Why do Apple Mail accounts go off-line spontaneously?
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From: Salmon Egg on 25 Nov 2009 00:29 Often, I have a window pop up asking for my password for accounts that have gone off-line for no apparent reason. I just go to the Mailbox menu and put all accounts back on line without reentering a password. What causes the account to go off-line? It usually happens when I have used another application and go back to Mail. Bill -- As the years go by, dying just before having to fill out a tax return has merit.
From: Andy Hewitt on 25 Nov 2009 03:26 Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Often, I have a window pop up asking for my password for accounts that > have gone off-line for no apparent reason. I just go to the Mailbox menu > and put all accounts back on line without reentering a password. What > causes the account to go off-line? It usually happens when I have used > another application and go back to Mail. It's usually caused by a server fault, Mail can't connect, so it goes offline. If you just cancel the dialogue it'll just reconnect later, or just click on the triangle to reconnect immediately. Yahoo is notoriously bad for this, and I see it going offline almost daily. -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: Jolly Roger on 25 Nov 2009 09:05 In article <1j9qa04.1qeu2bszq3pwkN%thewildrover(a)me.com>, thewildrover(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt) wrote: > Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > Often, I have a window pop up asking for my password for accounts that > > have gone off-line for no apparent reason. I just go to the Mailbox menu > > and put all accounts back on line without reentering a password. What > > causes the account to go off-line? It usually happens when I have used > > another application and go back to Mail. > > It's usually caused by a server fault, Mail can't connect, so it goes > offline. If you just cancel the dialogue it'll just reconnect later, or > just click on the triangle to reconnect immediately. > > Yahoo is notoriously bad for this, and I see it going offline almost > daily. It would be much better if Mail would simply give up and try again later *without* changing the status though. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Tom Harrington on 25 Nov 2009 11:32 In article <jollyroger-D09A83.08052325112009(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > In article <1j9qa04.1qeu2bszq3pwkN%thewildrover(a)me.com>, > thewildrover(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt) wrote: > > > Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > > Often, I have a window pop up asking for my password for accounts that > > > have gone off-line for no apparent reason. I just go to the Mailbox menu > > > and put all accounts back on line without reentering a password. What > > > causes the account to go off-line? It usually happens when I have used > > > another application and go back to Mail. > > > > It's usually caused by a server fault, Mail can't connect, so it goes > > offline. If you just cancel the dialogue it'll just reconnect later, or > > just click on the triangle to reconnect immediately. > > > > Yahoo is notoriously bad for this, and I see it going offline almost > > daily. > > It would be much better if Mail would simply give up and try again later > *without* changing the status though. I always advocated clicking "cancel" and trying again, but since Snow Leopard this doesn't seem to work as well. It's as if Mail has decided it doesn't know the password and won't try connecting again until I retype it. Has anyone else seen a change in this behavior with 10.6? -- Tom "Tom" Harrington Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002 http://www.atomicbird.com/
From: Andy Hewitt on 25 Nov 2009 12:33
Tom Harrington <tph(a)pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> wrote: > In article <jollyroger-D09A83.08052325112009(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > In article <1j9qa04.1qeu2bszq3pwkN%thewildrover(a)me.com>, > > thewildrover(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt) wrote: > > > > > Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > > > > Often, I have a window pop up asking for my password for accounts that > > > > have gone off-line for no apparent reason. I just go to the Mailbox menu > > > > and put all accounts back on line without reentering a password. What > > > > causes the account to go off-line? It usually happens when I have used > > > > another application and go back to Mail. > > > > > > It's usually caused by a server fault, Mail can't connect, so it goes > > > offline. If you just cancel the dialogue it'll just reconnect later, or > > > just click on the triangle to reconnect immediately. > > > > > > Yahoo is notoriously bad for this, and I see it going offline almost > > > daily. > > > > It would be much better if Mail would simply give up and try again later > > *without* changing the status though. > > I always advocated clicking "cancel" and trying again, but since Snow > Leopard this doesn't seem to work as well. It's as if Mail has decided > it doesn't know the password and won't try connecting again until I > retype it. Has anyone else seen a change in this behavior with 10.6? Yes, I don't get the dialogue at all, even though Yahoo fails every day. -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/> |