On 08/09/2011, at 4:52 AM, Rick Armstrong wrote: > > For some reason Mail has triplicates of recent received messages from 1 Sept > to 8 Sept. > 1. Mail has now 931 unread triplicate messages. > 2. I cannot delete them. > 3. I have trashed the ‘Envelope Index’ but Mail crashes when I launch Mail, > (looks like it is trying to import and rebuild about 12,000 messages before > it quits). > 4. As nothing has happened I have put the ‘Envelope Index’ back into Mail > (Users>Library>Mail) > 5. I have done the "rebuild" and synchronise" account. > 6. I have to send this from my iBook because I can't receive or send emails > now. > The hard drive is getting full and I have tried to clear some space but > perhaps it is not enough to enable Mail to rebuild. > (My quick solution is to go to Officeworks this morning and get an external > to clear a lot more space on the hard drive OR if the group can suggest > somewhere else to get an external quickly, I have to do this anyway because > the drive is getting towards capacity) > Thanks, Rick > Tiger 10.4.11
Hi Rick, Is this a POP Account and are you leaving Mail on The Server? If it is and you are leaving mail on the server, go to Mail > File > Preferences > Select the Account, select the Advanced Tap, check "Remove copy from server after retrieving a message:", and select “Remove Now”. That will leave nothing on the mail server if you are comfortable with that. Then, manually delete any additional messages that may be taking up extra space. You can then remove as much as possible from your Hard Drive until you have enough Free Space on it. Sounds like your Mail might require some clearing out and your Hard Drive. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard OS X 10.7 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
