Leopard mail "Get Mail" button

[Charles Dyer]

On 11 Apr 2008, at 09:16:46, David Herren wrote:
> Does the "Get Mail" button work for any of you in Leopard?

Yes. Mail 3.2.

>
>
> I keep the Mail activity indicator open all the time under the list  
> of accounts and imap directories. I can click the Get Mail button  
> 'til I'm numb and mail never checks mail.
>
> I have 6 imap accounts and 3 pop accounts on various servers. I _do_  
> get mail in all of those accounts--I just don't seem to be able to  
> force the check. Mail happily checks each account on it's own in the  
> time frame set for each account, but I see no evidence that it does  
> so when I try to force it.
>
> The same is true when I select "Get All New Mail" or "Get New Mail  
> >" from the Mailbox menu. I see no activity.

i see the little spinning pinwheel on each account, and the 'Mail  
Activity' box shows that it's picking up mail.

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>
> I also don't see any indication in Console.app that anything is  
> happening when I do the above. It's not a big deal since I do get  
> mail, but only when I wait for Mail to get it when it wants to and  
> not when I want to.

You may have something wrong with Mail.app and/or its prefs.

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>
> /david
>
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> david herren - shoreham, vt, us na terra solsys orionarm
>
> Candidate for 11th Commandment: "Thou shalt not worship false pop  
> idols."

Thou shalt shoot pop idols.

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