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<blockquote data-quote="spock999" data-source="post: 1702460" data-attributes="member: 302396"><p>Sorry Rod but I am not sure what you mean. Perhaps I need to be more specific.</p><p></p><p>I actually have 4 mail accounts set up. The iCloud account originally set up when I received the iMac plus the three that I actually want to use. All seem to be receiving mail OK. The big victory yesterday was actually setting up the one with my ISP using my main mail address. This morning I tried to send a message via my main mail address and had an error message that transmission had failed when an attempt was made to send it via iCloud. I was presented with alternatives and it then went OK via my ISP.</p><p></p><p>The two mail accounts at issue are those which have my main mail address as the email address and they are set up as follows:</p><p></p><p><strong>iCloud</strong> - User name is my main email address</p><p> Email address is my main email address</p><p> Not sure what the password is I assume the password for my main email address</p><p></p><p><strong>ISP</strong> - Email Address is my main email address and password is the correct one for that email</p><p></p><p>So, to me, it looks like Mail is preferentially trying to send mail for my ISP via iCloud but that doesn't work. I suspect because the email address is inappropriate as it should be my iCloud email address.</p><p></p><p>I want to finish up with the email using my ISP to go via my ISP and the iCloud mail going via iCloud. The question is how do I do it. I can see at least two options but I am not sure of the implications of each. In particular whether I will inadvertently screw up something else that I am not aware of. They are as follows:</p><p></p><p><strong>Disable the iCloud account</strong> - That will stop the contention but what else will it do? It certainly won't allow iCloud mail!</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Delete the current iCloud account and set up another with the correct iCloud email address</strong> - This feels like where I should end up. Presumably with my main email address as the user name (ie as in Apple Id) but with the iCloud address. Not sure about the password though as I have never been asked to create one to go with the iCloud email address.</p><p></p><p>There may be other better ways to do it.</p><p></p><p>As always, I would be grateful for any advice or suggestions. I must say it feels like I am walking through a minefield!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spock999, post: 1702460, member: 302396"] Sorry Rod but I am not sure what you mean. Perhaps I need to be more specific. I actually have 4 mail accounts set up. The iCloud account originally set up when I received the iMac plus the three that I actually want to use. All seem to be receiving mail OK. The big victory yesterday was actually setting up the one with my ISP using my main mail address. This morning I tried to send a message via my main mail address and had an error message that transmission had failed when an attempt was made to send it via iCloud. I was presented with alternatives and it then went OK via my ISP. The two mail accounts at issue are those which have my main mail address as the email address and they are set up as follows: [B]iCloud[/B] - User name is my main email address Email address is my main email address Not sure what the password is I assume the password for my main email address [B]ISP[/B] - Email Address is my main email address and password is the correct one for that email So, to me, it looks like Mail is preferentially trying to send mail for my ISP via iCloud but that doesn't work. I suspect because the email address is inappropriate as it should be my iCloud email address. I want to finish up with the email using my ISP to go via my ISP and the iCloud mail going via iCloud. The question is how do I do it. I can see at least two options but I am not sure of the implications of each. In particular whether I will inadvertently screw up something else that I am not aware of. They are as follows: [B]Disable the iCloud account[/B] - That will stop the contention but what else will it do? It certainly won't allow iCloud mail! [B] Delete the current iCloud account and set up another with the correct iCloud email address[/B] - This feels like where I should end up. Presumably with my main email address as the user name (ie as in Apple Id) but with the iCloud address. Not sure about the password though as I have never been asked to create one to go with the iCloud email address. There may be other better ways to do it. As always, I would be grateful for any advice or suggestions. I must say it feels like I am walking through a minefield!! [/QUOTE]
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