Mail app Read Only

Sadly not

1. It seems mail.com does not allow non US customers to purchase - which is odd. But they don't have any kind of help
2. when i try to create a Mail account in Mail (apple) I enter the name email and password and click Sign-in and then I get

I click Done button which becomes Next and stays Next forever. It does not get past this.

So I can add a new GMail account but impossible to add 'other Mail' account

I don't understand - it used to work seamlesslesly it makes zero sense now it is useless :-(

Am using the old AOL Mail.com

Still in Read Only. Found some old thread about using terminal - that was useless (I couldn't understand it)

I have deleted all mail accounts AND then deleted icloud

I put icloud back - which is "inactive" I don't know how to fix that.

When I try to add a new mail account I enter the email password and am presented with apps mail and notes only to link to the account. I click Next but nothing happens

Mail account is working fine - I am using it on Chrome am logged-in and password is fine

Sooo frustrating - but do appreciate your help

I forgot to add I tried safe boot and repair disk utility. Still no luck

I did make icloud active by ticking the mail association in sys preferences AND Mail was no longer 'read only' and 3 ancient mails appeared.

But as soon as I untick icloud and restart Mail it is cack to read only with 0 accounts. I am unable to add accounts

Seems that is not it. Helpful article but I was already doing this

When I get to the select the apps to use with the account only mail and notes are available - click any combination and Done. then the button goes to Next but that it is it. Nothing happens.

I deleted all of the files from user - Library - Mail and bought back all of the files from Time Machine (when mail was working)

Result is lots of recovered files 'on my Mac' - but Mail is still Read Only.

Am going to have to consider Outlook - this Mail is truly buggered

Forgot to add:

When I try to send a test message from on my mac recovered mail - I get a message:

Mail wants to export key "<key>" from your keychain. I enter the keychain password (same as mac)

Then I get the Mail message 'Cannot send message' because account does not have outgoing mail server.

The edit STMP server detail are all there

Connection doctor is empty

I enter the server password and it opens the Mail Accounts window

Only iCloud is there and is active = green

So I try again - I enter Add a mail account ((other mail account) AND sign-in. And I am back at the 'Select apps you want to use with this account = Mail and Notes' press Done button and then Next. AND nothing happens.

Last clue I can think of:

Click get info on Mail.

Sharing permissions are:

everyone = custom

system = read & write

wheel = read only

everyone = read only

That makes x2 everyone... I can't change anything :-(

So I tried another test - with a Gmail account - and that is working...

Might be Mail.com is actually blocking the connection - I have read they now want premium to enable IMAP or POP

So it could be the reason apple Mail is read only - because it is connected to Mail.com - who are now blocking IMAP unless they get cash. I will try later to enable Premium with one of my Mail accounts and see if that works. Expensive but what a pain getting a new email address...

Hi there

Tried that both in the original - and now what is the new ID. Mail did not appear and both had equal / same items.

Have kinda given-up. It must be the original profile is corrupted. I have created a new profile (always make sure NEVER enter iCloud details at set-up or they get connected - very annoying). So I have migrated after a good clean-up my files from the old user ID to the new one - and mail is working fine in the new ID

Something broke :-(

Thank you so much for hanging-in there

really appreciate you helping and giving me ideas. Glad my little cloud tip helped. easy to set-up afterwards and avoid the alias once logging out of the old profile

Gets more curious...

I created a new apple account = 'test user'

AND. Mail is now working fine...

So what is wrong with my apple use account? How can I repair this?