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 iolo
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is there a way of forcing Mail to look for new messages?
I sometimes get an email on my iphone 10 minutes before my computer.
As I often need to add files its a lot easier to reply using the macbook.
I seem to remember outlook has a send/receive button. Does Mail have a similar thing?If it does, i
I'm buggered if I can find it.


 
Posted : 13/08/2015 10:38 am
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Yes, it has a "Get Mail" button. The icon is an envelope. You might have deleted it off your toolbar. If so, right click on the toolbar and choose "customise" to put it back. If you don't have a toolbar then show it via the View menu.

Alternatively you can select "Get New Mail" from the Mailbox menu, or use the shortcut Shift-Command-N


 
Posted : 13/08/2015 10:49 am
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Ha, I thought this was going to be a thread about sending mail to people's tents in camp 4!


 
Posted : 13/08/2015 10:55 am
 Drac
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How often have you get Mail setup to check for new messages and is your phone set to push?


 
Posted : 13/08/2015 10:55 am
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Don't know about you lot but I've had a whole load of problems with Mail recently.
Damn if I close it then open it if the messages just don't load. Have resorted to Force Quit and reopen on nearly every occasion since last "upgrade" or software..

🙄


 
Posted : 13/08/2015 11:06 am
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As bikebuoy, I've had problems particularly syncing my Gmail account through Mail on my iPhone, iMac and Macbook. iMac and iPhone are problem-free (touch wood) but Macbook can take an age to sync mail.

Apple make beautiful hardware but their ability to reliably do the simplest and most basic requirements of modern e-life is getting worse and worse.


 
Posted : 13/08/2015 11:10 am
 iolo
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I have no idea how often it checks. Where would I find that out?


 
Posted : 13/08/2015 11:18 am
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Mail menu, Preferences, General tab. First place to look for any settings


 
Posted : 13/08/2015 11:20 am
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bikebuoy We have problems with the server and clients at work. Messages going missing, accounts disappearing. The accounts thing looks like it was a NVRAM/PRAM thing on the client computer as it hasn't yet re-appeared as an issue since a reset. (Ongoing monitoring though just in case).
The word from our support bloke (used when I have no time or have exhausted [s]my[/s]Google's knowledge) is that a huge mail database (30+GB the boss won't archive anything, just in case!) causes syncing problems.


 
Posted : 13/08/2015 11:25 am
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Don't know about you lot but I've had a whole load of problems with Mail recently.

Only problem I've had recently is with printing emails - Mail just locks up and I have to restart.


 
Posted : 13/08/2015 11:44 am

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