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From: Graham J on 26 Mar 2010 12:48 User has set up several accounts for different email addresses on the same domain (e.g. him(a)domain.com. her(a)domain.com, them(a)domain.com) All except the first one to be set up are marked as offline. I have seen it suggested that this is because the mail server (pop.123-reg.co.uk) cannot handle simultaneous requests for the same domain. Mail client is whatever arrived with the Mac (some flavour of OS10). Is it possible to "get mail" from just one account at a time to check this? If so could I have a description that might help this novice user without me having to go there. Is there a built-in newsreader that I could teach the novice to use? That way he could ask all of you for help ... -- Graham J
From: John Hill on 26 Mar 2010 12:57 "Graham J" <graham(a)invalid> wrote: > User has set up several accounts for different email addresses on the same > domain (e.g. him(a)domain.com. her(a)domain.com, them(a)domain.com) All except > the first one to be set up are marked as offline. I have seen it suggested > that this is because the mail server (pop.123-reg.co.uk) cannot handle > simultaneous requests for the same domain. Mail client is whatever arrived > with the Mac (some flavour of OS10). > > Is it possible to "get mail" from just one account at a time to check this? > If so could I have a description that might help this novice user without me > having to go there. > > Is there a built-in newsreader that I could teach the novice to use? That > way he could ask all of you for help ... There is no built-in newsreader that comes with OSX. But there are plenty to choose from... Personally, I am a MacSOUP fan, but there are Thunderbird, Hogwasgher.... John. -- Please reply to john at yclept dot wanadoo dot co dot uk.
From: Chris Ridd on 26 Mar 2010 13:02 On 2010-03-26 16:57:04 +0000, John Hill said: > "Graham J" <graham(a)invalid> wrote: > >> User has set up several accounts for different email addresses on the same >> domain (e.g. him(a)domain.com. her(a)domain.com, them(a)domain.com) All except >> the first one to be set up are marked as offline. I have seen it suggested >> that this is because the mail server (pop.123-reg.co.uk) cannot handle >> simultaneous requests for the same domain. Mail client is whatever arrived >> with the Mac (some flavour of OS10). >> >> Is it possible to "get mail" from just one account at a time to check this? >> If so could I have a description that might help this novice user without me >> having to go there. >> >> Is there a built-in newsreader that I could teach the novice to use? That >> way he could ask all of you for help ... > > There is no built-in newsreader that comes with OSX. But there are > plenty to choose from... > > Personally, I am a MacSOUP fan, but there are Thunderbird, > Hogwasgher.... Other newsreaders support the OS X spelling checker :-) -- Chris
From: Andy Hewitt on 26 Mar 2010 13:08 "Graham J" <graham(a)invalid> wrote: > User has set up several accounts for different email addresses on the same > domain (e.g. him(a)domain.com. her(a)domain.com, them(a)domain.com) All except > the first one to be set up are marked as offline. I have seen it suggested > that this is because the mail server (pop.123-reg.co.uk) cannot handle > simultaneous requests for the same domain. Mail client is whatever arrived > with the Mac (some flavour of OS10). Are they true accounts, or aliases? The way I've one this is Mail (and the way it works with a MobileMe account) is to create just one account (which needs to be a 'catch all' account), and then add all your addresses into the 'Email Address' field in Preferences, using commas to separate each one. You could set up a filter to put each name's messages into different mailboxes. When sending messages, the pop-up menu in a new message pane allows you to select which address you want to send it from. IIRC what you have is similar to how Wanadoo used to work, and it was a real PITA to get working properly. I think I did it in Eudora back then, and put a short delay in between each account being checked, which allowed for it to close each one before checking the next - you can't do that in Mail. > Is it possible to "get mail" from just one account at a time to check this? > If so could I have a description that might help this novice user without me > having to go there. Mailbox menu, 'Get New Mail..' menu item, and select each account in turn. There's also no reason not to install another client, such as Thunderbird, or Entourage if they have MS Office. > Is there a built-in newsreader that I could teach the novice to use? That > way he could ask all of you for help ... There's no built-in news reader, and you'll get a dozen different answers as to what's best. I use MacSOUP, but it does have a steep learning curve. You can use Thunderbird for both, but do remember to make sure HTML is turned off for newgroups, otherwise he won't get much help! -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: John Hill on 26 Mar 2010 13:09
Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-03-26 16:57:04 +0000, John Hill said: > > > "Graham J" <graham(a)invalid> wrote: > > > >> User has set up several accounts for different email addresses on the > >> same domain (e.g. him(a)domain.com. her(a)domain.com, them(a)domain.com) All > >> except the first one to be set up are marked as offline. I have seen > >> it suggested that this is because the mail server (pop.123-reg.co.uk) > >> cannot handle simultaneous requests for the same domain. Mail client > >> is whatever arrived with the Mac (some flavour of OS10). > >> > >> Is it possible to "get mail" from just one account at a time to check > >> this? If so could I have a description that might help this novice user > >> without me having to go there. > >> > >> Is there a built-in newsreader that I could teach the novice to use? > >> That way he could ask all of you for help ... > > > > There is no built-in newsreader that comes with OSX. But there are > > plenty to choose from... > > > > Personally, I am a MacSOUP fan, but there are Thunderbird, > > Hogwasgher.... > > Other newsreaders support the OS X spelling checker :-) Yes - that is one of the major defects of MacSOUP. But I've been using it since 1998, am well used to it, and am prepared to put up with the odd spelling mistake - if you are :-) -- Please reply to john at yclept dot wanadoo dot co dot uk. |