1. Mail update for v.2.1.3 for Tiger 2. OS10.5 3. SMTP server intermittent

1. Is there any Mail update for OS 10.4.11 users beyond v. 2.1.3?
2. Is there any version of OS 10.5 (Leopard) installable on G4s described below? I know OS 10.5.6 needs a faster processor so cannot be installed.
3. MAIN QUESTION: I have concluded after months of apparent SMTP server problems that the cause lies with neither my main ISP (ATT-Uverse) nor with the 2 email accounts we have a local dial-up/DSL ISP now owned by Cincinnati Bell from which we POP and send (SMTP) server. ATT-Uverse has approved, and disabled filters to prevent, this unusual practice for one of their customers to use a 3rd party's SMTP server and the Cinbell firm also has no problem.
Nevertheless, multiple times a day, my password is refused and 'Mail Connection Doctor' reports that 'trying to log into this SMTP account failed.' The result is that I can only send mail to addresses in the same mail domain ['@name.type']. Both ISPs, however, report that all my settings are correct, are working, are pingable, etc. Sometimes just quitting and restarting Mail clears up the problem for a while. Anyway for many months and many reasons, I always assumed the problem lay with the ISP or with connections between my computers & the POP & SMTP Mail serving ISP. This ISP sent a technical manager to my location who set up a PC computer using Outlook with _my settings_ and with an ethernet connection to my ATT-Uverse Router. He had no problem using Outlook for sending or receiving test messages.
So after much effort by various IT technical support staff from two different ISPs, I am forced to think that the problem while described as the SMTP server's refusal to accept my established passwork is really internal to Mail v.2.1.3 and the settings I have to use. In this case, to enable SMTP service on Port 25, I do need to use extended authentication (i.e. full email address in one field and password in another.
Has this issue been reported by others and is there a fix or workaround. I would prefer to continue using Apple's Mail client & to use POP mail rather than another client or a ;cloud; connection like Google Mail.
Thanks.
Message was edited by: Wylieman

1. Is there any Mail update for OS 10.4.11 users beyond v. 2.1.3?
No.
2. Is there any version of OS 10.5 (Leopard) installable on G4s described below? I know OS 10.5.6 needs a faster processor so cannot be installed.
It'll run fine, you just can't Install it... LOL
There are a couple of workarounds though, installing it on a fast enough PPC Mac to an External Firewire Drive, or editing the check for that CPU Speed, but you'll have to search for, like....
http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/unsupported.html
3. MAIN QUESTION: I have concluded after months of apparent SMTP server problems that the cause lies with neither my main ISP (ATT-Uverse)
Hmmm, I don't think I've ever read of anyone having more problems than ATT!?
So after much effort by various IT technical support staff from two different ISPs, I am forced to think that the problem while described as the SMTP server's refusal to accept my established passwork is really internal to Mail v.2.1.3 and the settings
Hmmmm,
Open Keychain Access in Utilities, use Keychain First Aid under the Menu item, then either check the Password under that item, change it, or delete it and start over.
Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X...
If Keychain First Aid finds an issue that it cannot repair, or if you do not know your keychain password, you may need to reset your keychain.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544
Drag this file to the desktop and reboot...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.keychainaccess.plist
Re: Keychain is no longer able to update itself when I upgrade an application...
http://unsanity.org/archives/2007_01.php

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