I found out what prevented PM from only retrieving messages messages from my ISP's server and not .Mac on the schedule set up in PM -- every 2 minutes. Unchecking "Save passwords in Mac OS keychain" returned things to normal. Migration Assistant must have sent a sent an electron or two to the wrong place.
On 10/29/07, at 2:15 PM, T.L. Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >On 10/29/07, at 2:49 PM, listes [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >>This comes from a bug in Tiger -serious! >>There is an update to install. >>I found the issue before the update appeared, here is my understanding >>of it, which probably is quite uncertain: >> >>- for macs where OSX has been installed for a very long time (e. g. >>since 10.0) >>- and where one uses a very short admin name > >Well, my PowerMail experience with Leopard could be because of some >glitch carried to my current iMactel via Migration Assistant, I don't know. > >Here is my current situation. I can download my .Mac messages even >though my .Mac password won't stay in the Mail Accounts Sending and >Receiving fields. I have to Connect or Connect Again to get those >messages sitting at .Mac. > >The password for messages sent to my mailbox at my ISP stays in the >PowerMail fields. ONLY those messages sent to my address at the ISP are >downloaded at the Mail Scheduling times. > >I guess deleting some Preference and re-doing the Mail Accounts would >help, right?
