keys for it, you can just click the Big A

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-10 Thread Bill Parker
This is one of the many things I learned today! And here it is white wine. ( Never mind what the time in Auckland is) Bill On 10/04/2012, at 5:56 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Or, in Mail (and Safari). Go to View menu, Choose Customise Toolbar... Drag in the little A big A to the menu bar. Repeat

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-10 Thread Winters John
I've been following this thread and was a little puzzled, because the command + (or command = for the pedant) worked just fine in Mail. Then I tried it again as I read through the thread (there's a case study for NLP) and it didn't work. It seems that if there is only one email in the thread,

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-10 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 10/04/2012, at 11:05 AM, Bill Parker wrote: I have my text size for message in Mail set at Comic Sans MS 18. This is fine for outgoings and mostly for incoming. However I usually enlarge texts where needed. I can do this by going: Format StyleBigger. (It works) But I prefer

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-10 Thread Bill Parker
Peter, I am well aware of the story! However, there is research of sorts into serif vs sanserif. Not sure I go along with the weird attacks on CS though. http://typoface.blogspot.com.au/2009/08/academic-base.html I use Caecilia LT for most stuff I write. Anyway Daniels' simple iconic

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-09 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Bill, The Keyboard shortcut is Command - Shift - + Not Command - + Cheers, Ronni On 10/04/2012, at 11:05 AM, Bill Parker wrote: I have my text size for message in Mail set at Comic Sans MS 18. This is fine for outgoings and mostly for incoming. However I usually enlarge texts where

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-09 Thread Bill Parker
Aha... but I was thinking it was Command + because that is what I see in the Format menu! B On 10/04/2012, at 11:13 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Bill, The Keyboard shortcut is Command - Shift - + Not Command - + Cheers, Ronni On 10/04/2012, at 11:05 AM, Bill Parker wrote: I have my

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-09 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Bill, You are correct Bill; “Command - + “ works to make text larger So does “Command - Shift - +” works to make text larger. You might have “Command-+” set for some other keyboard sort cut perhaps? Cheers, Ronni On 10/04/2012, at 11:19 AM, Bill Parker wrote: Aha... but I was thinking it

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-09 Thread Ronda Brown
Actually Bill if we wish to be exact in our terminology. It should read as the keys “Command - =“ because to type “+” you depress the shift key ;-)) To type = you don’t depress any key other than = But Apple do say “Command - +” to enlarge Text? Cheers, Ronni On 10/04/2012, at 11:46 AM,

Re: Mail text size

2012-04-09 Thread Bill Parker
I have no usage for command and + that I know of. It works fine in FireFox, and used to work in Mail (I think) Bill On 10/04/2012, at 11:56 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Actually Bill if we wish to be exact in our terminology. It should read as the keys “Command - =“ because to type “+” you

Re: mail/iCal playing with exchange

2012-02-23 Thread Eugene de Gouw
Hi Ronni and others, at work I used my iPhone to create a work based Exchange 2003 email and calendar account on my iPhone. The Mac doesn't play with Exchange 2003 but the iPhone does. When it updated its calendar to the shared Exchange calendar the iPhone was quite happy to sync with the

Re: mail/iCal playing with exchange

2012-02-23 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Eugene, Yes, Exchange 2003 doesn't have any problem with iOS but does with OS X. Exchange 2007 works with both OS. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 23/02/2012, at 9:46 PM, Eugene de Gouw edeg...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni and others, at work I used my iPhone to create a work based Exchange

Re: mail/iCal playing with exchange

2012-02-22 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Eugene, By default, Apple's Mail app and iCal app cannot read Outlook's default calendar invitation format. If you know that the recipient is an Apple user, you can set Outlook to send out the meeting requests and event invitations in the iCal format. 1 Open Outlook. 2 Select Tools, then

Re: mail/iCal playing with exchange

2012-02-22 Thread Eugene de Gouw
Thanks very much for your prompt reply Ronni, always appreciated. Meeting requests already work under outlook with no intervention. Is it the same process for sharing entire calendars? I will try it on a PC tomorrow at work anyway if it is the same. Regards,

Re: Mail

2012-01-12 Thread Tim Law
On 07/01/2012, at 8:50 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Only you see that photo. Its your profile photo selected when you set up the Mac. It appears on your vCard in Address Book. The photo is not attached to the mail and the person receiving the mail does not see it. Hi Ronni, I'm not so

Re: Mail images of senders

2012-01-12 Thread Brian Risbey
Hi Tim, Perhaps you were lucky enough to have a direct email from these people, as I have been, and their image was attached to that email - which was not plain text format as are the WAMUG emails we enjoy receiving. Brian On 12/01/2012, at 5:05 PM, Tim Law wrote: On 07/01/2012, at 8:50

