[Macpartners] Tiger Security Update 2005-007 1.1 blew away my IMAP account

[Carolyn Fuller]

Hi all,

The problem was resolved. Just in case someone else experiences a 
similar problem:

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Quit the Mail.app first and using the Finder, go to Home > Library > 
Mail. Copy the Mail folder and place the copy on the Desktop for backup 
purposes.

Using the Finder, go to Home > Library > Preferences > 
com.apple.mail.plist. Move the com.apple.mail.plist file to the 
Desktop.

Note: Moving the com.apple.mail.plist file out of the Preferences 
folder will require re-entering all email account information when 
re-launching Mail.

Launch Mail and decline the prompt to import mailboxes. After 
re-entering all email account information, the Mail.app should 
rediscover the existing account named folder(s) and mailbox files at 
Home > Library > Mail.

After confirming all mailboxes were successfully rediscovered, you can 
delete the copy of the Mail folder and old com.apple.mail.plist file 
from the Desktop.
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Carolyn

On Aug 23, 2005, at 12:57 AM, Carolyn A Fuller wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Help! The Tiger Security Update 2005-007 1.1 blew away my MIT IMAP 
> account. The
> folder with all its mailboxes is still in the Mail folder but it does 
> not
> appear when Mail.app is launched.
>
> Any ideas on what I should do? I attempted to repair disk permissions 
> on my
> startup disk but to no avail. I do not know where to find a bootable 
> CD from
> which I can repair my hard drive's disk permissions.
>
> Help!
>
> Carolyn
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Carolyn Fuller
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Information Services and Technology
Administrative Computing
Senior Analyst/ Programmer
(617) 253-6213
http://fuller.mit.edu/