Replacing Broken Mail Pgm

Hornhonker · Hornhonker #1 (**permalink**)

12-29-2010, 12:53 PM

I'm fairly new to the modern mac and have a question. My mother's intel mac mini Mail started to have mail sending failures after working just fine for about
5 years. I tried all sorts of changes and even deleted the account and manually
restored the setting with no luck. I then noticed she had a copy of Entourage
and used the same settings as Mail to get Entourage going. This led me to conclude the Mail pgm was broken. (yes I did run Disk Utility to repair permissions).

She is 91 and just can't handle the visual changes between Mail and Entorage
so I need to Nuke the Mail and replace it with a fresh copy. She is using Snow Leopard and I wondering how to best proceed ?

roflitskyle · roflitskyle #2 (**permalink**)

12-30-2010, 02:50 AM

If you have Snow Leopard I would back up her hard drive and upgrade to Snow Leopard. Other then that I have no idea. Sorry.

scathe · scathe #3 (**permalink**)

12-30-2010, 06:04 AM

Have a look at Pacifist, you can use it to reinstall only the Mail application from your SL install disc.

roflitskyle #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 23, 2010 Location: United States Posts: 541 Mac Specs: MacBook Unibody 13" 150 GB HDD	12-30-2010, 02:50 AM If you have Snow Leopard I would back up her hard drive and upgrade to Snow Leopard. Other then that I have no idea. Sorry. Don't forget to use the Reputation system on the left. (Second button from the left) Put your GREY disks in your safety deposit box
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Hornhonker #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 11, 2010 Location: Victoria BC Canada Posts: 8 Mac Specs: Mini, 24" Cinema Display	12-29-2010, 12:53 PM I'm fairly new to the modern mac and have a question. My mother's intel mac mini Mail started to have mail sending failures after working just fine for about 5 years. I tried all sorts of changes and even deleted the account and manually restored the setting with no luck. I then noticed she had a copy of Entourage and used the same settings as Mail to get Entourage going. This led me to conclude the Mail pgm was broken. (yes I did run Disk Utility to repair permissions). She is 91 and just can't handle the visual changes between Mail and Entorage so I need to Nuke the Mail and replace it with a fresh copy. She is using Snow Leopard and I wondering how to best proceed ?
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