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  • Lost my mail program...can I reinstall Mail 2.0

    From fmp3@fmp3@parkspeyton-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (fmp3) to comp.sys.mac.system on Sunday, April 09, 2006 14:34:06
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    I managed to screw something up on my G5, 10.4.6......Mail no longer
    will open. I was trying to fix spell check and decided to try
    Pacifist--to reinstall an older version of mail off of a G5 install
    disc--with the idea I could update to the lastest version via
    software update. Basically, I was trying to burn down the barn to
    get rid of the rats. I did. I thought I "updated" the mail package
    with Pacifist, but the result was that Mail acts like it is opening
    (icon flashes briefly) and then nothing. Please help. Can you
    reinstall just Mail 2.0?

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  • From Tim McNamara@timmcn@bitstream.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Sunday, April 09, 2006 18:09:17
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <u1144551841@aknode.invalid>,
    fmp3@parkspeyton-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (fmp3) wrote:

    I managed to screw something up on my G5, 10.4.6......Mail no longer
    will open. I was trying to fix spell check and decided to try
    Pacifist--to reinstall an older version of mail off of a G5 install disc--with the idea I could update to the lastest version via
    software update. Basically, I was trying to burn down the barn to
    get rid of the rats. I did. I thought I "updated" the mail package
    with Pacifist, but the result was that Mail acts like it is opening
    (icon flashes briefly) and then nothing. Please help. Can you
    reinstall just Mail 2.0?

    Try the Software Restore disc that came with your computer. You should
    be able to do a Custom Install of just Mail.
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  • From Ilgaz Ocal@ilgaz_ocal@yahoo.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Monday, April 10, 2006 14:40:59
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On 2006-04-10 01:34:06 +0300, fmp3@parkspeyton-dot-com.no-spam.invalid
    (fmp3) said:

    I managed to screw something up on my G5, 10.4.6......Mail no longer
    will open. I was trying to fix spell check and decided to try
    Pacifist--to reinstall an older version of mail off of a G5 install disc--with the idea I could update to the lastest version via
    software update. Basically, I was trying to burn down the barn to
    get rid of the rats. I did. I thought I "updated" the mail package
    with Pacifist, but the result was that Mail acts like it is opening
    (icon flashes briefly) and then nothing. Please help. Can you
    reinstall just Mail 2.0?

    * posted via http://www.mymac.ws
    * please report abuse to http://xinbox.com/mymac

    Get the "combo update" if you have broadband. You _should_ have it
    handy as Pacifist states "make sure to run latest system update after restoring" in readme file. (something like that)

    http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1046comboforppc.html

    Thing is, the "application" you restored is written for/on 10.4.0
    linking to its libraries. After applying "combo", you will see it works.

    No need to "format" etc.

    Ilgaz

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