Mail mboxes showing up empty

[Robert La Ferla]

On Oct 5, 2006, at 3:58 AM, Google Kreme wrote:

> On 04 Oct 2006, at 21:53 , Scot Hacker wrote:
>> As a matter of fact, I've currently got two separate customers  
>> using Mail.app who say they know new mail is on the server (they  
>> can see it in webmail) but that Mail.app refuses to pick it up.  
>> The Activity Viewer  flashes quickly when they check mail, reports  
>> no errors, but no new mail shows up. Meanwhile, I and lots of  
>> other users use Mail.app against the same server with no issues  
>> (so I know it's not a server config issue). That's not quite what  
>> you're describing below, but seems like it might be related. These  
>> problems seem to have just come up recently (since a recent  
>> Software Update?) Baffling.
>
> When I have occasional weird issues with mail, I rebuild the In  
> boxes and synch the accounts.

I have a daily issue with Mail.app where I have to wait for it to  
display my messages when a mailbox is selected.  Rebuilding the  
mailbox(s) does not fix the problem.