Imac mail receives, but won't send

I can receive from my acounts, but none will send.
When I use the exact same settings in Entourage it works fine...but imail should work, no?

Perhaps you need to recheck your settings to make sure they're configured correctly. This site show the proceedure quite clearly (with screen pics) http://www.cit.cornell.edu/helpdesk/mac/email/osxmailapp.html

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View the router settings and check the devices, if your Macbook is listed as Unknown xx-xx-xx change its name to a single word e.g Macbook.
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This is my last resort. I've double-checked with my provider and all is ok on their end. I have deleted settings and set them up as per their recommendations several times to no avail. I can receive emails, but will not send and consistently get warnings about various things such as the password is invalid, there's an invalid certificate or just that it can't connect. The strange thing is, it all works fine on both my iPad and iPhone.
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Hello Earnie, I believe it is MobileMe being discontinued.
Do not delete the old account yet. sign up for an iCloud account if you haven't.
I understand .mac mail will still come through. Do not delete the old account yet.
You cannot use .mac or MobileMe as type of Account, you have to choose IMAP when setting up, otherwise Mail is hard coded to change imap.mail.me.com to mail.me.com & smtp.mail.me.com to smtp.me.com, no matter what you try to enter.
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SMTP (outgoing mail server) information:
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enzo

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When I try to send I get the following pull down window.
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Strange coincidence but I just had this problem myself. I worked for hours yesterday to be able to connect to my internet providers SMTP server, to no avail. Today i called the provider and everything was exactly as they said it should be. The truly odd thing was that connecting to their server from another boot disk, with the exact same settings, it got through just fine.
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Someone said the definition of insanity was doing the same thing time and time again expecting a different result. I've found this is just not true concerning my computers.
In the Connection Doctor window, every time the account would show as Red again (not getting through), I kept hitting the "Check Again" button. On about the eighth attempt, of trying for at least two minutes each time, it finally got through and it's up and working again.
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I just checked Mail again and noticed that yet once again I couldn't get through to that SMTP server. So once again I hit Check Again a few times, and it worked again. MobileMe seems to be balking a bit too.
Sure wish I knew what was up with this. Gmail works like a dream.

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