Re: Mail

2012-01-12 Thread Peder Kristensen
Hi Ronni, This applies to me too. I get yours and Adrian image in incoming emails, and none of you are in my address book. So what gives? Cheers, Peder On 12/01/2012, at 17:05 PM, Tim Law wrote: On 07/01/2012, at 8:50 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Only you see that photo. Its your profile

Re: Mail

2012-01-12 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Tim, No Tim we don’t see your photo in the WAMUG emails. Do you hve your photo in your card in Address Book and in System Preferences Users Groups? And yes, we have noticed that my OLD “My Card” (personal vCard) in Address Book shows up on ‘some’ WAMUG recipients messages. Mainly MobileMe

Re: Mail

2012-01-12 Thread Tim Law
On 12/01/2012, at 5:31 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Tim, No Tim we don’t see your photo in the WAMUG emails. That's good to know/clarify. Do you hve your photo in your card in Address Book Yes, it is in there. and in System Preferences Users Groups? Yes. The same photo is there. I

Re: Mail

2012-01-12 Thread Ronda Brown
Thanks Tim for your reply, My answers below in situ On 12/01/2012, at 6:04 PM, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: On 12/01/2012, at 5:31 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Tim, No Tim we don’t see your photo in the WAMUG emails. That's good to know/clarify. Do you hve your photo in

Re: Mail

2012-01-12 Thread Peder Kristensen
Ronni, Just follow up. Yours and Adrian’s photo did not show up Mail in the Snow Leopard system, however, after installing Lion they do. Cheers, Peder On 12/01/2012, at 18:25 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Thanks Tim for your reply, My answers below in situ On 12/01/2012, at 6:04 PM, Tim Law

Re: Mail

2012-01-12 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Peder, Thanks for your reply. On 12/01/2012, at 6:37 PM, Peder Kristensen ped...@westnet.com.au wrote: Ronni, Just follow up. Yours and Adrian’s photo did not show up Mail in the Snow Leopard system, however, after installing Lion they do. That's correct! As I mentioned previously: I

Re: Mail

2012-01-12 Thread Michael Hawkins
Hi Ronni, I get to see your photo and Adrian's photo, just like Tim does. I've just checked the preferences in Address Book and each option in vCard was ticked, including Enable private me card, Export notes in vCards and Export photos in vCards. Such a trap for the unwary, especially if

Re: Mail

2012-01-12 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Michael, Sorry, I missed your email coming in as I was working on other WAMUG plus Clients questions, all hitting my mailboxes at the same time :-) With your My Card (Me)” you can restrict what information shows when you distribute your vCard via email to others. Restrict Private

Re: Mail

2012-01-08 Thread Curtis Peter
Hi Ronni Even so. Is there a way of eliminating or changing it? Regards Peter On 07/01/2012, at 8:50 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Michael, Only you see that photo. Its your profile photo selected when you set up the Mac. It appears on your vCard in Address Book. The photo is not

Re: Mail

2012-01-08 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Peter, All you need to do is change your account picture in System Preferences Accounts username Picture, and Address Book will immediately start using the new picture on your personal card, as will Mail on your messages. In Lion OS X 10.7 System Preferences Users Groups Click on the

Re: Mail

2012-01-08 Thread cm
Hi Peter, Address Book seems to insist that there be an image on your personal card, but there is a work-around to get rid of it as follows: 1) Got to any card other than your own personal card and temporarily mark it as your personal card Address Book Menu Card Make This My Card 2)

Re: Mail

2012-01-08 Thread Curtis Peter
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Re: Mail

2012-01-08 Thread Michael Hawkins
Apple's benevolence in foisting this onto Mail users smacks of Windows' behaviour! Michael. On 09/01/2012, at 9:46 AM, Curtis Peter wrote: Thank you! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: Mail

2012-01-08 Thread cm
I would definitely class this ID photo business as an annoyance. The default should be no photo unless one goes out of ones way to add a photo. Mind you I reserve the withering insult of Windows' behaviour for Microsoft products which seem to choose user inconvenience, unexpected behaviour, and

Re: Mail

2012-01-08 Thread Michael Hawkins
In this occasion, Apple has treated all users as if they are pre-primary children who want cute pictures on everything they own. I'm way past Disney-land and not yet senile: I don't need a picture of a butterfly on my emails to remind me that I sent them! Michael. On 09/01/2012, at 11:07

Re: Mail

2012-01-08 Thread Bill Parker
All this chat had me wondering what my picture was. Removed immediately and replaced with a maroon square. Bill On 09/01/2012, at 11:07 AM, cm wrote: I would definitely class this ID photo business as an annoyance. The default should be no photo unless one goes out of ones way to add a

