Internet Message Access Protocol is a protocol supported by many email servers and service providers, including Google Gmail.
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Mail.app 6.3, How to exclude folders from being downloaded?
An example would be, a Yahoo IMAP account. Is there a way to exclude bulk mails from being downloaded to the Mail.app?
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iPhone and Mac “Mail” app emails sync not working…?
I just bought a brand new Macbook Pro 15" and I already have an iPhone 4. I'm using Hotmail (now called Outlook) for email management. Since I'm using a Macbook now, I want to use Mail.app to manage ...
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Can a new mail be sent using AppleScript + Outlook + IMAP?
I'm trying to use apple script to automate creation of a new outlook mail message.
The below code will work when I have my email account sent up as pop3 but I need it to work with an IMAP account.
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Apple mail saves IMAP Attachments Locally, even with the omit option is enabled, and account rebuilds
Apple Mail 10.8x - (Version 6.3 (1503)
Apple mail is saving attachments for all of my accounts in:
/Users/james/Library/Mail/V2
It does this even though each account has offline viewing options set ...
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How does one fix incorrect dates of mail messages after migrating a mailbox from one OS X Server to another?
I have OS X Server 2.2.1 (running on OS X Mountain Lion). I migrated from one OS X Server to another and migrated a mailbox with 4GB of mail. On OS X Mountain Lion client, I connected to the mailbox ...
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IMAP folder named Notes does not appear in Mail.app
I have a folder on my IMAP server named « Notes ».
I have deactivated the use of the IMAP account by the Notes.app, but the folder is still not visible in Mail.app.
Is there a way to have this ...
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How to hide GMail labels in Apple Mail?
When searching for mail in Mail.app with a GMail account, every instance of the mail shows up with every Gmail label, especially in the Bin label, since Apple mail autosaves drafts as you go along, ...
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Stop Mail from keeping sent drafts?
I use iCloud and I like Mail to save my drafts on the server.
But I have no desire to keep them as drafts after they are sent. But Mail keeps the drafts and I have to manually delete them.
I ...
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How do I export mail.app rules to other filtering solutions such as procmail?
In the past I handled email filtering using Mail.app's Rules. I want to move my filters out of Mail.app and into another solution, such as a centrally-organized IMAP + procmail setup.
Is it possible ...
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Can I enable conversation view in imap folders by default?
I am using 'show related messages' to enable conversation view in my apple mail inbox on mountain lion. I also have a bunch of imap folders, but this setting seems not to apply here. However, I can ...
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refresh mail.app inbox when returning from standby (IMAP)
When returning from standby mail.app does not refresh my inbox. New mails (or changes to old mails, like move or delete) are not synchronized. I have to manually close mail.app and restart it to make ...
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Apple Mail 6.2 - Turn OFF automatic checking for new messages
Well I am very disappointed with Apple Mail. Its checking for new e-mails automatically from time to time regardless the options.
In General options I set "Check for new messages" to "Manually"
In ...
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How can Apple Mail be configured to mimic Gmail's “Archiving” behaviour for a generic IMAP account?
It is straightforward to configure a Gmail account being accessed through Apple Mail to Archive messages when you "delete" them from the mail client. With generic IMAP accounts, however, the only ...
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When using Mail with Gmail IMAP, how to move emails to different folders and not label them?
I'm using Mac Lion Mail app with Gmail IMAP and when I drag and drop or command-click to move messages from my Inbox to a folder called Personal, it appears to work in Mail. But when I look at Gmail, ...
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IMAP setting for hotmail in Outlook v14 for mac os x
I got for a few years a hotmail account and get my mail into outlook with POP setting.... everything is fine... But now i got a iPhone and iPad and there is some setting to get IMAP hotmail ...
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How to subscribe to particular IMAP folders in Mac Mail
I use Mac Mail to work with an IMAP account. Is it possible to subscribe only to a set of folders, e.g., synchronize only the folder "current" and all its subfolders, but not the folder "archive"? I ...
