Re: PowerMail wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this.
This may be getting closer to a solution. I can only do this with the PMKey in
the Package Contents, I can find no other PMKey elsewhere on the computer
(except there was one on the desktop which I also deleted). When I try
deleting this one key and dropping it back onto the PM app icon, nothing
changes, it still wants the admin password each time PM opens.
I don’t know if it’s relevant, but she’s using about a 5 year old iMac with PM
version 6.2.1 build 4668 and OS X 10.10.4
Thanks for your patience.
Cheers,
John
On Aug 6, 2015, at 12:54 AM, PowerMail Engineering jer...@ctmdev.com wrote:
John Maylone wrote:
The password has been typed in any number of times, Disk Utility and
Disk Warrior were just run, as well as a Drive Genius defrag. All with
no change in the situation.
Quit PowerMail, then right-click on the PowerMail.app icon in the Finder, and
choose Show Package Contents; navigate to Contents/PowerMail Additions, and
remove any PMKey file(s) you find there. Move the PMKey file (which should
probably be named PMKey 6 mrkoala) from the {home}/Library/Preferences
folder to another location, then drag and drop it to the PowerMail.app icon.
This should launch PowerMail, and reinstall the PMKey in both locations,
asking for the administrator password if you don't have permissions to modify
the application. Does this work?
Jérôme - CTM Engineering
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Re: PowerMail wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this.
The password has been typed in any number of times, Disk Utility and Disk Warrior were just run, as well as a Drive Genius defrag. All with no change in the situation. Thanks, John On Aug 5, 2015, at 12:05 AM, PowerMail Engineering jer...@ctmdev.com wrote: John Maylone wrote: This is clearly not the issue. It asks for her admin password every time she opens PowerMail. The computer is hers alone, no user account switching is involved. Does she accept to type the password, or not? If not, she will be prompted every time. If yes, then she should not be prompted again. She might also try to repair disk permissions using Disk Utility. Jérôme - CTM Engineering - I've used PowerMail for over 10 years; it is a simple, elegant program that has made every necessary upgrade over the years in a nearly transparent, flawless form. It runs cleanly, never hogs resources, and does exactly what I tell it to. Beth Livingston, PowerMail user Download a demo version from www.ctmdev.com -
Re: PowerMail wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this.
This is clearly not the issue. It asks for her admin password every time she opens PowerMail. The computer is hers alone, no user account switching is involved. Thanks for the response. John On Aug 4, 2015, at 2:27 AM, PowerMail Engineering jer...@ctmdev.com wrote: John Maylone wrote: My wife is a PowerMail user. Every time she opens her PowerMail, she gets this message: PowerMail wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this.” Does anyone know what it is and how to make it stop? I think this happens when backuping the registration file (PMKey). It is stored both in the preferences folder, and inside the PowerMail.app package, and if you are using multiple OS X user accounts, you may have to provide an administrator password for this. However, this should only happen once (if you enter the admin password). Jérôme - CTM Engineering - I recently have purchased a license of FoxTrot Professional and it's really one of the best software investments I've made. [...] With FoxTrot I can find the context in the document I'm looking for, and not just the file to search in it. And the time scroll also lets me narrow the results, in real time. FoxTrot Professional Search user comment on macupdate.com Download a demo version from www.foxtrot.ch -
Re: PowerMail wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this.
