Mail - Can't send email but can receive it?!?!?

chriswright101 · chriswright101 #1 (**permalink**)

09-18-2008, 07:24 AM

I've been using Mail for about a year now, and up until last month it was working fine.

For some reason, without altering any settings (to my knowledge) I can no longer send email. My outgoing mail server has always been 'smtp.gmail.com', and now it no longer works.

I hear that there have been similar problems involving GoogleMail and Mail.

If anyone could give me any clue as to what the problem could be I would be very grateful.

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #2 (**permalink**)

09-18-2008, 06:25 PM

Go into Mail preferences, Accounts, and make sure Outgoing Mail Server is set up correctly. Sometimes by default a number of options are available and have seen wrong option selected.

If all is well try running Repair Permissions.

Dysfunction · Dysfunction #3 (**permalink**)

09-18-2008, 06:38 PM

Make sure the port is either 465 or 587

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chriswright101 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 28, 2007 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 62 Mac Specs: 24" iMac, 2.8GHZ Core Duo Extreme, 2GB RAM, 750GB Hard Drive - iPhone 3G - Aluminium MacBook 2.4GHZ	09-18-2008, 07:24 AM I've been using Mail for about a year now, and up until last month it was working fine. For some reason, without altering any settings (to my knowledge) I can no longer send email. My outgoing mail server has always been 'smtp.gmail.com', and now it no longer works. I hear that there have been similar problems involving GoogleMail and Mail. If anyone could give me any clue as to what the problem could be I would be very grateful.
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harryb2448 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 28, 2007 Location: Nambucca Heads Australia Posts: 14,055 Mac Specs: iMac i5 2.7GHz OS X.8.3	09-18-2008, 06:25 PM Go into Mail preferences, Accounts, and make sure Outgoing Mail Server is set up correctly. Sometimes by default a number of options are available and have seen wrong option selected. If all is well try running Repair Permissions.
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