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iPhone's and Outlook - using IMAP
We have our email hosted by a web hosting company. Our iPhones and Outlook on our Desktop both use IMAP protocol. However, when we read a message in Outlook, it doesn't mark the message as read on our ...
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Why won't Mountain Lion Mail connect to Custom Dovecot IMAP server where Lion Mail connects just fine?
I am trying to set up a new Mountain Lion install on a mac mini to connect using Mail version 6.2 with IMAP to my custom Dovecot mail server which is on an old G5 on my network.
My Macbook Air ...
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How does using GMail via IMAP or Exchange affect battery life?
What are the differences with respect to battery life between using the regular Gmail setup as opposed to the Exchange setup?
I know that the Exchange allows for push, but is battery life affected ...
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How to encrypt IMAP folder on Mountain Lion? [closed]
Sup y'all.
I need to encrypt one of my IMAP folders (in Mac Mail.) In my HP Windows computer, I just right-click and hit 'encrypt.' What's the deal, fam?
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After Mountain Lion upgrade, Mail folder rearranged
After upgrading to Mountain Lion, some Mailboxes have been moved. I previously had some mailboxes in the "On My Mac" section. They are no longer there, but instead are now under the main Mailboxes ...
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How can I specify the Sent folder for Gmail on iPad?
I use Gmail with IMAP on the iPad. I can only find Drafts and Trash folder to configure in the Settings, how can I specify the Sent folder?
Trial with Gmail account: cannot find Sent folder
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Drafts going in Trash
I have configured my Gmail account with OSX Mail Client. The problem is that the drafts on the Mail Client aren't stored in draft on Gmail. And all the drafts are going in Trash of Gmail. I had mapped ...
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Mail.app keeps trying to connecting to old mail server
Yesterday my web host (Dreamhost) unexpectedly moved my email account to a new server. Most of my email clients didn't skip a beat, and continued to connect to the server and receive mail.
However, ...
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How to set up OS X Server Mail to auto-configure Mac Mail IMAP clients?
Our Thunderbird mail clients successfully pick up their IMAP settings for their accounts on (Mountain Lion) OS X Server automatically. They just supply their email addresses and Open Directory ...
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Send mail from iPhone via Gmail (Exchange) sends 'Sent Item' back as 'New Mail'
I have just set up Gmail on my iPhone4 using the Exchange/IMAP method (m.google.com).
Everything works great - the only problem I'm having is that when I send a new mail from my iPhone to myself, I ...
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Why do so many IMAP providers not work properly with Mail.app?
I've been using Mail.app to read my email since 1992 or so, back when it was called NeXTmail. I'm generally pleased with it. Lately, though, I've been having a problem with the IMAP implementation, ...
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inconsistent email syncing - iPad io35 and mail on Lion, IMAP and me.com
I use two email accts, a company provided IMAP mail acct and a rarely used me.com acct. For email clients, on my macbook (Lion, 10.7.4) I use Mail 5.2, on (new) iPad (iOS5.1.1) I sue the included mail ...
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Darwin/Linux/Unix command line email client that supports iCloud?
I need to access my iCloud email from a command line.
Is there a command line client for Mac OS X (and/or Linux and/or Unix) that can connect to Apple's (I assume it is IMAP) servers?
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Entourage 2008 - changing an account from pop to IMAP
I have a client who uses Entourage 2008 and instead of creating an IMAP account, he created a POP account, is there a way to switch without having to delete and recreate the account and if recreating ...
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Attachments missing from messages in “inbox” folder in apple mail, when using google apps
When using mail.app with google mail (google premier apps) over imap, i have a problem where e-mails come through without showing attachments sometimes.
The odd thing is, if i look at the "All Mail" ...
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iPad Mail client - IMAP with X.509 client certificates?
Short version: Does anyone know if X.509 client certificates are supposed to work on the iPad for IMAP mail? Am I wasting my time trying to get a feature that doesn't work to work? If the built-in ...
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Migrating Linux/cyrrus IMAP into Lion server dovecot
We changing our internal infrastructure and replacing old Linux server with an OS X Lion server. One crucial thing is email - need migrate it without interruption.