Thanks for the suggestion, Winston, but no luck with this solution, either. Your time is very much appreciated. Cheers, John On Aug 3, 2015, at 8:08 PM, Winston Weinmann weinm...@mindspring.com wrote: This is a guess, but I wonder if PowerMail is trying to store login information for your wife's email account(s) in the Apple Keychain's login keychain, and there is some corruption in the relevant Keychain entry. First quit PowerMail. Then open the Keychain application (probably in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder, on my old Mac it's called Keychain Access), then delete any login entries that relate to your wife's email account (pop.gmail.com and smtp.gmail.com, for example, if she has a gmail account). The login keychain should be at the top of the list of keychains in Keychain. Then restart PowerMail. You may have to re-enter login info via the SetupMail Accounts... menu. If you want to be really thorough, delete her email account via SetupMail Accounts... in PowerMail before removing the Keychain login entries, then re-set up the account(s) in PowerMail after you've deleted the Keychain entries. Note that deleting an email account in PowerMail via SetupMail Accounts... will not delete any mail already saved. It will only delete the login info for that email account. Good luck. - Winston Weinmann John Maylone wrote: My wife is a PowerMail user. Every time she opens her PowerMail, she gets this message: PowerMail wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this. Does anyone know what it is and how to make it stop? Thanks for any advice, John Maylone
PowerMail wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this.
My wife is a PowerMail user. Every time she opens her PowerMail, she gets this message: PowerMail wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this.” Does anyone know what it is and how to make it stop? Thanks for any advice, John Maylone
PowerMail Key will not unlock PM6
I just bought PM6 for my wife but the PM Key that I was emailed will not work using either of the prescribed methods. Is there another way? Thanks for any help. John
Re: PowerMail Key will not unlock PM6
No, it came directly to my Apple Mail. John On Feb 26, 2012, at 2:26 PM, CTM info wrote: Hello, Have you possibly used a webmail interface to retrieve the PMKey file ? Is there a chance you could, in that case, refetch it with a mail client ? Webmail interfaces tend to corrupt PMKeys. Kind regards, Chantal Favre CTM Development SA ctm-i...@ctmdev.com - In my first minutes with PowerMail 6, I've already been able to archive a vast amount of my e-mail database and everything is running brilliantly... Many thanks to CTM ! Ricardo Pinto, PowerMail version 6 owner (unsolicited commment) Download demo versions of PowerMail and FoxTrot Search products: http://www.ctmdev.com - On Feb 26, 2012, at 11:12 PM, John Maylone wrote: I just bought PM6 for my wife but the PM Key that I was emailed will not work using either of the prescribed methods. Is there another way? Thanks for any help. John
PM crashes on startup
My wife is running PM version 5.2.2. She went to do a search and it told her that it needed to rebuild the sort indices and gave her the choice of search as is or to rebuild the indices. She told it to rebuild the indices and it crashed with about 2 minutes left on the rebuild. She opened it up again and started a low level database rebuild. It crashed while doing that. Her PM runs, but there is obviously a problem. Where do we go from here? Thanks for any help. John
PM crashes on startup
My wife is running PM version 5.2.2. She went to do a search and it told her that it needed to rebuild the sort indices and gave her the choice of search as is or to rebuild the indices. She told it to rebuild the indices and it crashed with about 2 minutes left on the rebuild. She opened it up again and started a low level database rebuild. It crashed while doing that. Her PM runs, but there is obviously a problem. Where do we go from here? Thanks for any help. John
PM Crashes on Startup
My wife is running PM version 5.2.2. She went to do a search and it told her that it needed to rebuild the sort indices and gave her the choice of search as is or to rebuild the indices. She told it to rebuild the indices and it crashed with about 2 minutes left on the rebuild. She opened it up again and started a low level database rebuild. It crashed while doing that. Her PM runs, but there is obviously a problem. Where do we go from here? I tried to put this up before, but have not been receiving mail from the list, so if this has been seen and answered, please re-submit the answer. Thanks for any help. John
Re: Make PM default program
Roland, Open Apple Mail preferences, the General window, and set your preferred e-mail reader there. Kind goofy, but it works. Cheers, John On Feb 20, 2008, at 12:40 PM, Roland Kayser wrote: Hi, each time I log myself out, Apple Mail makes itself default e-mail program. How can I restore the PowerMail popup that lets me choose PowerMail instead? I've been looking in the Preferences, the help and the FAQ but didn't find anything. TIA Kind regards, Roland
Re: Did I make a huge mistake here?
