@ Kirk: I’ve seen that. They will have to delete a file, called maildirsize, that will restore proper functionality, although the message itself is essentially bogus.

It’s in the Mail folder for the account in question but it’s not something I expect you can access on a normal shared account.

Peace,
Gene

Gene,

Thanks for the help. I modified my mailbox quota and although it says change was successful, it also said “invalid maildirsize’ which to my mind represents a problem since I lowered the quota to an even 2000 MB (2GB).

I will open a ticket with hostgator to look into it.

Thanks very much for the help!

Actually, it may be a corrupted mailbox size file. They can fix that for you. Or just set it slightly below 2GB.

If you have control of the WHM interface (and not just cPanel), which is true for a dedicated server, you can also switch email server software from Courier to Dovecot, which is less sensitive to such irritants. No, it’s not Apple Mail. Mail is just sensitive to the problem.

Peace,
Gene

Mailbo setting is currently 2GB. Current usage is 133mb. The weird thing is that I can quit mail then reopen and the message goes away. The other problem is when trying to move messages. I get an error that the message can’t be moved because disk quota exceeded. Yet I simply move the message again and it works. Strange. Hostgator people say Apple Mail is the problem, but I know it’s not.

Kirk wrote:

I just switched to host gator I am getting constant messages from Apple Mail that I have exceeded my quota. My site’s disk quota is 10 times what my actual mailbox usage is. In your post you mentioned that you changed a default quota configuration to fix the problem. While I can change my own domain’s default, the server’s default doesn’t appear to be editable.

How, or what specifically did you change? (if you can remember)

Thanks in advance.

OK, what is your mailbox setting? If you go over 2GB for a mailbox using the Courier IMAP email server software on your site, you might run into messages of this sort.

Peace,
Gene

I just switched to host gator I am getting constant messages from Apple Mail that I have exceeded my quota. My site’s disk quota is 10 times what my actual mailbox usage is. In your post you mentioned that you changed a default quota configuration to fix the problem. While I can change my own domain’s default, the server’s default doesn’t appear to be editable.

How, or what specifically did you change? (if you can remember)

Thanks in advance.

I just wasted 15 minutes with that old nightmare – formatting in Word. I hate how you format something and earlier parts of the document change. You’d think after 20+ years they’d learn how to handle formatting.

Fortunately, I was almost immediately reminded of how lucky I am. I purchased several new computers and Intuit Quickbooks Point of Sale. It wouldn’t run on the Vista computers. After 6 hours on the phone (uninstall this, change that, reboot, command line, blah, blah, blah) I did a google search and found the answer – reinstall Vista from the OEM disks (I’m not sure why that helped since it was a virgin installation, anyway, but it did).

That reminded me how lucky I am using Macs even with the insane Microsoft formatting methods.

Good choice….

I use entourage strictly for email connecting to Small Business Server 2003. While I had constant connection problems with Entourage 2004, the new 2008 Entourage connects fine. This “feature” in itself is worth it to me! As a side note, having used both, I think that Outlook 2007 for windows is far superior to Entourage 2008.

As I said, everything is checked and accounted for. No difference.

Peace.
Gene

When setting up schedules in Entourage (Tools>Schedules), be sure to click on the button which reads “Click here for account options”. This will bring up a detailed list of the folders on your IMAP server, and you can specify which ones Entourage is meant to update when it is running a schedule. I have had no problem with items not appearing in Entourage ever since I ticked the checkboxes next to the main folders I need to access constantly.

I used Word 5.0 on our old MacSE, and it allowed me to recreate countless letters written by a WWII relative.

Now, I don’t mess with Word unless I absolutely have to…like at work. All the “features” of Word drive me crazy

when I’m trying to write. Is it bloatware? No, it’s blimpware!

Goes to show the varied things we do with our computers and that what works for some, doesn’t for others.

I like Apple Mail a lot, and would use it if I wasn’t on an Exchange server. Of course, just as Gene comments how he’s glad to not be on Exchange, I couldn’t imagine what I would do without it.

I use Entourage 2008 on my MacBook, Entourage 2004 on my office manager’s MacBook, Outlook 2003 on my paralegal and receptionist’s PCs and Outlook 2007 on my MacBook in Boot Camp. All of our calendars are shared, and Exchange makes it easy, eliminating the need to synchronize anything. We have email distribution groups where I can choose who gets what, and I can also control who can access what on the calendar, and what level of control they have.

Leopard server may do the same thing, I’m not sure as I needed (and bought) this solution in early 2006, but it works seamlessly and fast with Exchange.