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My ATT IMAP Mail account will not receive mail unless I rebuild the mailbox.

Hi - I have one ATT IMAP Mail account that does not receive mail promptly, often taking hours or even days to arrive unless I rebuild that particular mailbox. Another IMAP account with a different provider works fine. I have tried to figure out the problem with ATT, but they seem to think the problem is Apple Mail. I know the mail should be arriving because I can see it in in webmail, but it doesn't arrive until immediately after I rebuild. What's up with this and how do I fix it?

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4), 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7

Posted on Sep 6, 2013 11:13 AM

18 replies

Feb 4, 2014 8:47 AM in response to larryfromsantarosa

How do you convert an imap to pop? I think this would solve my problem too!!

Feb 5, 2014 3:42 PM in response to Shelllady

You don't convert. Just set up a new account, but use POP, instead of IMAP. You can later delete the IMAP account.

Goodnez

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May 9, 2015 11:29 PM in response to Linc Davis

I am trying to use my cox.net email account. It is IMAP but I was told do not use sl with 587 port but I rec mail with 4655 servor using ssl on my Mac Mini but I can't send any email in my iphone what ar ethe correct settings.

stuck

I need a walk through please says servre SMTP or Imap.cox.net does not respond for outgoing server

Thank you

RonE

My ATT IMAP Mail account will not receive mail unless I rebuild the mailbox.