Let me ask a different question here that may help me sort out my mess: What is the DEFAULT location and name of the PM 5.5 message database? I don't recall ever changing those things from the defaults. Regards, John On Nov 14, 2007, at 8:22 PM, T.L. Miller wrote: On 11/14/07, at 9:38 PM, Richard Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Your most recent database should be in your USER folder NOT the Applications folder. My most recent DB is in my Applications folder. I do have some PM files, including a Message DB, in my User folder, but they are 2 1/2 years ago -- probably for 5.2. Tom Miller .. The only time we see the middle of the road is as we run from side to side. R.O.Clark ...
Did I make a huge mistake here?
I just upgraded to Leopard. I cloned my hard drive, did a clean install, then copied the files back into Leopard from the clone. When I went to open PowerMail it told me that it needed to upgrade the database to be compatible with PM 5.5, that I should make a backup copy of the mail file and then proceed. Instead of seeing warning flares and hearing warning sirens, I went ahead and did this. Then when PM finally opened, the newest mail showing in the database was dated October 22, 2006..13 months ago. I have this sinking feelingwhat have I done to myself here? Any help for the embarrassed old guy will be greatly appreciated. John
Re: Did I make a huge mistake here?
Tom, Thanks to you (and to all) for replying to my distress signal. I just upgraded to Leopard. I cloned my hard drive, did a clean install, then copied the files back into Leopard from the clone. I'll bet your clone was made w/ CCC instead of SuperDuper. I had no PM DB problem using Migration Assistant from a FWHD SuperDuper clone. I used Intego's Personal Backup X4. It seems to have worked pretty well with everything BUT PowerMail, but then I am still trying to sort out other issues and really haven't gone spelunking for other problems at this point...but just now looking through the dates in my Applications folder, for example, everything looks very much as it should. When I went to open PowerMail it told me that it needed to upgrade the database to be compatible with PM 5.5, that I should make a backup copy of the mail file and then proceed. Instead of seeing warning flares and hearing warning sirens, I went ahead and did this. Then when PM finally opened, the newest mail showing in the database was dated October 22, 2006..13 months ago. What happens when you use the clone as your Startup Drive? This is the frightening part; it gives me the same OLD database, which has my head spinning and me wondering WTF is this curse around me and Mac OS upgrades. When I installed Tiger on top of OS X 10.3, it became a huge disaster, I lost a lot of info and wound up having to do a clean install. This time I wanted to avoid that so I did the clone thing (which, BTW, has worked for me BEFORE) and here I am staring another big loss in the face. Maybe this will help someone solve your problem. I can only hope that this is the case. Thanks again to you and all for replying. Cheers, John Since SuperDuper is not compatible w/ Leopard yet, I did a CCC clone a week after I installed Leopard and all was well. Last weekend I did a Copy selected items using CCC to update my clone. For grins, I started up from this clone and I got the same message you did about my PM DB. I then erased my clone and did a full cloning and when I used the FWHD as my Startup (as a test), all was normal with PM. Tom Miller .. The only time we see the middle of the road is as we run from side to side. R.O.Clark ...
Re: Did I make a huge mistake here?
Richard, I didn't make myself clear. The message file that my PM is using is in the HD/Users/Me/Mail/PowerMail Files folder, and the file name is Message Database. I mentioned the Applications folder only in the context that I had checked the file dates in that to see if there were any other apparent problems as a result of the upgrade to Leopard. BTW, I'm still stumped here. Thanks for replying! Cheers, John Your most recent database should be in your USER folder NOT the Applications folder.