Re: Mail

2012-01-08 Thread Michael Hawkins
Bill, Despite your interest in jazz and rowing, not to mention science, I wouldn't describe you as either a moron or a square. Regards, Michael. On 09/01/2012, at 11:56 AM, Bill Parker wrote: All this chat had me wondering what my picture was. Removed immediately and replaced with a

Re: Mail

2012-01-08 Thread Bill Parker
OK, Now I have a Red-tailed Black cockatoo. far more suitable. On 09/01/2012, at 12:21 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: Bill, Despite your interest in jazz and rowing, not to mention science, I wouldn't describe you as either a moron or a square. Regards, Michael. On 09/01/2012, at

Re: Mail

2012-01-07 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Michael, Only you see that photo. Its your profile photo selected when you set up the Mac. It appears on your vCard in Address Book. The photo is not attached to the mail and the person receiving the mail does not see it. It's purely a display thing within Mail for your benefit. So unless

Re: Mail

2012-01-07 Thread Michael Hawkins
Thanks Ronda. That's a relief. That picture must be a default picture in the vCard. As a barrister,I wouldn't want to portray myself as having a butterfly mentality! Regards, Michael. On 07/01/2012, at 8:50 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Michael, Only you see that photo. Its

Re: mail clipping email

2011-10-13 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Gary, With attachments it is always best practice to: 1.Always include file extensions (.doc, .pdf etc) 2.Always use ‘Windows-friendly’ format (which omits resource forks, if they exist) usually makes them friendlier for Macs too. To tell Mail to use Windows-friendly encoding for all new

Re: mail clipping email

2011-10-13 Thread gary dorn
Hi Gary, With attachments it is always best practice to: 1.Always include file extensions (.doc, .pdf etc) 2.Always use 'Windows-friendly' format (which omits resource forks, if they exist) usually makes them friendlier for Macs too. To tell Mail to use Windows-friendly encoding for all new

Re: Mail Problem - Huge

2011-09-08 Thread Ronda Brown
On 08/09/2011, at 1:50 PM, Robert Miller-Eves wrote: Hi Ronda! I've done all that now and it all seems OK--HOWEVER! Re : If that doesn’t solve the problem, quit Mail, navigate to ~/Library/Mail The Tilde ~ indicates your Home Library Mail Folder … “Envelope Index” should be under

Re: Mail Problem - Huge

2011-09-08 Thread Tim Law
On 08/09/2011, at 10:39 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Tim, What I mentioned above should remove all messages from the Mail Server, why would Rick need to login to webmail also? Rick, also check In Mail, open ‘Get Account Info' window by choosing it from the Action menu (gear icon)

Re: Mail Problem - Huge

2011-09-08 Thread Ronda Brown
On 08/09/2011, at 4:05 PM, Tim Law wrote: On 08/09/2011, at 10:39 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Tim, What I mentioned above should remove all messages from the Mail Server, why would Rick need to login to webmail also? Rick, also check In Mail, open ‘Get Account Info' window by

Re: Mail Problem - Huge

2011-09-08 Thread Robert Miller-Eves
Hi Ronda! I cannot find a Library anywhere in HOME and I've searched thoroughly. There is a Library Folder in Leopard but it contains nothing related to Mail and.once again ,I've searched throroughly. I also checked through the system Library - zilch! On 08/09/2011, at 2:00 PM, Ronda Brown

Re: Mail Problem - Huge

2011-09-08 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Robert, You said you were using Apple Mail in OS 10.6.8 iMac 27 3.2 Ghz Intel Core i3 ... not Lion OS X 10.7. I’m not a mind reader ;-) Show User ~/Library in OS X Lion Launch Terminal from Spotlight or Launchpad - Utilities, and enter the following command to show or hide the directory:

Re: Mail Problem - Huge

2011-09-08 Thread Robert Miller-Eves
Hi Ronda! Don't understand you're response.I've got Lion on my main (in Computer ) Drive and run Snow Leopard from an External drive (Some Non Lion compatible Apps. I need to use) In any case,I tend to favour Snow Leopard. On 08/09/2011, at 6:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Robert, You said

Re: Mail Problem - Huge

2011-09-08 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Robert, Originally I was helping you fix your Apple Mail in OS 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) now you mention you have Lion on your computer ... So I responded with instructions how to show the User ~/Library (otherwise known as the Home Library) in Lion OS X 10.7. You now have instructions how to

Re: Mail Problem - Huge

2011-09-08 Thread Rick Armstrong
Thanks all, my problem is fixed now, I still don't why the triplicate emails but may be attributable to 1. Not enough useable Hard Disk space. 2. Using Mail as an archive for ALL emails AND attachments. 3. With all the triplicate emails - this filled up the little available space on hard

