MAC OS X MAIL HOW TO

But other times, just selecting the faulty message will cause a crash, so you need to take measures to fix that. Your version of Apple Mail may vary depending on the version of Mac OSX you are running. I’ve found that one can delete recent messages one by one, sometimes, and this fixes the problem.

MAC OS X MAIL HOW TO

This article explains how to find and access all your stored Mail email files in all versions of Apple OS X Mail. You might be able to set a default email app from there. If you dont want to do that, check the preferences of the other email app. You might be prompted to add an email account before you can change the setting in Mail.

Choose an email app from the Default email reader menu. For Mac OS X Mail version 1: go to Finder > Home > Library/Mail. Choose Mail > Preferences, then click General. I suspect what happens is, a malformed email message is received, and Mail.app hangs on processing that. For OS X Mail versions 2 and above: from Finder, press Option and select Go, select Library > Mail, and find the current mail folder. I’ve found that deleting Mail.app’s “envelope” index seems to alleviate crashing or hanging. More than any other built-in program, Mac OS X’s email client, Mail, generates ample amounts of love and hateoften from the same person. How to Fix a Hung or Crashed Mail.app Screenshot: OS X Lion Mail Import Screenshot: OS X Lion Mail Import Backgroundīesides the strange bugs that seem to have plagued Mail.app on Apple OS X from time to time over the last several generations of OS X, and, the matter of Gmail’s non-standard IMAP implementation, I’ve found something that seems to work for me, when Mail.app starts showing the spinner, indicating a hang or crash. Well, I found a fix that works for me anyway, and you might try it. Have you been frustrated by Mac OS X Mail.app crashing or hanging? This happens to me from time to time, even though I keep OS X updated to the latest version.

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