Setup Email For Hostgator Mac

My webhost, Hostgator, recently switched off my email without warning because it claimed I had too much imap email (3.5gb) and that it was causing a slowdown for other users on the server. This came as a surprise given that I've had no issues for several years and nor have they, apparently. After further discussion with their tech support, they seem to think that Mail.app is the culprit because it opens 'too many' concurrent imap connections. They insist that Apple Mail is not 'standards compliant' and that I should use another client, like Thunderbird. The problem is, I'm very happy with Mail and don't want to switch to Thunderbird or any other client.

Hostgator email accounts can easily be configured on the iPhone with the correct settings. Tap the “Settings” icon on your iPhone. Tap “Mail, Contacts, Calendars.”. This guide walks you through the process of HostGator’s account set up and accessing cPanel to set up your email. Go to HostGator.com and click “Web Hosting. If you have created an Apple ID on any device in the past, you actually do have an iCloud Mail account already.

I've tried them all and always want to get back to Mail. Normally I would switch providers before I switch my own setup or habits that I'm happy with, but I really like hostgator and would like to try to make it work. My questions: 1. Is Apple Mail behaving in a way that is not compliant with imap standards? Would this be a problem with other shared hosts? Is there any way to control the number of imap connections made concurrently, in a way similar to thunderbird? Any other way around this problem?

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Thanks for any input! Hi, I have never heard of Mail having those problems.

Also, there is no imap specification which says how many connection there should be. I also see that what your provider says is not coherent. 1st they say that it is because of the size of your imap mailbox (3.5 GB) then they say that it's because of the number of connections. How to make cheese for mac and cheese. What you can try to do is to set how often Mail check for emails (in the Mail Preferences). But I doubt that this will change anything. You can also try to see how many connection there are when you click 'check for mails'. In my case (10.6.4) I had only one.

I think what they meant was that because of the size of my email directory, Mail establishes more and longer connections. Does that make sense technologically? I specifically asked if there was a limit to how big the imap directory could be and was told that there isn't, but that when it causes trouble for others on the server they will shut it down. I don't know much about the intricacies of IMAP so it's hard to engage in an argument. Thanks for the links. I downloaded it and does seem that there is only one connection to my webhost when I fetch email with Mail.