Re: Mail Problem - Huge

2011-09-08 Thread Robert Miller-Eves
Hi Ronni! Sorry about the Lion oversight! I now have a Library/mail folder in Lion but can't get it to work in Snow Leopard . I'm still getting duplicates BUT only WAMUG messages! Also, when I type in chflags nohidden ~/Library/ in terminal I get ch flags nohidden ~/Library/and

Re: Mail Problem - Huge

2011-09-08 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Robert, In Snow Leopard the User Library is NOT hidden, you don’t use Terminal to show Library in Snow Leopard! It is shown in Snow Leopard. The User Library in Snow Leopard is located on your Macintosh HD Users Folder your Username Library. What operating system ARE you using Apple Mail

Re: Mail Problem - Huge

2011-09-07 Thread Ronda Brown
On 08/09/2011, at 4:52 AM, Rick Armstrong wrote: For some reason Mail has triplicates of recent received messages from 1 Sept to 8 Sept. 1. Mail has now 931 unread triplicate messages. 2. I cannot delete them. 3. I have trashed the ‘Envelope Index’ but Mail crashes when I launch Mail,

Re: Mail Problem - Huge

2011-09-07 Thread Jon Davison
Hi Rick. This is just an idea to show you what files may be taking up the space; If you go 'USERS - HOME - LIBRARY - MAIL - YOUR MAIL ACCOUNT - INBOX.mbox - MESSAGES. Then view in LIST VIEW, then click SIZE you can see all your attachments from the largest to the smallest and delete if

Re: Mail Problem - Huge

2011-09-07 Thread Tim Law
On 08/09/2011, at 8:50 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 08/09/2011, at 4:52 AM, Rick Armstrong wrote: For some reason Mail has triplicates of recent received messages from 1 Sept to 8 Sept. 1. Mail has now 931 unread triplicate messages. 2. I cannot delete them. 3. I have trashed the

Re: Mail Problem - Huge

2011-09-07 Thread Ronda Brown
On 08/09/2011, at 10:15 AM, Tim Law wrote: On 08/09/2011, at 8:50 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 08/09/2011, at 4:52 AM, Rick Armstrong wrote: For some reason Mail has triplicates of recent received messages from 1 Sept to 8 Sept. 1. Mail has now 931 unread triplicate messages. 2.

Re: Mail Problem - Huge

2011-09-07 Thread Robert Miller-Eves
I've been experiencing a similar problem since beginning of September! Some-not all- messages are duplicating,in particular,Wamug stuff.I clear my Server of messages every day and maintain a low level of messages in my Mail App. OS 10.6.8 iMac 27 3.2 Ghz Intel Core i3 Curious! On 08/09/2011,

Re: Mail Problem - Huge

2011-09-07 Thread Ronda Brown
On 08/09/2011, at 12:44 PM, Robert Miller-Eves wrote: I've been experiencing a similar problem since beginning of September! Some-not all- messages are duplicating,in particular,Wamug stuff.I clear my Server of messages every day and maintain a low level of messages in my Mail App. OS

Re: Mail Problem - Huge

2011-09-07 Thread Robert Miller-Eves
Hi Ronda! I've done all that now and it all seems OK--HOWEVER! Re : If that doesn’t solve the problem, quit Mail, navigate to ~/Library/Mail Darned if I can find the above in the Library Folder! On 08/09/2011, at 1:03 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: If that doesn’t solve the problem, quit Mail,

Re: Mail 5.0 (strange behaviour)

2011-08-23 Thread cm
Hi Pedro, I believe that providing the person sending the email has chosen a personal Address Book card using menu item Card = Make This My Card, then if there is a photo on that card it will show up on email for the recipients in Lion Mail.app. If you have an Address Book card for the sender,

Re: Mail 5.0 (strange behaviour)

2011-08-23 Thread Pedro
Hi CarloIt seems odd that the photo shows up one day and not the next, then shows up again today. I understand the person in question would have a Address book card because of the line of work they do.Also as I mentioned I don't actually have this person in my address book as they are a member of

Re: Mail 5.0 (strange behaviour)

2011-08-23 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Pedro Have a look in Windows menu - Previous Recipients. Does the person show up there. (If it has a picture of a card then it may be hiding somewhere in your address book. If it has nothing to the left, then it may be reading it from there also (perhaps). Odd,... :oP Kind regards Daniel

Re: Mail 5.0 (strange behaviour)

2011-08-23 Thread Pedro
Hi DanieliPhone 5 ….. are you serious!Ha! yes the person appears on the list with no photo/card alongsidePedroOn 23/08/2011, at 6:53 PM, Pedro wrote:Hi CarloIt seems odd that the photo shows up one day and not the next, then shows up again today. I understand the person in question would have

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