On 2009 Nov 10, at 22:52, Ed Gould wrote: > I use MCAST. What can I say I have little or no choice. I don't know what that is. But never mind. > The problem I have is that comcast's email severs do not play well > all the time. For whatever reason the comcast server will go offline > and I cannot get them online again unless I stop mail and restart > it, then it works fine. > > I just cannot get COMCAST to online status (once it goes offline) . > > Can someone give me a hint on how to get it back online without > recycling mail.app ? I highlight comcast and say go online and nadda. This works for me: In Mail.app's main menu, click Mailbox ▸ Take All Accounts Online.