Apple Mail and iChat Annoyances

I recently migrated some mail and iChat users to a new Mac OS X server (10.6.3) with most users using Mac OS X (although some of them  are using alternative mail and jabber clients). I had some problems with the mail and chat clients when the configurations was to be changed. In some cases it was users not really reading the guide or running along with the configurations but I find a few irritating things with Apple Mail and iChat as applications.

For one thing, in Apple Mail, when you have changed your configurations and clicked ''OK'' you might think that your new configurations are saved. It's not. It's not until you change tab in or close the overview dialog box that Mail suddenly gives you the question if you want to save your settings. After this is done you probably still need to shut down Mail and start it again to make changes take effect in reality. A little annoying I think. I also had problems with clients where the changes were made and Apple Mail restarted. The only safe way to change configurations seemed to be to remove the old, shut down Mail, start it again and make a new account.

The same procedure with removing old account, shutting down and starting and adding a new account also goes for iChat. Don't modify your settings in either program. Remove them restart the applications and add new configurations (and maybe restart them after that too).