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I have Mail 4.5 on my new Mac. I can receive emails, but cant send emails. What is the proper way to set it up? My internet service provider is of no help.
2011-04-01 22:44:00
First of all you have to find out what settings your Email provider requires you to set.- SMTP Port (e.g. 25, 465, 587...)- SSL required/supported?- SMTP auth required? (usually it's either MD5 or plain/password)- your Username and PasswordThen in Mail go into Preferences > Accounts and at the very bottom there is the option to edit SMTP Settings:1. select your SMTP Server (smtp.example.com)2. click on Advanced3. input the correct settings4. when you are done click OK and close the PreferencesI recommend to actually quit Apple Mail (cmd + Q) before trying to send emails with the new settings.
Two important things:
New SMTP settings are not applied to Emails in your outgoing folder! You either have to move them to Drafts and resend or delete them.Outgoing mails are processed in a linear fashion. This means if one email is stuck
for whatever reason
all subsequent emails will be too.
2011-04-01 19:30:00
check your "Connection Security" setting; it should be either "STARTTLS" or "None". If set to "SSL/TLS", you'll get the timeout. You should also ensure that your SMTP server is set to "smtp.me.com" Mac OS X v10.5: Setting up Mail, troubleshooting Mail issueshttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT2954A guidehttp://www.wheresmywireless.com/macmailmacos10_3.htmlhttp://www.onlinehowto.net/Tutorials/Apple-Mac-Mail/How-to-setup-configure-Apple-Mac-Mail/1109