So, as you suggested I've just been in the accounts part of the preferences ... thanks for reminding me where to find it - obvious really ... There's only one account there, the one which says btinternet and is apparently an imap and says yahoo in the description I am fairly certain this is different to before Tuesday, but there is definitely only one account in the accounts table. Should I be using pop3? Thanks. Kirsten.
On 3 Aug 2012, at 22:53, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > Hi kirsten, i'd say that Apple mail is one of the best mail clients i've > used. I'd used outlook 2003 for a while, but didn't really like it, that was > back when i was on Windows though. WHat it sounds like to me, from what > you're describing, is that you have two accounts set up in mail, or that > you've set up the same account twice? I'd take a look in Mail, preferences, > accounts, to see if somehow, you may have done that. ? Also, to get new > mail, you can just hit command-shift-N. HOpe this helps. > On 2012-08-03, at 4:50 PM, Kirsten Edmondson > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I quite often have an issue with my time capsule and my BT hub/modem and I >> lose my internet/network and can only get it back once I've unplugged the >> time capsule and plugged it in again. Earlier this week it was gone for >> several hours before a lot of fighting with it fixed it. Actually I had to >> go onto BT.com and reset my password (or rather, my dad had to as I couldn't >> because of audio capture issues) ... Because my iphone had tried to connect >> to my email three times, and failed, BT blocked me so I had to go in and >> reset my password ... >> I had issues when I got it back with my iphone and my mac. >> On my iphone I seem to have two mailboxes >> one which seems to refer to my user name kirsten.edmondson and the other >> which refers to my domain btinternet >> I think it is similar with my Mac, and when I was trying to input my reset >> password into my mac mail I found I didn't know what I was doing with mail. >> I found the get mail button somewhere and pressed and for some reason that >> got my mail coming in again and it's been fine since then. >> But I have lost all my emails since before that time ... Although I >> regularly delete, I like to keep some (those with usernames etc) and now >> they're all gone. >> Is there anywhere they are likely to be lurking? Or are they lost forever? >> Aso, how do I go about changing my mail settings - if needed in future? (I'm >> used to using outlook and this seems to be so totally different-not that I'm >> seeking to compare, but thought it might be of use if you knew my >> background). >> I think I am using pop3, should I be using that or imap? >> I wonder if this is the reason for the different mail boxes? One is perhaps >> imap and the other perhaps pop3? I have no idea which I'm using now, though >> it looks the same as before except for the missing messages, but might I >> have inadvertently entered the other one without knowing? I think I did go >> in somewhere and put in my password, but that made no difference. >> I feel a bit stupid about this, but I'm quite confused about how to work >> mail properly and am not sure where to look in the help. >> >> Any advice appreciated. >> Thanks. >> Kirsten >> (PS. currently still on Lion, but moving shortly). >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
