# Mac Mail errors?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-mail-errors/411426>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 11, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-mail-errors/411426 "2007-07-11T22:24:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-mail-errors/411426/1 "2007-07-11T22:24:52Z")

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I am able to back up my mail to an external drive. Save it as Raw Message Source. Never a problem.

Now I go to do this, and I get not that interesting gray rectangle icon, but a single white sheet icon- and no mail is transferred in. The single white sheet is a placemarker but no data is moving.

I haven’t changed anything that I know of at all. I’m on OS-X 10.4.10. Any reason that Mail would no longer be exportable?

I tried saving to a folder on my desktop, and to the normal external firewire HD. No dice.

Cartooniverse

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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-mail-errors/411426/2 "2007-07-11T22:37:40Z")

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For the last month or so, when I boot my machine, Mail launches automatically and I have to enter my passwords for mail and get my mail. I can close it of course, but it launches unbidden.

Weird. I checked Preferences, too. No way to make this happen…

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-mail-errors/411426/3 "2007-07-12T04:00:48Z")

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Have to corrected your permissions lately?

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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-mail-errors/411426/4 "2007-07-12T19:39:29Z")

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Yep I have. Disk Warrior, Disk Utility, Permissions, Persimmons, Parsimony, the whole bag o tricks.

I called AppleCare. Turns out that there is an OS-X software update that affects iconography.

Who knew?? Anyway, the Mail “save as” function still works and I can export the stuff and archive it as needed.

Weird.