Mac OS X 10.5 Mail Issue

Mac OS X 10.5 Mail Issue

Posted by: scgaw
Posted on: 2008-04-29 15:51:00

Just got a new Mac and am having a weird mail issue. I can send mail fine but cannot receive. It appears the mail server is saying no mail, but I can go into webmail and there is plenty in my Inbox and Outlook will receive mail. Mac Mail is configured the same as Outlook ... SMTP out on Port 25 and POP3 in on Port 110. I configured for IMAP and it synced my Junk mail and Sent items but no Inbox mail.

This may be ugly but here is a trace of a POP3 receive operation. I'm gonna post the same thing on the Mac site and see if I can't get this resolved. Here is the trace ...

CONNECTED Apr 29 18:31:59.861 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:mail.mydomain.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x17e605b0 -- thread:0x17e63260

READ Apr 29 18:31:59.952 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:mail.mydomain.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x17e605b0 -- thread:0x17e63260
+OK Hello there.

WROTE Apr 29 18:31:59.955 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:mail.mydomain.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x17e605b0 -- thread:0x17e63260
USER mylogin

READ Apr 29 18:32:00.049 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:mail.mydomain.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x17e605b0 -- thread:0x17e63260
+OK Password required.

WROTE Apr 29 18:32:00.057 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:mail.mydomain.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x17e605b0 -- thread:0x17e63260
PASS *******

READ Apr 29 18:32:00.168 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:mail.mydomain.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x17e605b0 -- thread:0x17e63260
+OK logged in.

WROTE Apr 29 18:32:00.173 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:mail.mydomain.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x17e605b0 -- thread:0x17e63260
STAT

READ Apr 29 18:32:00.267 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:mail.mydomain.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x17e605b0 -- thread:0x17e63260
+OK 0 0

WROTE Apr 29 18:32:00.272 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:mail.mydomain.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x17e605b0 -- thread:0x17e63260
QUIT

READ Apr 29 18:32:00.367 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:mail.mydomain.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x17e605b0 -- thread:0x17e63260
+OK Bye-bye.

Any ideas ???

Re: Mac OS X 10.5 Mail Issue

Posted by: sdayman
Posted on: 2008-04-29 20:55:00

I don't use STAT when I test POP mail; I use LIST to see if anything is in there.

You mention configuring for POP, then using IMAP. I use IMAP, and this wiki article helped me:
http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Mac_OS_X_Mail_10.4

-Scott

Re: Mac OS X 10.5 Mail Issue

Posted by: fribhey
Posted on: 2008-04-30 06:50:00

if you've configured it for IMAP then why are you using a POP3 port? try these settings:

in Mail, click on the account and then click on the advanced tab.

IMAP Path Prefix: INBOX
Port: 993 (use ssl checked)
Authentication: Password

Re: Mac OS X 10.5 Mail Issue

Posted by: scgaw
Posted on: 2008-04-30 18:07:00

I meant that I had tried IMAP then deleted the account and recreated to use POP3. I was able to get one of my other email accounts configured and working with both protocols. I'll figure out what the issue is with the other account over the weekend.

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