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[Darene Powell]

Yes, I did enable it and they didn't come back.  I did not delete it.

Dee Powell
dee at downeast.net
207-326-0749/9556



On Feb 4, 2008, at 3:24 PM, Claire Rottenberg wrote:

> Hi Dee,
>
> Did you re-enable the account? The mail should be visible in your  
> Inbox after you re-enable the account. The messages aren't removed  
> when you disable an account - they're just hidden. If you deleted  
> the account, you'll have to add the account again and, if the  
> messages are still on the server, they'll be downloaded again. As  
> long as the messages are still on the server, you'll be able to  
> retrieve them.
>
> My initial instructions were for an IMAP account, not a POP  
> account. Sorry.
>
> Claire
>
> Claire Rottenberg
> CJRTOOLS ebooks
> homepage.mac.com/cjrtools/ebooks
>
>
>
> On 4 Feb 2008, at 9:46, Darene Powell wrote:
>
>> I have 10.4 but I don't see the option you explained.  The  
>> complication is that they were downloaded and then disappeared or  
>> the actual message was removed when I disabled the account.  It  
>> did that for everything that was connected to that mailbox  
>> throughout my mail program.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Dee Powell
>> dee at downeast.net
>> 207-326-0749/9556
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 4, 2008, at 2:37 PM, Claire Rottenberg wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Dee,
>>>
>>> Are you using Apple's Mail program with Tiger or Leopard? If  
>>> you're using Tiger, enabling the account might work for  
>>> downloading the messages again if you do the following.
>>>
>>> 1. Open Mail's preferences, select Accounts, select the account  
>>> you want to enable, and then select the Advanced tab.
>>>
>>> 2. Click the button under "Keep copies of messages for offline  
>>> viewing" and select "All messages and their attachments."
>>>
>>> If your messages weren't downloaded before, they should be  
>>> downloaded with Mac OS X 10.4.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, this does not work with Mac OS X 10.5 (I hope it's  
>>> a bug that will be corrected in the next version). With Leopard,  
>>> only unread messages will be downloaded. If you have web access  
>>> to the mail on the server, you could go to the online site and  
>>> mark all the messages you want downloaded as "Unread" and then  
>>> they would be downloaded with Leopard.
>>>
>>>
>>> I hope I've answered your question. If not, post back with more  
>>> details.
>>>
>>> Claire
>>>
>>> Claire Rottenberg
>>> CJRTOOLS ebooks
>>> homepage.mac.com/cjrtools/ebooks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4 Feb 2008, at 9:05, Darene Powell wrote:
>>>
>>>> In the process of trying to figure out why I couldn't send out  
>>>> any e-mail ...I disabled my account to set up a new one.  The  
>>>> result was that all my messages now say I need to go online to  
>>>> get the message.  The messages are pretty much all still on the  
>>>> server.  Which file tells mail that the message has already been  
>>>> downloaded?  (Do I make any sense?)  I'd like to "redownload"  
>>>> the messages still on the server.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Dee Powell
>>>> dee at downeast.net
>>>> 207-326-0749/9556
>>>>
>>>>
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