Take Email Accounts Off Mac Mail App
Jul 07, 2018 1 - removed all mail accounts - freed about 1 from 5 Gb 2 - used Dr clean and some other clean apps - freed few Mbs more - not sure this step was needed 3 - removed mail app and added it back again via App Store. This step freed half a gig 4 - repetated step 3 multiple times and in the end, to my surprise, space usage came down to 4.7 Mb!!!! Jul 01, 2014 Are you looking for the steps to take mail accounts offline in your Mac®? When an account is offline, you won’t get new messages or send messages, but you can write messages to send later.
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Mac Mail Account Settings
Yesterday I helped a friend who had a problem where her outgoing email account (SMTP server) for a Gmail based email account kept appearing 'Offline' right after she set it up. Even adding the SMTP server manually in Mail didn't help.
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You shouldn’t need to do any of the custom SMTP setup within Mail to get a Gmail based email account working in macOS. Now Gmail accounts should be setup just through 'Internet Accounts' in the System Preferences, and the SMTP will be setup automatically.
Removing the account and setting it up again should take care of the issue.
If your SMTP server / Outgoing Mail Account constantly appears 'Offline', here's how to fix it:
Close Mail if it's open now.
Click the Apple menu (upper left corner of your screen) > System Preferences > Internet Accounts.
Select the account with the broken outgoing mail server, and then click the minus sign at the bottom.
Reboot your Mac.
Click the Apple menu > System Preferences > Internet Accounts.
Click Google, and sign into your Gmail based account again.
Update February 26, 2018:
If you're email is still not working after this, in Mail open the Mail menu > Preferences > Accounts and select your Gmail account. Ensure that the little checkbox for Enable this account is checked.
Mail User Guide
When an email account is offline, a lightning bolt icon appears at the end of the Favorites bar, just below the search field. The icon also appears next to the account’s mailboxes in the Mail sidebar.
In the Mail app on your Mac, do one of the following:
Take all accounts online: Click the lightning bolt icon or choose Mailbox > Take All Accounts Online.
Take a specific account online (if you have more than one account): Click the lightning bolt icon next to the account’s mailbox, or choose Mailbox > Online Status > Take [account] Online.
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If you can’t take an account online, make sure you’re connected to the internet. If a warning icon appears next to the account name, click it to open Connection Doctor. Learn more about using Connection Doctor.
Some mailbox names can appear dimmed if you don’t have permission to access them, such as public mailboxes on a mail server.
