IMAP - "Timed out"

Every since switching to Leopard (10.5) Mail 3.0 has been messed up. It keeps timing out on the IMAP accounts over and over again. Sometimes it goes through, sometimes all 8 of my accounts (same server) get the message:
"There may be a problem with the mail server or network. Check the settings for "ACOUNT" or try again. The server error was: The connection to the server "mail.domain.com" on port 143 timed out."
I would like to believe it is the server but since it worked perfectly before the Leopard upgrade, I am not so sure. Also, another friend, same server with 10.5 has the same issue.
I have tried:
- Limiting to only one account (didn't work)
- Turning on and off IDLE support (didn't work)
- Changing settings for when to check (didn't work)
Any help would be great, I am at my wits end.
BZ

I've not used "Mail" for a year or so as it constantly popped up un-asked. I switched to Eudora and have been fine with that till I bought a new iMac and Leopard. I thought Apple might have gotten the problem fixed with this new version and tried using it. With this computer I can't receive mail as the port times out but can send OK. I can get that same mail either on Comcast's web mail, or Eudora in my other computer just fine. Comcast is no help as they don't support Mac. I thought I'd isolate the problem and re-installed a new copy of Eudora on this new computer and set it up. It both sends and receives just fine so it's not a problem with Comcast, the computer, or Eudora. Seems like it pretty much has to be with "Mail" itself.

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While reading mail using imap timed out exception thrown

Properties props =new Properties();
// Properties props = System.getProperties();
props.setProperty("mail.imaps.socketFactory.class","javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory");
props.setProperty("mail.imaps.socketFactory.fallback", "false");
props.setProperty("mail.imaps.port", "143");
props.setProperty("mail.imaps.socketFactory.port", "143");
props.setProperty("mail.imaps.ssl.enable","true");
props.setProperty("mail.imaps.connectiontimeout", "300000");
props.setProperty("mail.imaps.timeout", "900000");
props.setProperty("mail.imaps.connectiontimeout", "300000");
props.setProperty("mail.imaps.statuscachetimeout", "3000000");
props.setProperty("mail.imaps.connectionpooltimeout", "3000000");
Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
session.setDebug(true);
store = session.getStore("imaps");
session.setDebug(true);
store.connect(popServer, popUser, popPassword);
// -- Try to get hold of the default folder --
folder = store.getDefaultFolder();
if (folder == null) throw new Exception("No default folder");
// -- ...and its INBOX --
folder = folder.getFolder("INBOX");
if (folder == null) throw new Exception(" sdfdfsd");
// -- Open the folder for read only --
folder.open(Folder.READ_ONLY);
// -- Get the message wrappers and process them --
Message[] msgs = folder.getMessages();
System.out.println("ava au.com.covermore.EmailReader"
+" msgs " + msgs.length);
for (int msgNum = 0; msgNum < msgs.length; msgNum++)
printMessage(msgs[msgNum]);
//processMessage(msgs[msgNum]);
nested exception is:
     java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
     at com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPStore.protocolConnect(IMAPStore.java:665)
     at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:295)
     at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:176)
     at MyMail.read111(MyMail.java:139)
     at MyMail.main(MyMail.java:50)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
     at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
     at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.mail.util.SocketFetcher.createSocket(SocketFetcher.java:288)
     at com.sun.mail.util.SocketFetcher.getSocket(SocketFetcher.java:205)
     at com.sun.mail.iap.Protocol.<init>(Protocol.java:113)
     at com.sun.mail.imap.protocol.IMAPProtocol.<init>(IMAPProtocol.java:110)
     at com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPStore.protocolConnect(IMAPStore.java:632)
     ... 4 more
Edited by: 831679 on Jan 27, 2011 2:35 AM

