Hello Jessica,
I empathize with your frustration in setting up your gMail account. In my opinion, there is absolutely no reason why you cannot enjoy using your Mac with gMail services. I'll tell you right from the start that troubleshooting mail account setup issues can be daunting so you may not get as many replies as you hope because there are so many ways one can get messed up in the process but I will list just a few things to keep in mind that may help you resolve your problem, OK? 1. Using the gMail web interface, make sure you have iMap enabled. 2. Using the gMail web interface, I strongly recommend that you read the Google help section for how to setup iMap on a computer. Google has a very comprehensive, albeit lengthy, tutorial that I found extremely useful, many moons ago when I was learning how to do such things. Now on your Mac: 3. In the Mac Mail Preferences area of which I am certain you are now well acquainted (Smile), it is very often necessary to enter the password for both the incoming and outgoing/SMTP settings, separately, even though, in most cases, the password will be the same for both. 4. In the security section of the process, be sure to select SSL for both the incoming and outgoing protocols. Jessica, in some rare instances that I have encountered, the type of security needed is defined by the Internet Service Provider. For example, Dish Network. In such an instance, it is necessary to use a different type of security than the normal SSL. This is probably not the case for you but I mention it in order to relay that sometimes, even when you do everything right, things can still go wrong. Good Luck, Mark From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jessica Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 9:59 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Mail issues. I've just tried for the um-teenth time, to set up my gmail acount on my macbook pro, and it's now wanted to tell me, "no mailbox selected," whenever I open it. I'm only going to guess it's connected, sense the option to take acounts on line is dimmed, so I don't understand why it would be telling me this, however it refuses to download my mail no matter how many times I've removed and re-set up the sount, and this is really getting on my last nerve. I really don't want to switch providers, because everyone I know knows this address, and has for years, and sense I've had several providers that I've been dissatisfied with and have no reason to change aside from the mac doesn't completely seem to get along with it, than I don't see any other reason to leave them. If there's some sort of a work-around, or if there could've been something I may have missed, could someone please share that? Are you looking for a free home based business that will also pay you a good income? Most likely, the answer is "yes," so if that is the case then come check out Tmi wireless! We're an internet sales and marketing company that sells a variety of items including cel phones and plans with carriers you already know, and you're payed a comission from every sale you make! Check out <http://www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/164753> and learn how to make money doing something you already do daily! to learn more, visit: <http://www.tmiwireless.com/affiliate/?aid=43270> -- 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.
