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Mail keeps "fetching new mail"
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I too have had the exact same problem with a new iMac running Snow Leopard. My previous Mac is still set up and is running Mail without any problems so I assume everythign is OK at the server end.
I have deleted ALL email from the server by going to the Advanced tab for each email account and clicking on "Remove now". So no emails on the server.
I also deleted (and I mean drag to the trash and emptied) both the /Library/Mail folder and its contents, and the /Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist file which holds all the accounts info in it.
When starting Mail it recreates the Mail folder, and when you create a new account the info is stored in the .plist file and the mail box folders appear in the Mail folder.
This did not solve the problem. As soon as I told it to check for mail I get the spinning wheel and end up having to force quit.
Interestingly though when I created a new user account and set up mail under that account from scratch it works fine!! wtf??
So the question is: What else do you have to delete to get Mail to think it is an entirely new setup? So far I have removed all of the following:
/Library/Prefernces/com.apple.mail.plist
/Library/Mail - the entire folder...gone burger!
Could it have something to do with the Address Book?
I have deleted ALL email from the server by going to the Advanced tab for each email account and clicking on "Remove now". So no emails on the server.
I also deleted (and I mean drag to the trash and emptied) both the /Library/Mail folder and its contents, and the /Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist file which holds all the accounts info in it.
When starting Mail it recreates the Mail folder, and when you create a new account the info is stored in the .plist file and the mail box folders appear in the Mail folder.
This did not solve the problem. As soon as I told it to check for mail I get the spinning wheel and end up having to force quit.
Interestingly though when I created a new user account and set up mail under that account from scratch it works fine!! wtf??
So the question is: What else do you have to delete to get Mail to think it is an entirely new setup? So far I have removed all of the following:
/Library/Prefernces/com.apple.mail.plist
/Library/Mail - the entire folder...gone burger!
Could it have something to do with the Address Book?
OK may have jsut answered my own question. I moved the /Library/Application Support/AddressBook folder onto the desktop and everything now magically works fine!!!
The Mac has even synced all my contacts back into the AddressBook.
Stunned but happy.
The Mac has even synced all my contacts back into the AddressBook.
Stunned but happy.
