val_alo
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Q: Mailbox rebuild questions

I am looking to fix my IMAIL. it is running extremely slow, hard to even type a sentence without it stalling everyone 10-15 sec. I was told to rebuild each mailbox? do I need to backup the emails in them if they are gmail accounts? I am afraid to loose all my work information and emails. ?

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Posted on Sep 7, 2016 10:29 AM

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Q: Mailbox rebuild questions

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  • by tygb ,

    tygb tygb Sep 7, 2016 10:53 AM in response to val_alo
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    Sep 7, 2016 10:53 AM in response to val_alo

    To be on the  safer side please take back of all mails before you rebuild each mail box .

    As some mails might be deleted from the server or if network speed is slow , some mails will not be downloaded successfully .

     

    Thanks !

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Sep 7, 2016 11:30 AM in response to val_alo
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    Sep 7, 2016 11:30 AM in response to val_alo

    If your gMail is IMAP there should be no worry, if a POP account it's possible to lose some, but not likely… a backup is always safest.

     

    Before you rebuild I'd do this...

     

    Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.