[sussex_mug] Mail problem????

2012-08-16 Thread tonp
Hi Smuggers, mail app suddenly will not allow me to bin spam messages reporting back………. *“couldn’t be copied to “Messages” because an item with the same name already exists.”* So………I can’t trash the spam particularly although the odd personal message will trash OK. I have rebuilt

Re: [sussex_mug] mail problem

2010-04-13 Thread Jason Davies
have you tried 'Mailbox/take all accounts online?' can you edit it via the Preferences/Accounts/Account Information? I see a drop-down menu there of smtp accounts and if I select it I see 'edit...' is it IMAP or Pop? if it's imap the stuff should all stay on the server if you delete the

Re: [sussex_mug] mail problem

2010-04-13 Thread andrew lancaster
Hi. Yes, I've tried Mailbox / take all accounts online. In Preferences/ Accounts / Account Info I can get the drop down menu - but the info for this account has changed and it is altering it that is proving impossible. It may well be offline because it isn't working - it is the fact that it

Re: [sussex_mug] mail problem

2010-04-13 Thread Jason Davies
On 13 Apr 2010, at 13:17, andrew lancaster wrote: It may well be offline because it isn't working - it is the fact that it WAS working until just a few days ago that is getting to me! I'll keep trying - there MUST be a solution! if it's not working at their end, no amount of tinkering

[sussex_mug] mail problem

2010-03-05 Thread Brian Terry
I am still trying with mail. I don't know what I am doing wrong (if at all) but I can't find a way of deleting mails without them going to trash then having to delete them all again. I have the same irritation if I use the delete bar, the delete key or mail,edit,select all delete Is there a way

Re: [sussex_mug] mail problem

2010-03-05 Thread Ranulph Glanville
MailpreferencesFonts and colours? Every mail program I know erases to the trash basket, from which you have finally to delete. I think it's a feature to allow second thoughts. Ranulph On 5 Mar 2010, at 12:09, Brian Terry wrote: I am still trying with mail. I don't know what I am doing

Re: [sussex_mug] mail problem

2010-03-05 Thread Brian Terry
My beloved outlook express deletes properly if one uses shift delete I love my iMac and snow leopard but its not perfect -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Sussex Mac User Group group. To post to this group, send an email to s...@googlegroups.com. To

[sussex_mug] Mail problem (not me)

2009-10-07 Thread Russell Brown
I have a colleague running Mail on SL who is unable to send Mail all of a sudden. He was sending quite happily earlier. Later this afternoon, he went back into Mail but the send button was greyed out when he had filled in his recipient, subject and body-text. He assures me that the email address