Cannot send message using server icloud, cannot send message using server icloud

Question

Whenever I try to send a message from my iCloud mail id using Lions mail client I get the following
The server “p08-smtp.mail.me.com” cannot be contacted on the default ports.
Select a different outgoing mail server from the list below or click Try Later to leave the message in your Outbox until it can be sent.
I saw an articale suggesting trying to change the SMTP server to SMTP.MAIL.ME.COM but when I try that I get address rejected
Sending mail through the web interface seems to work OK
Any ideas?

Answer 1

I did some looking around and think I've got the right answer. if I use networktool to do a lookup of p08-smtp.mail.me.com it returns address not found.
It looks like p01-smtp to p04-smtp are defined but the others aren't.
I created a new smtp server and called it icloud2 and used the address p04-smtp.mail.me.com with the usual settings of USE SSL and AUthentication = Password (and gave it my iCLoud login details).
Associating that SMTP server with my iCloud account in mail.app lets me send perfectly.
I assume this is just apple not having everything not set up and replicated to DNS servers yet so I'm checking to see if p08 exists every couple of days and I'm move my iCLoud account to the normal SMTP server when I start getting nslookup responses.