How do I repair or replace my mail.app in OS X v 10.6.8? Beginning yesterday, the app opens and then closes immediately - it will not stay open, and is thus useless. I have Time Machine backups, if that would help.
Running on an iMac, 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM
I'm not sure this will work with 10.6.
Go to User/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail. Move the folder com.apple.mail to your desktop. You must move the entire folder, not just the contents.
Restart, re-launch Mail and test. If the problem is solved, recreate any required Mail settings and import any emails you want to save from the folder on the desktop. You can then put the folder in the Trash. If the problem remains, return the folder to where you got it replacing the one that is there.
If that doesn’t solve it repeat the above using Containers/com.apple.MailServiceAgent.
Thanks. The Containers, com.apple.mail, and com.apple.MailServiceAgent folders don't exist in 10.6. However, your suggestion got me digging around in my users/Library/Mail area, and I removed the Messages folder from the mailbox that contained the message I suspected was crashing my app. Sure enough, everything returned to normal.
You are welcome. Great.
How do I repair or replace my mail.app in OS X v 10.6.8? Beginning yesterday, the app opens and then closes immediately - it will not stay open, and is thus useless. I have Time Machine backups, if that would help.
