[X4U] Mail downloading erratic

[Milton van der Veen]

Thanks for the tip. I was having slowdown problems with Mail and my  
Dot Mac account. It would freeze in Mail but I could download easily  
using the web interface in Safari. Now it's much better. And I found  
a few messages that could be deleted.

But when I tried it on another account (POP) it kept giving me  
messages which I wanted to get rid of which I did. Then when I  
rebuilt, the messages came back. I had to do it a couple of times  
before they disappeared in Mail. I would delete them, go to the  
Mailbox menu and "Erase Deleted Messages" but they would keep  
reappearing as Unread messages.

So, my question is: What exactly is the "Rebuild" command doing? I'm  
curious ... and also curious why it was so difficult to remove email  
messages.

Milton

On Aug 30, 2005, at 7:05 AM, Stroller wrote:
>
> Try going to the "Mailbox" menu item & choosing "Rebuild". If this  
> doesn't work, create a new IMAP account with the same server  
> settings as your original one, then delete the original. This is  
> much faster if you're on the same LAN as the server.
>
> Stroller.