[G4] Mail Questions

[Alex]

On Monday, Mar 29, 2004, at 21:35 Canada/Eastern, Anne Keller-Smith 
wrote:

> I've read the chapter in my David Pogue book, but still have some 
> questions:
>
> 1. It said if I want to read and type mail offline (i.e., while not 
> connected) I should
> select Mailbox->go offline. Why after I do this, does it still have 
> only the one choice,
> Mailbox->go offline?

Deja vu:

  "Not trying to be picky, Anne, but I think you might get better --
   and more timely -- suggestions if you provided all relevant details.
   Which OS version? [...] What type of e-mail account?
   Different versions of the OS or the application may (usually do)
   have different capabilities, compatibilities -- and bugs. Also,
   e-mail clients usually have different options for the two basic
   types of account -- POP and IMAP."

The off-line setting is irrelevant to POP accounts, which are 
(simplifying) always off-line (cf. 
<http://www.imap.org/papers/imap.vs.pop.brief.html>; see also your Help 
-- search for "POP mail"). I suspect you have POP.

> [...] how do I know when messages have been sent?

They're gone from the Out box and a copy placed in the Sent box. (Seems 
pretty intuitive to me, but, de gustibus...) To actually see how 
they're being sent away, open the Activity Viewer.

> 2. I followed the directions to import Mailboxes from Eudora and the 
> import was
> incomplete. Got last year's but not most of this year's mail. Have 
> tried a couple
> times, no dice.

Try <http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/Eudora_Mailbox_Cleaner.html>.

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