Mail is Not Responding upon adding ToDo item...

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Mail is Not Responding upon adding ToDo item...

+ToDo integration in Mail: I didn't really use this feature in Mail before although have heard about it.+

The problem is that *Mail application hangs for no obvious reason once I try to add new ToDo item*. Cursor becomes a spinning wheel and nothing happens. It takes forever unless application is forced to quit.

Here some more details: iCal had google calendar (which I didn't even setup) since I am a GMail user (I guess it was created by Mail on a first day of Leopard installation) besides my local calendars. So, Mail application was attempting to add items there with no luck. It may had caused problem and Google Calendar was removed today by me from iCal for that reason. Problem remains open. Literally nothing changed.

Is anyone else experiencing the same issue? Does anyone know how to resolve it?

mbp, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Jan 2, 2008 7:52 AM

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Jan 2, 2008 8:02 AM in response to samvel

Where is the default location for new "To Do" items? Is it "On my Mac" or is it on a remote server (e.g. your Gmail account)? I could foresee delays if you tried to store it on a Gmail IMAP inbox or something -- Gmail's IMAP is S-L-O-W and these network delays/timeouts can cause issues in situations like this.

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Jan 2, 2008 8:04 AM in response to samvel

adding to dos in Leopard Mail will add a calendar in ical under the header of the email account you added the to do in in Mail, so you seeing a calendar under the name "your gmail account in Mail" is normal.

mail freezing when you add a to do is not normal though, and other users have experienced the same odd behavior.

you may want to look at the following threads:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1212582
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1219524
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1260495
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1212915

hope this helps

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samvel Author

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Jan 2, 2008 8:07 AM in response to William Lloyd

It was originally setup in such a way that Events are supposed to be stored on server and my GMail account is setup as IMAP. Anyway, after reviewing preferences of Mail Application behavior was changed to "On MyMac" but issue didn't disappear.

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Jan 2, 2008 8:13 AM in response to Pascal Bouvier

Thanks for links. The problem seems to be open and enormous number of users experience the same Mail application issue.

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Jan 2, 2008 8:14 AM in response to samvel

i see your profile showing as 10.5, if correct, I would suggest you get the latest software updates, as that might do the trick for you.

hope this helps

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samvel Author

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Jan 2, 2008 8:16 AM in response to Pascal Bouvier

My software is up to date.

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samvel Author

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Jan 2, 2008 10:24 AM in response to samvel

Mail is really odd application (at least in case of ToDo items add).

1. New ToDo item is added into calendar specified in options ("On MyMac" or "on server") in case it is created with push onto "New ToDo" button without any server selected (aka non of emails is previewed|selected currently).

2. New ToDo is added into calendar that corresponds to current server in case mail is selected.

+Here is an Example:+

Problem: +GMail account is setup. Have an email from friend that asks to view some link. Want to do a ToDo item that would remind me about link in one or two days.+

_Solution A_: +select link inside mail and press ToDo. New event will be automatically added into corresponding GMail Calendar in iCal (Mail client is supposed to create calendar in iCal if one does not exist).+ BAAD

_Solution B_: +Select link and copy into clipboard. Unselect any mail (say, go to inbox folder without any server picked, or RSS - use any mean of doing that). Click ToDo button and create event. It will be added to whatever is specified in Preferences (say "On MyMac").+ GOOOOD

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samvel Author

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Jan 9, 2008 9:56 AM in response to samvel

I hope this issue will be resolved in next update.

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