Currently we have Linux/Cyrrus, with ...
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Deleted email from iPad while offline gets a strikethrough line on web app rather than deleted
When I delete an email message in Mail on my iPad, everything works normally—unless I'm offline. When this is the case, it deletes from the iPad, but the message on the web interface (in this case ...
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Auto delete old Sent mail from IMAP sent folder on ipad/ipod
Using an IMAP email account there is an option to delete "Deleted Messages" : "Remove after one week". I want to do the same with Sent Mail since I CC: all sent-mail to my inbox and it is stored on my ...
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Internal IMAP server - Lion behind firewall
I have the following (already given) scenario:
The primary question is - how to setup IMAP and SMTP server on the Lion for the "mydomain.com". Lion suggesting to use the ".private" domain for the ...
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Gmail account in Mail on SnowLeopard: how well does it work?
I am using a gmail account in Mail (via IMAP) on Lion, and it works well. My dad just set up a gmail account and he is on SnowLeopard. Does a gmail account work correctly in Mail (also via IMAP) on ...
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Why can't I create an IMAP folder in Mail?
Having used MS Outlook for a while with my IMAP account, I thought I would try out the new and improved Mail in OS X Lion. The structure of my mailbox on the left hand panel is as follows:
MAILBOXES
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How setup Mail.app IMAP to migrate Mail Server
We changed recently our Hosting provider.
How can we remove the old IMAP account in Apple Mail without loosing any Mails and have them uploaded to the new server including all IMAP folders?
Thanks,
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How can I get rid of duplicate Sent, Draft, and Trash folders in my IMAP accounts?
I use several IMAP accounts for e-mail, and, except for iCloud, all of them show duplicate folders for Sent, Trash, and Draft mailboxes:
These duplicate folders are (generally) always empty, and ...
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IPad email client refuses to retrieve some emails
This is an original iPad using the default client against a remote IMAP account. It just does not retrieve mails from certain senders. They're not in other folders, they're Not in junk mail, Outlook ...
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Why do flags revert to red in Lion Mail?
In Lion Mail, in (IMAP) accounts other than iCloud/MobileMe, flags that I set to colors other than red revert to red over time.
Why is this happening and how do I fix it? What is the soruce of the ...
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iPhone IMAP GMail push
Seeing as Yahoo (japan) got imap push to iOS devices working today (it's working on my phone now), is there a way to set it up with a GMail account?
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How can I re-map Mail's “Sent Messages” folder to an IMAP server's “Sent Mail” folder?
I use Mail to connect to a traditional IMAP server (non-Gmail). I've noticed that all the messages I send are placed in Mail's "Sent" folder and that Mail is translating this folder to a server folder ...
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Where are all these ipfw rules coming from?
Any attempt to connect to a server over port 143 is blocked by the OS. I've verified it's not my connection; other computers on the network can see the port just fine. I've replicated the problem on a ...
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How do I get archive to work in Mail.app in Lion?
I can't get archive to work on Lion. When I choose archive in Mail.app it creates a folder called Archived. That's not what I want. When I choose delete it doesn't remove the message from my inbox. It ...
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Accessing Gmail via IMAP using Lion's Mail client
I've been using POP to access my Gmail account pretty much since Google offered it. I've been meaning to migrate to IMAP access for a while now, and initial attempts to switch yesterday caused quite a ...
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Store attachments locally in Mail.app when using IMAP
I'm reaching my quota on my IMAP account, one big space hog is email attachments.
Is there a way to tell mail.app that I want to "remove" certain emails from the server but keep them around ...
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Is there a good Hotmail client for Mac OS X?
I have had an Hotmail account since 1997 (i.e. don't ask me to switch - have hundreds of filters and folders and thousands of contacts) and I recently switched to a Mac and I am looking for a Mac ...
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Why doesn't Mail.app ver. 4 recognize Google Apps accounts as Gmail IMAP
When I add a gmail account with a username of @gmail.com, Mail.app ver 4 recognizes this as a Gmail IMAP account. However, if I try to add a Google apps domain email address ending in ...