Re: Will Not Send, Schedules will not run
I finally got mine to work...after rebuilding the schedule for a fourth time. I had previously had it set up the way I wanted it.it just quit working for some strange reason shortly after I did a clean re- install of Tiger. John Derry Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PowerMail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] said on 8/6/05 8:06 am [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My PowerMail (5.2) has quit sending mails, and the schedules no longer run, although it will receive mail if I tell it to connect again. I have tried reinstalling, tried starting with the command and option keys held down. I'm stumped. When I go to the setup for the schedules, their is a yellow ball/button next to the scheduledoes that indicate a problem there? The yellow ball indicates the active schedule (in case you have multiple ones). Verify that the correct accounts are checked, by clicking the accounts buttons in the schedulings dialog. To make things a bit more confusing, it WILL send if I use the connection/send waiting messages method. My Powermail is now doing this too. Most annoying, Also verify that immediately when queued is checked in the schedulings dialog. It is. I've recreated the schedules too, and it still won't send immediately. -- Derry Thompson g l o d e r w o r k s | Design - Hosting - Programming http://www.gloderworks.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] + 44 (0) 1562 631430 t + 44 (0) 7976 802487 m
Re: Will Not Send, Schedules will not run: amended
To make things a bit more confusing, it WILL send if I use the connection/send waiting messages method. The schedules don't run automatically, and if I initiate the connection, it will receive but not send, and clicking the send button on a composed mail will not send either. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My PowerMail (5.2) has quit sending mails, and the schedules no longer run, although it will receive mail if I tell it to connect again. I have tried reinstalling, tried starting with the command and option keys held down. I'm stumped. When I go to the setup for the schedules, their is a yellow ball/button next to the scheduledoes that indicate a problem there? And yes, I'm sending this from Apple Mail, because PowerMail won't send! Thanks for any tips. John
Re: Who uses IMAP
Yeah, didn't they advertise them as free for life? I got my account, switched everything over to that, thinking coolnever again and the next thing I know it was pay up or get out. That was certainly the low point in my relationship with Mr Jobs. Reminded me SOOO much of my ex, but she processed data at a much slovwer rate. Cheers, John I had a .Mac account when they were free and dropped it when I had to start paying for it.
Brain Dead Monday
Could someone give me a jump start today? I have had my PowerMail set up to show the simple headers in the lower browser window.. starting yesterday, it quit showing them on some mails... I'm feeling pretty stupid right now. I can't figure out what's going on and how to get it back to where it was and where I want it.just showing the simple headers. I have not changed my preferences for the display, and don't recall having had this problem before. Thanks for the wake up smack. John
Re(2): Feature request
Whatta putz! I don't even want to guess how many thousand emails I've written and never noticed that box. Sigh! I'll go back to my corner now. (Thanks Barbara) John Barbara [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Maylone on 3/6/05 said It would be nice if there were an icon on the toolbar that would open the text signature window to facilitate using a particular signature line [Just to clarify:] you mean that will get the same result as using Setup/ Text Signatures? Because you can at the bottom of the new message window choose which signature you want [bottom right text box] but it is true that does not open up the text signature window. -- Barbara Needham
Re(2): Reply Help [u]
I wish that was the problem..I'd understand that. To make it even weirder, it was only doing it part of the time. I switched the html setting to have it NOT prefer html when plain text is available..maybe that will fix it. Thanks for everyone's help. John Pat O'[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It appears that on 24/2/05 at 9:16 pm John Maylone spake thus: Second, I have my Powermail set to quote the text of the message being replied to, but it ALWAYS cuts off a some portion of the first part of text in that message; sometimes a line, sometimes a good portion of a paragraph, and I CANNOT fix that with a cut and paste.it won't let me!!! This is hugely annoying, and I feel like an idiot sending out replies to butchered mails. You don't have part of the text highlighted when hitting reply do you? It will only quote the highlighted part if there is any. Just a thought. -- Pat O'Halloran http://www.danu.co.uk Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on - Terry Pratchett
Re(2): Reply Help [u]
Thanks Andy, I knew that the reply thing could be fixed, I just couldn't find the place to do it. As far as the quoting text in a reply thing goes, it is not doing that on EVERY reply, just most of them. When I get another one that that feature doesn't work on, I'll check it out and see if I can better define what I can and can't do in that mode. Regards, John Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Feb 24, 2005, John Maylone said: I have two questions/ issues. First, is there a way to set PM 5.1 up so that when I reply, the reply to address shown for me matches my address that was on the message being replied to? Right now, no matter which of my addresses a message is sent to, all replys have the same default address. In your Setup Mail Schedulings and Locations... look in the Locations tab. Make sure the checkbox for 'Also use this account when replying' is unchecked. Then you should be replying using the same account that received the message. Second, I have my Powermail set to quote the text of the message being replied to, but it ALWAYS cuts off a some portion of the first part of text in that message; sometimes a line, sometimes a good portion of a paragraph, and I CANNOT fix that with a cut and paste.it won't let me!!! This is hugely annoying, and I feel like an idiot sending out replies to butchered mails. I've no idea about this one. I don't see it. -- Andy Fragen .
