help! Mail is dying!
for the last few days, Mail won't start up. It 'unexpectedly quits' every time i try to start it. I've restarted the computer several times and relaunched finder within on run to see if maybe that was the problem... nothing is working! and I get important emails through this program! please help!
Asaph
Asaph
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Originally posted by Asaph
for the last few days, Mail won't start up. It 'unexpectedly quits' every time i try to start it. I've restarted the computer several times and relaunched finder within on run to see if maybe that was the problem... nothing is working! and I get important emails through this program! please help!
Asaph
Hi,
Have you tried repairing permissions? If that doesn't work you could create a new user account, and set up Mail there. If it works correctly with the new account, then one of your Mail preference files got hammered somehow. If the new account doesn't solve the problem, then Mail.app itself is hosed. There should be instructions somewhere on how to extract the Mail package and reinstall it. Good luck.
Regards,
Marc
-Forrest
P.S. i didn't really thank you, thanks for taking the time to help me!
Originally posted by Asaph
Thanks, I just finished the long process of all the permission stuff when i saw your reply. Still doesn't work, and for some reason photoshop wont make a new file either... Are there virii for mac currently?im getting confused and pretty frustrated
-Forrest
P.S. i didn't really thank you, thanks for taking the time to help me!
Hi,
No problem, I understand your frustration, my frustration comes from having to work on a Windows machine all day.
As far as I know there are no virii for Mac OS X; there were one or two "proof of concept" trojan horses, but that was about it. Try creating a new user account, and see if that solves the problem. At least that will tell you where the problem lies. Good luck.
Regards,
Marc
Originally posted by mslifkin
Try creating a new user account, and see if that solves the problem. At least that will tell you where the problem lies.
A bit of clarification. If Mail works in other accounts, then either its prefs or one of the mailboxes got corrupted in your account. If not, it's a system-wide problem, related with Mail.app itself or some system files or frameworks.
I know it was foolish of my to contain the password to a program inside the very program it unlocked, but i did. I need to know a way to fix it as i get loads of email and with this thing not cooperating i have a feeling it's piling up. Any help would be gretly appreciated!
Originally posted by Asaph
Yeah, it works on other accounts
Good
but i dont have my password anywhere but in the mail program itself
In fact, Mail does not keep any passwords 'in itself'. All your passwords are stored in a keychain and may be accessed through Keychain Access utility. If you forgot your password, just launch it.
Any help would be gretly appreciated!
First of all, find com.apple.mail.plist in ~/Library/Preferences (in your home directory), move it out of the prefs folder, say, to the Desktop. Then make a back-up of the whole Mail folder in ~/Library (again, in your home directory) and try launching Mail. If it runs OK, set up your accounts and see if your mail messages are there. If it turns out that all your messages have disappeared, you can import them from the back-up.
If Mail still unexpectedly quits, you need to mess a little with your mailboxes. For example, you can drag the Mail folder out of ~/Library and when Mail runs, import your messages from the back-up.
Originally posted by costique
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Like i said in another thread: IT SMELLS LIKE CORUPTED LOCAL CACHE!!!
8)
How to trash bad cache files:
~/library/Cache
drag the whole "Cache" folder into bin, log out and back.
if that doesn't work, than you could run some cron scripts. Don't worry.
It's easy.
Open Terminal, type in:
sudo periodic daily weekly monthly
hit enter
you get asked for admin password.
type in your admin password, hit enter, there you are!
(Takes a while, so don't worry.)
perhaps...
even on the other user it shuts down when im checking mail.
Try reinstalling the application from the main disk. Do the steps recommended by Vox Barbara. Update your software to the latest patch 10.3.5.
Originally posted by talksense101
I have used mail with four accounts and several hundred emails on a daily basis for the past year without any issues. *knocks on wood*.
Dito