Email photos - error

Hello all
I am trying to email out of iPhoto and I keep getting an error
"The email server didn't recognize your username/password combination."
How can this be as I am using my Mobile Me account and the prefs are in the system preferences and I use that as my email on the computer.
If I drag the image to mail it will work but not from iPhoto.
thanks
West

Hi West.
On the menu bar in iPhoto select iPhoto (to the right of the ) and go to preferences. In the Accounts tab will be your username and password for mail. Try re-entering your information.
Ben

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Rule #3. Following the same sequence as in rule #2, select "To" then "contains" then enter the email address you set up with the eye-fi manager website.
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