Mail

My Mac Book Pro takes days to receive emails. My iPhone and iPad gets them straight away but they don't load onto the MBP. I have checked the Imap thing and it seems to be on the right setting. Anyone got any ideas? TIA.

Only a simple suggestion I'm afraid. But have you tried removing and then recreating your internet accounts in System Preferences?

Hi, its all set up in preferences. I just don't get any emails

Has it ever worked or is this a new setup on a new laptop? Oh, and is it a gmail account?


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Mercia said:

Hi, its all set up in preferences. I just don't get any emails

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Yes, but have you tried deleting them in system preferences and then re-creating them? I'm not saying it'll fix your problem but it's the first thing I'd try in your situation.

Ill have a go at that and let you know, thanks

I went into system preferences but can't see anything to delete the mail boxes. I am not very good with tech stuff

System Preferences
Internet Accounts (this should show all your email accounts)
Highlight them one at a time and press the minus button at the bottom of the list
Once you've done that, click on the plus button and choose your account from the list on the right to add them back in.

Hope this helps, Nick

Hi I did that and now trying to set up hotmail but it's asking for path prefix, port and authentication. None of which I know

Mercia said:

Hi I did that and now trying to set up hotmail but it's asking for path prefix, port and authentication. None of which I know

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Access the Hotmail web page, look for help in setting up an account, and all the information you need should be there. Hotmail may even have a quick help setup for Apple Mail.

Thanks.