Reply Help [u]
I have two questions/ issues. First, is there a way to set PM 5.1 up so that when I reply, the reply to address shown for me matches my address that was on the message being replied to? Right now, no matter which of my addresses a message is sent to, all replys have the same default address. Second, I have my Powermail set to quote the text of the message being replied to, but it ALWAYS cuts off a some portion of the first part of text in that message; sometimes a line, sometimes a good portion of a paragraph, and I CANNOT fix that with a cut and paste.it won't let me!!! This is hugely annoying, and I feel like an idiot sending out replies to butchered mails. Thanks for any help, John
Re: Hidden unread message in In Tray
Bill, I have exactly the same problem. Different message count, of course, but one phantom unread message. John in Tollhouse -- Forwarded Message From: John Maylone [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 21:52:52 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW: Hidden unread message in In Tray -- Forwarded Message From: William McCallum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: PowerMail discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 21:45:45 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Hidden unread message in In Tray Hello, I am using PowerMail version: 4.2 carbon Mac OS version: 10.2.6 My In Tray has 32 messages in it, all read, but the info area at the bottom says 33 messages, 1 unread, and in the Folder List it appears in bold, to indicate unread messages. This unread message isn't really there. I have tried moving all the messages out and in again, rebuilding indices, compacting database, and rebuilding low level database, but the problem remains. It's not crippling, but it means I can never tell if I really have new mail or not from looking at the folder list, and it would be nice if I could fix it. Any suggestions would be most welcome. Regards, Bill McCallum -- End of Forwarded Message -- End of Forwarded Message
Re: Cannot move or delete items
Midi, This is interesting. I have been able to rebuild the index, but when I try to rebuild the database, I get an error message: Database error 100 0 in 7 (DBUpdateRecord). Low level error 4 Just on a whim, I compacted the database and this seems to have solved the problem.now I can index and rebuild the database, and the first few tries at deleting things has worked. So to answer your question, yes I now have and now it works, but I had to compact the database first. Thanks for the input! Thanks, John On 6/28/03 12:08 PM, Midi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you rebuilt your PowerMail database? Midi John caused electrons to hula in cyberspace with: I am using PowerMail 4.1.3 on my G4 cheesegrater Mac. I have a growing number of emails in my In Box that I can neither move or delete. I have run the disk utilities and repaired the permissions, etc. but this does not help. Besides being annoying, this will ultimately render PowerMail unusable...does anyone have a fix for this short of deleting all my mail files and starting over? Thanks, John in Tollhouse
Cannot move or delete items
I am using PowerMail 4.1.3 on my G4 cheesegrater Mac. I have a growing number of emails in my In Box that I can neither move or delete. I have run the disk utilities and repaired the permissions, etc. but this does not help. Besides being annoying, this will ultimately render PowerMail unusable...does anyone have a fix for this short of deleting all my mail files and starting over? Thanks, John in Tollhouse
