I had the same problem. I used a disk utility and repaired the permissions and it works.
On Oct 21, 2009, at 5:33 PM, Peter Nevett wrote: > > I hope you can help me here. > > I have an iBook G4, 1.33 GHz, 768 MB running OS X 10.4.11. > > My email program, Mail 2.1.3, sometimes refuses to receive incoming > mail. > At the moment the situation is: > > There is a warning triangle next to the Inbox which, when I double > click on it, gives me the error message > "Connection failed ... error encountered: Connection to the server > "...." on port 0 has timed out". > If I click Get Mail I get the usual rotating line but the warning > triangle is still there and no mail is received, neither is there an > error message. > I can send mail without a problem. > I have verified the Keychain, it says there is no problem. > I have reset all of the Mail preferences to previous values (I had > written them down) but I still cannot receive mail. > > Fortunately I can access my mail through a cumbersome internet email > program, so if anyone send help, I can read it! > > Thanks again, > > Pete Nevett > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
