Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's like the old preferences file. /~user/library/preferences/com.apple.mail.plist ric On Oct 30, 2005, at 3:55 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote: > I'll try it, where is the .plist? > > On 31/10/2005, at 6:51 AM, Ric Carter wrote: > > >> Firkin-- >> >> I had a strange mail occurrence a couple of weeks ago--all the >> messages in a couple of mailboxes disappeared although the number >> of messages shown on the title bar was correct. >> >> I know it's elementary, but I restarted and repaired permissions, >> and all has been well since. >> >> I suppose chunking the .plist for Mail might be worth considering. >> >> Ric Carter >> >> >> >> >> On Oct 30, 2005, at 2:27 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote: >> >> >>> Its the storage on my computer which is failing: the mail is >>> coming in ok. I am at a bit of a loss. Storage does not seem to >>> be the fault. >>> >>> On 31/10/2005, at 4:09 AM, Allen Graves wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> After a month-long spate of lost e-mails, I found out that my >>>> ISP had turned on some junk mail "filters" which let all the >>>> junk mail through, but filtered out some important messages- >>>> especially if they came from a business or university, it >>>> seemed. I was able to access the filters through the web site >>>> that allows checking my mail over the web (instead of POP ) and >>>> was able to turn them off. >>>> >>>> Allen >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Alastair, >>>>> >>>>> First of all, you should always be able to see what Mail is >>>>> calling junk by looking in the Junk folder. Mail marked as Junk >>>>> will stay in the folder for 24 hours. >>>>> >>>>> Secondly, the message header you mention is obviously Cyrillic >>>>> (at least it is on my Mac!). There are several problems with >>>>> the extended character set used to generate these characters, >>>>> to do with fraudulent use. It may be that your ISP is filtering >>>>> these messages out before they get to you. >>>>> >>>>> I'm sure Brian knows much more about all this than I do - he >>>>> can probably help. >>>>> >>>>> P. >>>>> >>>>> ******* >>>>> Paul Hardy Carter >>>>> www.paulhardycarter.com >>>>> ******* >>>>> >>>>> On 30 Oct 2005, at 10:49, Alastair Firkin wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> For some reason, I'm losing e-mails: I suspect most of them >>>>>> are being filed in the junk folder of my "mail" programme on >>>>>> the mac, but the loss seems to be random. Any thoughts or >>>>>> comments on how I can stop this very embarrassing leakage? I >>>>>> keep having to ask for re-sends. The last e-mail was headed >>>>>> >>>>>> ???????? ???? >>>>>> >>>>>> But I can't find it anywhere now >>>>>> >>>>>> Alastair >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>>> information >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>> information >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Alastair >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > Alastair > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >