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From: Barry Margolin on 4 Jan 2010 21:42 In article <7qfb4jFi21U1(a)mid.individual.net>, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > On 2010-01-04 23:12:29 +0000, SJ <sj(a)ihs.net> said: > > > James Jolley wrote: > >> On 2010-01-04 23:02:40 +0000, SJ <sj(a)ihs.net> said: > >> > >>> James Jolley wrote: > >>>> On 2010-01-04 22:21:26 +0000, Mike Lane > >>>> <mike.lane.usenet(a)ntlworld.co.uk> said: > >>>> > >>>>> For some reason Mail (4.2) recently stopped giving audible alerts when > >>>>> is received. I've checked the preferences altered the 'New messages > >>>>> sound' > >>>>> to something different with no change. My sound system otherwise is > >>>>> working > >>>>> normally. > >>>>> > >>>>> Can anyone suggest a cause and preferably a cure? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks > >>>> > >>>> I'm not sure if this will work, try this: > >>>> 1. Press CMD Comma to enter preferences. > >>>> 2. Using the toolbar, select Accounts. > >>>> 3. Click Advanced. > >>>> > >>>> 4. At the bottom of the screen, to the left of the "New Account" > >>>> button, there is a checkbox labeled Use IDLE command if the server > >>>> supports it. Try unticking this. > >>>> > >>>> This should bring the sounds back. This has been a bug with mail for a > >>>> good few years. > >>>> > >>>> Best > >>>> > >>>> -James- > >>>> > >>> > >>> Hmmmm...I use Mail 4.2 (1077) under SL 10.6.2 and don't see a New > >>> Account button in that location-- only a plus and minus sign under the > >>> list of accounts. > >>> > >>> What am I doing wrong? > >> > >> I'm not sure, using the exact same version. Did you definitely click > >> advanced after clicking accounts in the preferences toolbar? It's next > >> to Mailbox Behaviours. > >> > >> Best > >> > >> -JAmes- > >> > > > > > > I'm in the US and assume I'm running the US version of the programs. If > > you are in the UK, you may have a different version of the > > programs(s)... > > > > Mine doesn't have any Maillbox Behaviours box-- we'd call it Behaviors > > if we did... > > Interesting. I'm in the UK yes, but i'd naturally assumed the software > would be the same, surely this is the point of a good UI design? > > Sorry I can't be of any more help then. I'm also in the US, and I don't see the "New Account" button or the "Use IDLE Command" checkbox. I think the latter only exists in IMAP, and I use a POP server. -- Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
From: Jim on 5 Jan 2010 02:11 Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > I'm also in the US, and I don't see the "New Account" button or the "Use > IDLE Command" checkbox. > > I think the latter only exists in IMAP, and I use a POP server. That seems to be the case. The IMAP accounts I have here have the button. The single POP3 one I have doesn't. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: SJ on 5 Jan 2010 08:54 Barry Margolin wrote: > In article <7qfb4jFi21U1(a)mid.individual.net>, > James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-01-04 23:12:29 +0000, SJ <sj(a)ihs.net> said: >> >>> James Jolley wrote: >>>> On 2010-01-04 23:02:40 +0000, SJ <sj(a)ihs.net> said: >>>> >>>>> James Jolley wrote: >>>>>> On 2010-01-04 22:21:26 +0000, Mike Lane >>>>>> <mike.lane.usenet(a)ntlworld.co.uk> said: >>>>>> >>>>>>> For some reason Mail (4.2) recently stopped giving audible alerts when >>>>>>> is received. I've checked the preferences altered the 'New messages >>>>>>> sound' >>>>>>> to something different with no change. My sound system otherwise is >>>>>>> working >>>>>>> normally. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Can anyone suggest a cause and preferably a cure? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> I'm not sure if this will work, try this: >>>>>> 1. Press CMD Comma to enter preferences. >>>>>> 2. Using the toolbar, select Accounts. >>>>>> 3. Click Advanced. >>>>>> >>>>>> 4. At the bottom of the screen, to the left of the "New Account" >>>>>> button, there is a checkbox labeled Use IDLE command if the server >>>>>> supports it. Try unticking this. >>>>>> >>>>>> This should bring the sounds back. This has been a bug with mail for a >>>>>> good few years. