Can't write or send email

I have been having problems with my Mail Program on my new I-Mac starting about 3-5 days after I got things up and running.
I have been reading the strings about not being able to send mail and have tried a few suggestions without any success. There are some more suggestions on the forum yet to try and I will get to them shortly.
The problem I would like to get solved first is the fact that I can Address an email, I can write in the subject line, but when I try to write a message in the message body all I can type is about four letters and then it quits. My cursor even disappears. However I can cut and paste a message from a word processor and get it in the message body.
So it is not going to do me much good to solve the sending problem if I can't write a message anyway.
This problem is the same on both my ISP and .mac accounts
I have reset my permissions and called my ISP to see if they have change any of their settings.
Entourage works well with my ISP account. I have not set up my .mac account in it yet. I would like to get Mail working and use it exclusively if I can.
Any help will be appreciated.
I-Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

I have been having problems with my Mail Program on
my new I-Mac starting about 3-5 days after I got
things up and running.
I have been reading the strings about not being able
to send mail and have tried a few suggestions without
any success. There are some more suggestions on the
forum yet to try and I will get to them shortly.
The problem I would like to get solved first is the
fact that I can Address an email, I can write in the
subject line, but when I try to write a message in
the message body all I can type is about four letters
and then it quits. My cursor even disappears. However
I can cut and paste a message from a word processor
and get it in the message body.
So it is not going to do me much good to solve the
sending problem if I can't write a message anyway.
This problem is the same on both my ISP and .mac
accounts
I have reset my permissions and called my ISP to see
if they have change any of their settings.
Entourage works well with my ISP account. I have not
set up my .mac account in it yet. I would like to get
Mail working and use it exclusively if I can.
Any help will be appreciated.
I-Mac G5 Mac OS
X (10.4.3)
I have the same problem.
Carried out recent tiger upgrade - software update online- and Mail started to malfunction in the same manner as you describe.
Previously worked fine.
Use a mail server at work - no changes there,
No answer as yet but sympathise.

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If you can receive, but cannot send email on your iPhone, try the following:
Add your outgoing Server Port Number to your "Outgoing Mail Server Name"
Example: smtp.example.com:XXXX
where XXXX is your Outgoing Server Port Number ( eg. 25 )
For specifics on how to do this, read on.
From the Home Screen, select:
Settings
*Mail,Contacts ...*
your email Account ex: [email protected]
Scroll down to Outgoing Mail Server
Then select your outgoing mail server *SMTP smtp.example.com*
Select Primary Server smtp.example.com
Host Name change smtp.example.com to smtp.example.com:XXXX
where XXXX is your Outgoing Server Port Number.
This worked great, but unfortunately this helpful hint could not be found on the Apple support forum ... until now
Hope this helps!

This worked for me too! (iPhone 3G 2.02). Apple's once-over-lightly help with this issue is really lame. I thought better of Apple but they are turning into just another Dell or Microsoft.

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Yahoo's servers are notoriously unreliable. Use the "Yahoo" account type when setting it up. If it doesn't work, and you are positive the credentials are correct, wait a while and try again.
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No matter how many times I change my Outlook email settings for Verizon, the new settings have never worked. I used to be able to at least receive email, but for many months I have not been able to send email. I have called support and emailed Verizon and no one has been able to help.
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Maryde wrote:
No matter how many times I change my Outlook email settings for Verizon, the new settings have never worked. I used to be able to at least receive email, but for many months I have not been able to send email. I have called support and emailed Verizon and no one has been able to help.
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ManCity69 does not have my problem, therefore I appreciate his attempt to help but his solution will not work for me. It is frustrating that I cannot make it work as he has. I want to use my own SMTP server but I can't. I believe my solution is the definitive one because it should work for everyone.
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Other may post it is some type of change with your ISP but the simple fact is this happen with Apple Mac Mail all the time.
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