hi
i check all those.But my error still exists
I changed my code as follows
String host="dsds-excas.bs-ssssmanagement.com";
               String username="[email protected]";
               String password="sadsdsd";
               Properties props=new Properties();
               props.put("mail.imaps.timeout", "120000");
               Session session = Session.getInstance(props);
     session.setDebug(true);
     Store store = session.getStore("imaps");
     store.connect(host, username, password);
     System.out.println("Connected...");
     Folder inbox = store.getDefaultFolder().getFolder("INBOX");
     inbox.open(Folder.READ_ONLY);
     Message[] msg = inbox.getMessages();
     System.out.println(msg);
=============================================================
DEBUG: setDebug: JavaMail version 1.4.4
DEBUG: getProvider() returning javax.mail.Provider[STORE,imaps,com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPSSLStore,Sun Microsystems, Inc]
DEBUG: mail.imap.fetchsize: 16384
DEBUG: mail.imap.statuscachetimeout: 1000
DEBUG: mail.imap.appendbuffersize: -1
DEBUG: mail.imap.minidletime: 10
DEBUG: trying to connect to host "dddddddddd.bs-sssssmanagement.com", port 993, isSSL true
javax.mail.MessagingException: Connection timed out: connect;
nested exception is:
     java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
     at com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPStore.protocolConnect(IMAPStore.java:665)
     at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:295)
     at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:176)
     at BsmMail.main(BsmMail.java:34)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
     at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
     at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.mail.util.SocketFetcher.createSocket(SocketFetcher.java:288)
     at com.sun.mail.util.SocketFetcher.getSocket(SocketFetcher.java:231)
     at com.sun.mail.iap.Protocol.<init>(Protocol.java:113)
     at com.sun.mail.imap.protocol.IMAPProtocol.<init>(IMAPProtocol.java:110)
     at com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPStore.protocolConnect(IMAPStore.java:632)
     ... 3 more
================================================
Please help
Edited by: 831679 on Jan 28, 2011 2:29 AM
Edited by: 831679 on Jan 28, 2011 2:40 AM

HT201320 connection to the server imap timed out

having trouble with my email not connecting its saying the connection to the server "imap.mail.yahoo.com" on port 993 timed out. Is the an iphone problem or yahoo problem?
Was receiving messages now the last 2 days haven't. Email is set up under other cause I have sbcglobal address.
Any help would be great

having trouble with my email not connecting its saying the connection to the server "imap.mail.yahoo.com" on port 993 timed out. Is the an iphone problem or yahoo problem?
Was receiving messages now the last 2 days haven't. Email is set up under other cause I have sbcglobal address.
Any help would be great

Connection timed out: connect at com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPStore.protocolConne

Hi ,
Recently, my team need to work with javamail. Here I got a problem: when I run the application in my personal home network , it goes on very well. When I run the program in my company env, it gives error info:
Exception in thread "main" javax.mail.MessagingException: Could not connect to SMTP host: smtp.gmail.com, port: 465;
nested exception is:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:1706)
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.protocolConnect(SMTPTransport.java:525)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:313)
The resource is :
import java.security.Security;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.mail.Authenticator;
import javax.mail.Message;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.PasswordAuthentication;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.Transport;
import javax.mail.internet.AddressException;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
*Use Gmail
public class GmailSender {
public static void main(String[] args) throws AddressException, MessagingException {
Security.addProvider(new com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider());
final String SSL_FACTORY = "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory";
// Get a Properties object
Properties props = System.getProperties();
//Add proxy for GmailSender
//especially here, I am not sure whether the proxy really works. In home network, it needn't proxy to run successfully.
// props.setProperty("proxySet","true");
// props.setProperty("socksProxyHost","148.87.19.20"); // This IP address is our proxy server address
// props.setProperty("socksProxyPort","80");
props.setProperty("mail.smtp.host", "smtp.gmail.com");
props.setProperty("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class", SSL_FACTORY);
props.setProperty("mail.smtp.socketFactory.fallback", "false");
props.setProperty("mail.smtp.port", "465");
props.setProperty("mail.smtp.socketFactory.port", "465");
props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
final String username = "XXX";
final String password = "XXX";
Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, new Authenticator(){
protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
return new PasswordAuthentication(username, password);
// -- Create a new message --
Message msg = new MimeMessage(session);
// -- Set the FROM and TO fields --
msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(username + "@gmail.com"));
msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO,
InternetAddress.parse("[email protected]",false));
msg.setSubject("Hello");
msg.setText("How are you");
msg.setSentDate(new Date());
Transport.send(msg);
System.out.println("Message sent.");
Will you please help me to review my code and give me some suggestions ?