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best >>>>>> >>>>>> -James- >>>>>> >>>>> Hmmmm...I use Mail 4.2 (1077) under SL 10.6.2 and don't see a New >>>>> Account button in that location-- only a plus and minus sign under the >>>>> list of accounts. >>>>> >>>>> What am I doing wrong? >>>> I'm not sure, using the exact same version. Did you definitely click >>>> advanced after clicking accounts in the preferences toolbar? It's next >>>> to Mailbox Behaviours. >>>> >>>> Best >>>> >>>> -JAmes- >>>> >>> >>> I'm in the US and assume I'm running the US version of the programs. If >>> you are in the UK, you may have a different version of the >>> programs(s)... >>> >>> Mine doesn't have any Maillbox Behaviours box-- we'd call it Behaviors >>> if we did... >> Interesting. I'm in the UK yes, but i'd naturally assumed the software >> would be the same, surely this is the point of a good UI design? >> >> Sorry I can't be of any more help then. > > I'm also in the US, and I don't see the "New Account" button or the "Use > IDLE Command" checkbox. > > I think the latter only exists in IMAP, and I use a POP server. Perhaps I should have abided by the advice of that other Englishman, William of Ockham ;-)
From: Jamie Kahn Genet on 5 Jan 2010 13:37 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > > > I'm also in the US, and I don't see the "New Account" button or the "Use > > IDLE Command" checkbox. > > > > I think the latter only exists in IMAP, and I use a POP server. > > That seems to be the case. The IMAP accounts I have here have the > button. The single POP3 one I have doesn't. > > Jim I use IMAP and I have the idle button, but no new account button (on 10.5.8). But why would that be inside an account's prefs - that makes no sense to me? The plus and minus buttons are what you use to create and remove accounts with. -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
From: Jamie Kahn Genet on 5 Jan 2010 13:32
SJ <sj(a)ihs.net> wrote: > James Jolley wrote: > > On 2010-01-04 23:02:40 +0000, SJ <sj(a)ihs.net> said: > > > >> James Jolley wrote: > >>> On 2010-01-04 22:21:26 +0000, Mike Lane > >>> <mike.lane.usenet(a)ntlworld.co.uk> said: > >>> > >>>> For some reason Mail (4.2) recently stopped giving audible alerts > >>>> when mail > >>>> is received. I've checked the preferences altered the 'New messages > >>>> sound' > >>>> to something different with no change. My sound system otherwise is > >>>> working > >>>> normally. > >>>> > >>>> Can anyone suggest a cause and preferably a cure? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks > >>> > >>> I'm not sure if this will work, try this: > >>> 1. Press CMD Comma to enter preferences. > >>> 2. Using the toolbar, select Accounts. > >>> 3. Click Advanced. > >>> > >>> 4. At the bottom of the screen, to the left of the "New Account" > >>> button, there is a checkbox labeled Use IDLE command if the server > >>> supports it. Try unticking this. > >>> > >>> This should bring the sounds back. This has been a bug with mail for > >>> a good few years. > >>> > >>> Best > >>> > >>> -James- > >>> > >> > >> Hmmmm...I use Mail 4.2 (1077) under SL 10.6.2 and don't see a New > >> Account button in that location-- only a plus and minus sign under the > >> list of accounts. > >> > >> What am I doing wrong? > > > > I'm not sure, using the exact same version. Did you definitely click > > advanced after clicking accounts in the preferences toolbar? It's next > > to Mailbox Behaviours. > > > > Best > > > > -JAmes- > > > > > I'm in the US and assume I'm running the US version of the programs. If > you are in the UK, you may have a different version of the programs(s)... > > Mine doesn't have any Maillbox Behaviours box-- we'd call it Behaviors > if we did... Is an account selected? FYI - I don't have any 'new account' button (but I'm still on 10.5.8 so that may account for it), just a plus sign to make a new one. Same thing anyway. But getting back to Maillbox Behaviours - it's one of three tabs (Account Information, Mailbox Behaviors, and Advanced) you see when an account is selected - at least in my Leopard version of Mail (3.6). Are you guys SURE you're both on Snow Leopard? That may account for these differences. -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. |