When I had issues where I could not receive mail, I deleted and recreated the account. I too had no idea what the problem was but removing and then recreating it fixed it. One more thing you might try. Under mail boxes, there is a take all accounts on line item, press enter on that and see what happens.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jed Barton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 11:53 PM Subject: Re: more mail isues it says 0 messages which is very strange, cause i have it checked to leave them on the server. could i have set something wrong? On Nov 17, 2007, at 11:42 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > You can also check your messages on the server right in Mail > itself. So, in this case, you could check your server from your > MacBook, to see if the messages are still there before you try > checking them with your Mini... > > I believe you can do this from your accounts tab in Mail prefs, > and there is info on it in Mail help in deleting messages on a > server... > > HTH > > Smiles, > > CQ :) > > > On Nov 17, 2007, at 2:58 PM, Penny Stevenson wrote: > >> Hi there Jed and all, >> Do you have the ability to use a webmail service to check your >> account. This shows you what is on the server. So, therefore if >> there are no messages showing on your webmail account then one >> computer is deleting them off the server. If they are there - then >> you know that it must be a setting you have wrong somewhere. I >> know this sounds stupid but have you checked the punctuation of >> your account information - perhaps you have put a comma in where >> there is meant to be a full-stop or something like that. >> What about if you shut down mail on your macbook and not check it >> - will your mac mini pick up the mail then? >> If you don't have the ability to check your webmail - you can ring >> your ISP and ask them to tell you what messages are on the server. >> Have you also checked the settings in the mac mini? Perhaps there >> is something that says don't check email for this account or >> something. >> Let us know how you get on. >> From Penny >> > >
