Oh, are uyou using pop for gmail? That might be why you got all those old messages.
Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Nov 11, 2011, at 6:59 PM, Jessica wrote: > Well, the main reason I didn't like it, was because when I set up my gmail > acount, it decided to download about 3 months worth or more of mail that I'd > obviously already read, and in trying to delete it all, and in adition to it > telling me "mail busy," every few minuttes or so from me having to delete > over 1000 messages, all this was slowing my system down, so decided to do > away with it. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricardo Walker" <rwalker...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 11:02 AM > Subject: Re: Lion, a lemon? > > > I agree. > > I love the line preview in Mail. And you can always turn it off. > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 > www.mobileaccess.org > > On Nov 11, 2011, at 6:03 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > >> This is interesting and shows just how different we all are. I for one think >> that the "reading of bits and pieces of messages", as you put it, is really >> helpful. This determines if a message with a not so explanatory subject line >> is worth my time or not. This, however is only me. >> /Krister >> >> 11 nov 2011 kl. 02:11 skrev Jessica: >> >>> I'm currently using that as well, and not sure what I think about it. I'm >>> not sure if it's unfamiliarity with the system itself, issues with the OS, >>> or a little of both, but I've kind of been struggling with it. Perfect >>> example, I just had a friend of mine help me make some changes to my e-mail >>> settings so I could sort through it easier and not have it continuously >>> read me bits and pieces of my messages before I'd even opened them, and now >>> for some reason unknown to me, it's now decided not to display anything >>> other than my inbox, so I have no idea if my trash folder has been emptied >>> or not. >>> I've tried removing and readding the acount, only to have the same issues, >>> so don't know what to make of that. I haven't really had the busy signals >>> with Safari all that much, but have it with Mail on a somewhat regular >>> basis. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Missy Hoppe >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 4:48 AM >>> Subject: RE: Lion, a lemon? >>> >>> I agree with you a zillion percent. I still have lion installed on an >>> external drive, so try it out from time to time and update it whenever >>> possible, but for day to day use, I have no plans to ever abandon Snow >>> Leopard. I'm not an expert using that by any means, but at least it works >>> more reliably. The only application that seems to read a little bit better >>> for me under lion is skype, and since I'm not a huge skype fan in the first >>> place, that's not a big deal. I know it isn't possible, but I wish I could >>> get my $30 back from lion, and if Lion had been my first ever mac >>> experience, I definitely would have returned or tried to sell my macbook. >>> Missy >>> >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Snyder >>> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 2:32 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Lion, a lemon? >>> >>> Hi all, >>> I want to start off this post by saying that I installed Lion the day it >>> came out on my Macbook Pro. Before doing so, I made a time machine backup >>> of my Snow Leopard system, and I can't tell you how glad I am that I did. I >>> tried Lion for a week, and found it to be terribly buggy and not nearly as >>> intuitive to use as SL. I restored my computer back to SL, and have >>> continued using it since. Recently, a friend of mine got a brand new iMac >>> with Lion installed. He has been calling me asking for help understanding >>> how to do some very simple things. using the mail program, entering a tun >>> of contacts into his address book, and using Safari to listen to a webcast >>> he particularly likes. While we handled mail without much difficulty, I >>> must say that Safari and Address Book have been riddled with problems. >>> Safari will often give us the busy signal, and the address book kicks us >>> out of the fields and deposits us in some sort of no mans land where we >>> must command tab back and forth to get free. He has updated to Lion 10.7.2, >>> and yet this hasn't really fixed the issues. The nonsense with creating >>> multiple desktops and such was a bit annoying too. I wonder if maybe simple >>> is better some times. It's sad, but as I purchased a snow leopard full >>> installation disc for him, I'm going to go down to his house and put SL on >>> his machine so that he can actually have a good experience using his mac >>> rather than the flawed and terribly buggy one he's been having. That's not >>> to say that SL doesn't have its problems, but they are far fewer than Lion >>> it seems. I hope that Apple will take a page from Microsoft and move >>> quickly on to the next OS as Microsoft did from Vista to 7. I'm afraid Lion >>> is a lemon. >>> I'm curious to know about your experiences with Lion versus Snow Leopard. >>> >>> Friendly, >>> Chris >>> -------------- >>> I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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