Excessive incoming messages

Routerman · Routerman #1 (**permalink**)

12-14-2008, 12:43 AM

When I open my .mac email I get 2491 incoming messages. Haven't a clue where they are coming from. They don't show up in the inbox or anywhere's else. If I quit the email and open it back up. The same 2491 messages start coming in again. It's happened 3 times today. Anyone have a clue as to what's going. I've had m mac for about 18 months ago and this just started happening about 2 weeks ago.

cwa107 · cwa107 #2 (**permalink**)

12-14-2008, 01:39 AM

Moved to appropriate forum.

Aptmunich · Aptmunich #3 (**permalink**)

12-14-2008, 06:31 AM

Well where are the mails from?

bobtomay · bobtomay #4 (**permalink**)

12-14-2008, 06:50 AM

You can also check your inbox online to see where they are from.

dpesante · dpesante #5 (**permalink**)

01-18-2009, 08:37 PM

did you ever get this resolved? I am getting the same thing on a brand new macbook that I got for my wife. I setup her yahoo account in mail. When I opened mail the first time it downloaded a bunch of emails which I thought was probably ok but now everytime I open mail it still tries to download 1400+ emails.... at this point it is basically difficult to even use the mail app because of this... (it feels like it freezes the system).

Aptmunich · Aptmunich #6 (**permalink**)

01-19-2009, 02:18 AM

If you've set Mail up to use POP access, it'll try to download the entire content of the mail account... that could potentially be a lot of mails!

Gmail has setting available through the webmail interface that will let you specify which mails POP clients should download - check Yahoo for similar settings!

Or better yet use IMAP if Yahoo mail supports it! (Gmail does for free)

cwa107 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 20, 2006 Location: Middletown, Pennsylvania Posts: 25,920 Mac Specs: 15" MBP, Core i7/2GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB Crucial M4 SSD	12-14-2008, 01:39 AM Moved to appropriate forum. Liquid and computers don't mix. It might seem simple, but we see an incredible amount of people post here about spills. Keep drinks and other liquids away from your expensive electronics!
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bobtomay #4 (permalink)
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Member Since: Mar 09, 2004 Location: Munich Posts: 9,075 Mac Specs: Aluminium Macbook 2.4 Ghz 4GB RAM, SSD 24" Samsung Display, iPhone 4, iPad 2	01-19-2009, 02:18 AM If you've set Mail up to use POP access, it'll try to download the entire content of the mail account... that could potentially be a lot of mails! Gmail has setting available through the webmail interface that will let you specify which mails POP clients should download - check Yahoo for similar settings! Or better yet use IMAP if Yahoo mail supports it! (Gmail does for free) Mac-Forums Twitter \| Mac-Forums Blog My Twitter \| Jetplane Journal
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Routerman #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 12, 2008 Posts: 1	12-14-2008, 12:43 AM When I open my .mac email I get 2491 incoming messages. Haven't a clue where they are coming from. They don't show up in the inbox or anywhere's else. If I quit the email and open it back up. The same 2491 messages start coming in again. It's happened 3 times today. Anyone have a clue as to what's going. I've had m mac for about 18 months ago and this just started happening about 2 weeks ago.
	QUOTE Thanks

dpesante #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 18, 2009 Posts: 1	01-18-2009, 08:37 PM did you ever get this resolved? I am getting the same thing on a brand new macbook that I got for my wife. I setup her yahoo account in mail. When I opened mail the first time it downloaded a bunch of emails which I thought was probably ok but now everytime I open mail it still tries to download 1400+ emails.... at this point it is basically difficult to even use the mail app because of this... (it feels like it freezes the system).
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