Hello, Are you sure the account supports IMAP?
Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jun 26, 2012, at 5:47 PM, Veronica Elsea <veron...@laurelcreekmusic.com> wrote: > Hi everyone! > Okay, I'm baffled. Thanks to the urging from many of you on this list, I'm > finally making the switch from pop mail to imap. Don't even ask about life > with Thunderbird on my Windows computer! <sigh!> Anyway, here's the Mac > question. Oh, I am running Lion on my MBA. So, I deleted my pop mail account > by hitting VO-space on the remove account button found in mail preferences. I > then closed Mail and just for good measure, rebooted the computer. > When I opened Mail, the welcome message appeared and it took me through the > questions. Trouble is, there was no question asking me whether I wanted imap > or pop. The first time I went all the way through the set up, it ended up as > imap, but all of my previous mailboxes, messages, rules and signatures were > still there. It didn't synchronize properly in that the new folders I'd > created on the server didn't appear and I ended up with two sent folders. So > I removed the account a second time and shut down the computer again. But > again, in the account creation dialogs, there was no question about choosing > imap or pop. Somehow I get the feeling it's not really deleting what had been > there and I'm ending up with a bit of a mess. Any suggestions would sure be > appreciated at this point. > After all, this was partly why I was supposed to join the 21st century and > switch to imap, so everything would just automatically appear on all > computers. Hmmm, as I said, all the wisdom here is so much appreciated. I'll > keep searching articles and such to see if I find some miraculous solution as > well. > Thanks again. > > Veronica > > -- > Watch and hear Veronica Elsea's Prayer for a Soldier at > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFoIhWrBHFI > Then find more music from Veronica Elsea and The Guide Dog Glee Club at: > http://www.laurelcreekmusic.com > Veronica Elsea, Owner > Laurel Creek Music Designs > Santa Cruz, California > Phone: 831-429-6407 > > > -- > 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.
