Just as I sent out an email message (mass mailing) my battery died on macbook pro using Leopard. When I reopened mail it was brand new and asked to set up an account! I know they're still in there somewhere...how do I restore all my emails/saved files/mailboxes? I do have a time machine backup from the day before this happened. Any suggestions?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
Not sure what you mean by "exact copy". I could re-enter info to set-up an account in preferences. Some things I am not sure about like "Description" and "Incoming Mail Server". Is there a way to see what I originally had in there?
Yes, re-entering the info, I'm not sure if the Description needs to be the same or not, I suspect it does, Incoming server doesn't really affect if it would now see the account or not, just couldn't get new email until we fix it, but old mail would hopefully show.
The info we need may or may not be on the backup in the file ...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist
That's the one that holds all the account info.
Well...I added it. It automatically called it something different than I know I did but...whatever. Now, it is in the process of downloading every email I have ever gotten on that account! Something like 25,000 emails! Should I let it go or stop it?
Also, both this Yahoo acct and the Gmail acct have been entered (automatically by the Mail program) as POP Accounts. I foresee more fun ahead.
Thanks.
Well, do you need those eMails? If so let it go... do you have the POP accounts sent to remove Mail from the Server after downloading?
I'm having a similar problem but am running 10.5.8 and not running time machine.
so if these files don't exist (/Users/YourUserName/Library/Caches/Mail/ & /Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/Envelope Index) what do I do.
Please advise.
Mail crashed when battery died. All email accounts and saved files gone. How to restore?
