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 the wrong account. The normal box showed a choice of >> my 3 normal accounts (1 iiNet, 2 gmail), the second box showed 2 iinet, both >> "offline", as well as 2 gmail). The second iiNet account was one cancelled >> 18 months ago - it does not appear in preferences. Mail menu checks showed >> all 3 real mailboxes were "online". If I'm understanding you correctly: Go to Mail > Preferences > Accounts - Account Information - Outgoing Mail Server: click on the button (little arrows), scroll to "Edit SMTP Server List". Select the one that for the account that is no longer used Click the (-) to delete Post back if I have misinterpreted and that is not the problem you are experiencing :) Cheers, Ronni On 13/08/2012, at 9:41 PM, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > 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 particular order: > 1. I now understand that the Snow Leopard Mail activity gear wheel is not a > feature in Mountain Lion. > 2. I used Mail > Window > Activity to monitor polling of mail servers etc. > This is now working impeccably at the 5 minute setting I use. It starts 5 > minutes from an initial poll when the iMac is woken from sleep. I feel that > earlier today when it indicated a mailbox was offline (squiggled) it was not > giving the initial poll and not doing subsequent polls. If I forced a "get > new messages" poll it then worked until I left the iMac and it went to sleep > again. > 3. I do have System Preferences > Energy Saver "Wake for network access" > selected. I don't think I receive mail when Mac is asleep - but not certain > about this. > 4. Mail is listed (in System Preferences) to open automatically when I log in. > 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 the wrong account. The normal box showed a choice of > my 3 normal accounts (1 iiNet, 2 gmail), the second box showed 2 iinet, both > "offline", as well as 2 gmail). The second iiNet account was one cancelled > 18 months ago - it does not appear in preferences. Mail menu checks showed > all 3 real mailboxes were "online". > 6. I set preferences to select my iiNet mail as default, and also checked > preferences for each outgoing mail server account to be the same as the > incoming mail address, and also checked the box to "use only this server" for > each account. > 7. I had to enter my password for the outgoing iiNet email. Didn't test the > gmail accounts. > 8. I have been using mail on my iPad for about 2 weeks, using the same > mailboxes as on the iMac. (Doubling messages received.) Perhaps this > contributed to the problem. > > The problems may point to a corrupt plist. I didn't touch because I don't > know what to do about it. A Restart or two and re-checking Mail and System > preferences have at least got mail working. > > Cheers > Alan > > On 13/08/2012, at 4:28 PM, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > 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 try and get mail fixed first before pursuing my earlier issues. Mail > seems to receive from iiNet but not send. > > Cheers > Alan > > Sent from my iPad > > On 13/08/2012, at 11:30 AM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > >> 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 have set in Mail Preferences. >> >> Mail > Preferences - General - "Check for new messages" I have "Every 5 >> minutes". >> In System Preferences > Energy Saver do you have "Wake for network access" >> selected? >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> On 13/08/2012, at 10:43 AM, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >> >>> When Mountain Lion wakes from sleep, Mail (v 6.0) usually shows a squiggle >>> (the technical term Ronni?) next to the Inbox. Mail needs the "get new >>> message in all accounts" icon clicked to trigger any action. All mail >>> accounts (gmail and iiNet ) initially show the squiggle. >>> >>> Is there a setting to provide the automatic check for new mail on waking as >>> was done in Snow Leopard? S.L. mail immediately showed the rotating gear >>> wheel activity icon when system became active. >>> >>> Regards, Alan >>> >>> Alan Smith >>> iMac 21.5" Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.8 >>> iPad2; ATV2 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
