Comments on: Tip: Leopard Mail.app won’t quit with IMAP

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:14:33 +0000

I used your tip, even though I have Mail.app under Snow Leopard, and it worked like a charm. Thanks for the great information!

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:42:31 +0000

Worked like a charm! Thanks!

By: 布帮强

布帮强 — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:52:47 +0000

You have no idea how many headaches you have saved me. Your tip combined with watching the activity indicator has made using mail convenient again.

By: Lenny G.

Lenny G. — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:47:12 +0000

Do you do all your own writing? Or do you outsource some of it? I’m looking for some similar content for my blog! These are great posts!

By: micsaund

micsaund — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:02:05 +0000

Thanks for the feedback, Tiger.

It’s good to know that this is still being found by people and helping them out!

By: tiger

tiger — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:16:43 +0000

yow! worked for me too. *thank you*.

By: micsaund

micsaund — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:43:10 +0000

Thanks for the feedback, John. I’m glad I was able to help!

By: John Stephens

John Stephens — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:10:44 +0000

Thanks for this tip– it worked exactly as described. I have to say I’m underwhelmed switching from Tiger’s Mail.app to Leopard’s. I’ve had nothing but problems since about a week after I initially set it up. Hanging on Quit seems to be resolved now, thanks to these database commands.

Thank you again!

By: micsaund

micsaund — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:38:20 +0000

Marc: there is nothing to undo - those commands are simply built-in database commands that optimize and clean the tables. You should check for other problems with your mail provider, network, or other settings as that's your most likely cause of problems. For a bit more about the sqlite3 vacuum command check this out.

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:09:25 +0000

How can this be undone? This initially worked for me, but now mail can’t check my account.