Found a solution for this that works for me. Just delete the account in Mail and re-create. My imap gmail is working fine now.
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Snow Leopard + Apple Mail + Gmail = FAIL!!
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Try this, it worked for me
When adding a new account, instead of just adding myemail@gmail.com I put in pop:myemail@gmail.com.
Mail had some issues with it but let me continue and then the drop down for POP / IMAP / Exchange etc appeared.
Checked "Gmail - POP" from the drop down and changed the incoming server to pop.gmail.com and left the "pop:' prefix on the username.
After the mailbox was set up, I went to accounts then advanced and changed the port to 995.
Waited a few minutes and it's now working fine.
When adding a new account, instead of just adding myemail@gmail.com I put in pop:myemail@gmail.com.
Mail had some issues with it but let me continue and then the drop down for POP / IMAP / Exchange etc appeared.
Checked "Gmail - POP" from the drop down and changed the incoming server to pop.gmail.com and left the "pop:' prefix on the username.
After the mailbox was set up, I went to accounts then advanced and changed the port to 995.
Waited a few minutes and it's now working fine.
thnx Shelo 99. your info was super helpful. you spare me a big headache. 995 is the answer to all of the problems, of course if you want to use POP. But even after this, Mail is downloading all of my 5963 e-mails i have on my gmail server. anyone knows how to avoid this? i really dont need mails from january 2006.....
Reducing Gmail IMAP / Apple Mail traffic
kiklop: I've recently been testing how gmail syncs with mail and have found that disabling the 'All Mail' label for IMAP in Gmail (after enabling 'Advanced IMAP Controls' in the 'Labs' tab) greatly reduces traffic and seems to make things run much more smoothly. I've outlined the procedure in my Gmail IMAP / Apple Mail Configuration Guide. Let me know if it helps
kiklop: I've recently been testing how gmail syncs with mail and have found that disabling the 'All Mail' label for IMAP in Gmail (after enabling 'Advanced IMAP Controls' in the 'Labs' tab) greatly reduces traffic and seems to make things run much more smoothly. I've outlined the procedure in my Gmail IMAP / Apple Mail Configuration Guide. Let me know if it helps
Help with getting Apple mail 4.0 to work
Hi I have also been having trouble
I used to use Apple mail 3.0 with POP with no problems, but now can't get Apple mail 4.0 to work for POP, and have gotten IMAP working 80% of the time.
I found these comments useful however, I don't want to delete my IMAP account again because it will have to download/synchronise 10GB worth of emails stored on the server. Is there another way?
cheers
Bishan
Hi I have also been having trouble
I used to use Apple mail 3.0 with POP with no problems, but now can't get Apple mail 4.0 to work for POP, and have gotten IMAP working 80% of the time.
I found these comments useful however, I don't want to delete my IMAP account again because it will have to download/synchronise 10GB worth of emails stored on the server. Is there another way?
cheers
Bishan
You sir are magic! Thank you!
POP is prettier in Apple Mail and that is the only reason why I use it instead of IMAP. I archive messages that are downloaded so they're still on Gmail too.
solution
i had exactly the same frustrations as you guys...i checked and rechecked. disenabled then enabled....did everything and everything was as it should be but i still wasn't receiving googlemail to my mac mail.
the only thing i found to work, and it did first time in seconds, was to delete the account from my mac mail (by highlighting the googlemail account in 'accounts' and pressing the minus symbol at the bottom of the box) and setting it up again from scratch (by pressing the plus symbol, next to the minus) and following the instructions to set up a new account.
All my googlemail emails imported in including new ones i that hadn't previously been able to access through my mac mail. I sent a test to myself which i received. all working perfectly!
i had exactly the same frustrations as you guys...i checked and rechecked. disenabled then enabled....did everything and everything was as it should be but i still wasn't receiving googlemail to my mac mail.
the only thing i found to work, and it did first time in seconds, was to delete the account from my mac mail (by highlighting the googlemail account in 'accounts' and pressing the minus symbol at the bottom of the box) and setting it up again from scratch (by pressing the plus symbol, next to the minus) and following the instructions to set up a new account.
All my googlemail emails imported in including new ones i that hadn't previously been able to access through my mac mail. I sent a test to myself which i received. all working perfectly!
gmail and snow leopard conflicts
Hi to everybody.
I have my account install on snow leopard and the imap part has work just fine, but I was not able to send mail, until I read the recommendation put on this forum to force smtp to work only on port 587, this finally fix it.
As the person who post it, I do not why, but it finally works.
Thanks to everybody who take the time to contribute and help the ones out there that do not know that much.
It is really impressive having the feedback of some many people to help you fix things that does not seem to make sense, because you are doing everything by the book and still it does not work.
Hi to everybody.
I have my account install on snow leopard and the imap part has work just fine, but I was not able to send mail, until I read the recommendation put on this forum to force smtp to work only on port 587, this finally fix it.
As the person who post it, I do not why, but it finally works.
Thanks to everybody who take the time to contribute and help the ones out there that do not know that much.
It is really impressive having the feedback of some many people to help you fix things that does not seem to make sense, because you are doing everything by the book and still it does not work.
I stopped
I stopped using the Mac mail software to handle my .mac address + my gmail address. I tried thunderbird for a while and I really liked it, but I actually like using the web interface the best.
I stopped using the Mac mail software to handle my .mac address + my gmail address. I tried thunderbird for a while and I really liked it, but I actually like using the web interface the best.
Solution to 4400+ emails
If Apple is crashing because of too many emails and you don't want to delete all 4400+ of your emails, archive them all and then set up your account in apple mail. Apple Mail wont import your archived emails, but you'll still have them if you need them on the gmail web interface. Then mail will start fresh and have 0 messages to import. Magic.
If Apple is crashing because of too many emails and you don't want to delete all 4400+ of your emails, archive them all and then set up your account in apple mail. Apple Mail wont import your archived emails, but you'll still have them if you need them on the gmail web interface. Then mail will start fresh and have 0 messages to import. Magic.
First off, under IMAP, Mail WILL import all your archived mail.
Secondly, no reason to resurrect a long-dead thread simply to throw in a tip no one asked for. I realize you're trying to be helpful, but it isn't.
Secondly, no reason to resurrect a long-dead thread simply to throw in a tip no one asked for. I realize you're trying to be helpful, but it isn't.
I have tried to solve this problem and every single solution is only temporary. It seems to work when you try something, then a few weeks or months later it comes back. Here is what my screen looks like when I get this error. Something unusual though, it only happens for certain emails, I can receive mail just fine, but when sending to certain people I get errors.
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This is an issue that has been discussed and explained to death. It is a common practice for ISPs to block SMTP access to foreign [out of domain] SMTP servers. This is a security measure. The default SMTP port is usually Port 25 for unauthenticated SMTP access. It is a favorite of spammers. ISPs respond by restricting Port 25 to their own servers. The remedy is to use authenticated SMTP access. This is done on Port 587. Changing your SMTP port for Gmail to Port 587 works. You must also give your Gmail credentials.I have tried to solve this problem and every single solution is only temporary. It seems to work when you try something, then a few weeks or months later it comes back. Here is what my screen looks like when I get this error. Something unusual though, it only happens for certain emails, I can receive mail just fine, but when sending to certain people I get errors.