Hi. If you're looking to set up imap with gmail on the Mac, I recommend reading this article from tidbits. http://db.tidbits.com/article/10253 Darcy
On 2010-11-21, at 7:20 AM, f10r14n wrote: > Well, > The fastest way would be coupling your account to Apple Mail ... hat > is a real pain to set up though. It was for me, at least. I'll detail > the steps i took: > 1. Make sure you kill pop on your gmail settings page. Having both pop > and iMap enabled at the same time tends to break things. > 2. Go to your mail application, than into preferences and find the new > account button towards the bottom of the screen. > 3. Fill in the details. Your username is your full e-mail address. > 4. Leave whatever it fills in for you alone. It's probably right. > 5. When you've hit the 'create button' everything should be working. > Should, but in my case it didn't. I got no errors, but the message > table remained empty. > 6. What i did to solve this, after getting really frustrated and > asking for help multiple times: I sent myself an email and once that > was sent the messages suddenly came streaming in. > NOTE: in the gmail help, as well as in other people's experiences, > there is a 'make mail configure account automatically' checkbox, or > something similar. For some reason i do not see this checkbox. It is > supposed to be in the initial account creation screen, but in its > place i only see 'text' . It yields nothing when interacting. If > anyone knows a fix for this, it would be very much appreciated. > Thx and hth, > Florian > > > > > Blake Hardin schreef: >> hey all, everytime i try to check my email on the mac it just seems >> slow compared to doing it on windows. I always just go to gmail.com >> and check it that way. Is there a faster way to do it? Like is there a >> fast way to jump to the next checkbox or something instead of having >> to press vo right and left? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
