I tried to change it from imap to pop3 so hopefully that wouldn't happen, but it keeps telling me to verify the account, even though I know the settings are correct, and still doesn't want to connect to it after I've done that, and closed out it. I tried removing and re-setting up the account numerouss times, but nothing worked, and finally gave up, and it's still only showing me my inbox and nothing else, so not sure what to make of that. On Nov 11, 2011, at 4:07 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> 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. > 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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