[Macpartners] Issue with Apple Mail v.7 and M+Google Mail

[Patrick McNeal]

And, Apple has released a fix:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6030


—Patrick

IT Manager | J-PAL <http://povertyactionlab.org/> | MIT <http://mit.edu> |
+1-617-324-2721 | mcneal at mit.edu


On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Patrick McNeal <mcneal at mit.edu> wrote:

> FYI - The University of Michigan is telling their Mac users to not use
> Apple Mail 7 (included with Mavericks) with gMail accounts due to some
> serious bugs:
>
> If you have an Apple computer, we advise against using Apple Mail version
> 7 to connect to your gMail. The update to Apple Mail version 7 is included
> in the newest version of OS X, Mavericks.
>
> This version of Apple Mail is known to cause significant issues when
> connected to Google Mail accounts. Issues range from duplicated messages to
> entire mailboxes being deleted. Messages affected by Apple Mail in your
> gMail account cannot be restored or repaired. The risk is greater if you
> upgraded to Mavericks from a previous operating system version. Until Apple
> resolves the issue, your email data may be at risk.
>
>
> —Patrick
>
> IT Manager | J-PAL <http://povertyactionlab.org/> | MIT <http://mit.edu> |
> +1-617-324-2721 | mcneal at mit.edu
>
>
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