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I've recently switch from PC to a new iMac 27" QC i5 with 10.6.2 and Mail 4.2. Thursday, March 18th to be exact. I set up my mail.app that night and everything was peachy until Tuesday, March 23rd. I can receive just fine. Just can't send. The SMTP server is listed as Offline.
On the other hand, I can successfully send and receive mail with the exact pop/smtp settings on my iPhone 3G and my PC. Gmail works fine on mail.app too. I've called my webhost 3xs and Apple 3xs. My ISP is not blocking the ports. I've used about every variable possible and tried using Thunderbird as well. Everything works fine with Gmail but not my web host. My gut says it's something somewhere within the computer. Hosts files, etc. I don't know. What convinces me of this is that I had my friend set up my email account on his mac and everything worked as normal. He was able to send and receive, yet I still couldn't.
Any ideas? I wanted to ask before I was forced to reistall the OS.
Apple has had me delete the mail folder in Library, delete the plist file, etc. This has to be somewhere else.
Thanks in advance for any tips, help or guidance.

Same exact problem for me! I can send through my SMTP server with no issues from my iPod Touch & Windows devices but on both iMacs (Mail 4.2 (1077)) I cannot send.
Have been on the phone multiple times with my ISP but no luck. Have tried hard setting ports, turning on SSL, deleting and recreating the account, verifying my password isn't locked and nothing.
There is no other explanation with the other devices working. This must be a client issue.

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