Mail refuses to get mail

2 weeks ago I noticed that Mail.app didn't get the mail from 1 of my 2 IMAP
accounts (set to collect mail every 5 minutes). The other account, on the
same server continued working normally. The problem was solved after a
reboot.

Yesterday the other account was stuck in the same way. This time a relaunch
of Mail.app sufficed. Strange and nasty problem. Anyone experiencing similar
problems? Any permanent solutions except switching to another e-mail client?
(I am considering Thunderbird now).

System:
Intel iMac, 24", 2.8 GHz, 4 Gb RAM
Snow Leopard 10.6.1
Mail 4.1

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Zala
zala(at)xs(four)all(dot)nl

Zala wrote:
> 2 weeks ago I noticed that Mail.app didn't get the mail from 1 of my 2 IMAP
> accounts (set to collect mail every 5 minutes). The other account, on the
> same server continued working normally. The problem was solved after a
> reboot.

In the current Mail.App:


Window -> Connection Doctor and once in that window: Show details. You
get to see a log of actual transactions and this may give you a hint of
what is not working.

On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:24:00 +0100, JF Mezei wrote
(in article <00ece61d$0$23358$>):

> Zala wrote:
>> 2 weeks ago I noticed that Mail.app didn't get the mail from 1 of my 2 IMAP
>> accounts (set to collect mail every 5 minutes). The other account, on the
>> same server continued working normally. The problem was solved after a
>> reboot.
>
> In the current Mail.App:
>
>
> Window -> Connection Doctor and once in that window: Show details. You
> get to see a log of actual transactions and this may give you a hint of
> what is not working.

Thnx JF, but I'll have to wait until it happens again before this may show
anything.

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zala(at)xs(four)all(dot)nl

On 06-11-09 19:25, isw wrote:
> In article<4al l.nl>,
> Zala<> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:24:00 +0100, JF Mezei wrote
>> (in article<00ece61d$0$23358$ >):
>>
>>> Zala wrote:
>>>> 2 weeks ago I noticed that Mail.app didn't get the mail from 1 of my 2
>>>> IMAP
>>>> accounts (set to collect mail every 5 minutes). The other account, on the
>>>> same server continued working normally. The problem was solved after a
>>>> reboot.
>>>
>>> In the current Mail.App:
>>>
>>>
>>> Window -> Connection Doctor and once in that window: Show details. You
>>> get to see a log of actual transactions and this may give you a hint of
>>> what is not working.
>>
>> Thnx JF, but I'll have to wait until it happens again before this may show
>> anything.
>
> Might be worthwhile to get a reading on it when it's working right; then
> you'll have a benchmark to compare to. Then too, you may find out that
> it's having problems every time, but most of them not severe enough to
> cause the fetch to fail.
>
I will try, Isaac, but so far there is no report at all: The lights are
all green and the textboxes are empty.

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Zala
zala(at)xs(four)all(dot)nl

In article <> ,
Zala <> wrote:

> 2 weeks ago I noticed that Mail.app didn't get the mail from 1 of my 2 IMAP
> accounts (set to collect mail every 5 minutes). The other account, on the
> same server continued working normally. The problem was solved after a
> reboot.
>
> Yesterday the other account was stuck in the same way. This time a relaunch
> of Mail.app sufficed. Strange and nasty problem. Anyone experiencing similar
> problems? Any permanent solutions except switching to another e-mail client?
> (I am considering Thunderbird now).
>
> System:
> Intel iMac, 24", 2.8 GHz, 4 Gb RAM
> Snow Leopard 10.6.1
> Mail 4.1


Mail corrupts its local cache occasionally. The menu Mailbox -> Rebuild
fixes it. A recent server update at work reduces the occurrences but
there are still cases where it can happen.
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On 07-11-09 07:41, Kevin McMurtrie wrote:
> In article<4al l.nl>,
> Zala<> wrote:
>
>> 2 weeks ago I noticed that Mail.app didn't get the mail from 1 of my 2 IMAP
>> accounts (set to collect mail every 5 minutes). The other account, on the
>> same server continued working normally. The problem was solved after a
>> reboot.
>>
>> Yesterday the other account was stuck in the same way. This time a relaunch
>> of Mail.app sufficed. Strange and nasty problem. Anyone experiencing similar
>> problems? Any permanent solutions except switching to another e-mail client?
>> (I am considering Thunderbird now).
>>
>> System:
>> Intel iMac, 24", 2.8 GHz, 4 Gb RAM
>> Snow Leopard 10.6.1
>> Mail 4.1
>
>
> Mail corrupts its local cache occasionally. The menu Mailbox -> Rebuild
> fixes it. A recent server update at work reduces the occurrences but
> there are still cases where it can happen.

Thnx Kevin. I will try the rebuild.

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Zala
zala(at)xs(four)all(dot)nl