No point looking at the code. The error message says the code can't connect to the server you are trying to connect to, so presumably there's a firewall or something like that preventing the connection. Talk to your network people.

Mail server timed out

I can receive mail, but cannot send mail. I use imap with gmail. I get an error that says something like
CONNECTION TO SERVER "SMTP.GMAIL.COM" ON PORT 25 TIMED OUT. Can anyone offer some help on this one. Thanks.

There is a Mail Help article with the exact same title as the error message you’re getting that explains how to solve it.
Many ISPs block port 25 for all traffic outside their own network in an attempt to fight spam. Something that usually works if you’re trying to use an outgoing (SMTP) server different from the one provided by your ISP (and in the case of .Mac in particular) is changing the outgoing server port to 587 instead of 25 in Preferences > Accounts > Account Information > Outgoing Mail Server > Server Settings.

SA TIMED OUT errors

Hello!
I'm getting the following "SA TIMED OUT" errors in my amavis.log file and would like to solve the problem. The time outs seem to causing delays in the processing of mail. I have upgraded clamav to use clamd as per Alex's tutorial at topicdesk.com and that seems to be working ok.
Here are a few of the errors extracted from the log file...
Aug 6 22:44:04 dns1.newzealand.co.nz /usr/bin/amavisd[24250]: (24250-10) SA TIMED OUT, backtrace: at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/Locker.pm line 67\n\teval {...} called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/Locker.pm line 67\n\tMail::SpamAssassin::Locker::jitteryone_secondsleep('Mail::SpamAssassin::Locker::UnixNFSSafe=HASH(0x23cd5e0)') called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/Locker/UnixNFSSafe.pm line 80\n\tMail::SpamAssassin::Locker::UnixNFSSafe::safe_lock('Mail::SpamAssassin::L ocker::UnixNFSSafe=HASH(0x23cd5e0)', '/var/amavis/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist', 30) called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/DBBasedAddrList.pm line 70\n\tMail::SpamAssassin::DBBasedAddrList::new_checker('Mail::SpamAssassin::DBB asedAddrList=HASH(0xfad5c)', 'Mail::SpamAssassin=HASH(0x1d9872c)') called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/AutoWhitelist.pm line 70\n\tMail::SpamAssassin::AutoW...
Aug 7 01:29:35 dns1.newzealand.co.nz /usr/bin/amavisd[740]: (00740-04) SA TIMED OUT, backtrace: at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/Locker.pm line 67\n\teval {...} called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/Locker.pm line 67\n\tMail::SpamAssassin::Locker::jitteryone_secondsleep('Mail::SpamAssassin::Locker::UnixNFSSafe=HASH(0x23cd5e0)') called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/Locker/UnixNFSSafe.pm line 80\n\tMail::SpamAssassin::Locker::UnixNFSSafe::safe_lock('Mail::SpamAssassin::L ocker::UnixNFSSafe=HASH(0x23cd5e0)', '/var/amavis/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist', 30) called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/DBBasedAddrList.pm line 70\n\tMail::SpamAssassin::DBBasedAddrList::new_checker('Mail::SpamAssassin::DBB asedAddrList=HASH(0x1e9972c)', 'Mail::SpamAssassin=HASH(0x1d9872c)') called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/AutoWhitelist.pm line 70\n\tMail::SpamAssassin::Aut...
Aug 7 01:51:43 dns1.newzealand.co.nz /usr/bin/amavisd[1906]: (01906-01) SA TIMED OUT, backtrace: at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/DBBasedAddrList.pm line 167\n\teval {...} called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/DBBasedAddrList.pm line 167\n\tMail::SpamAssassin::DBBasedAddrList::remove_entry('Mail::SpamAssassin::D BBasedAddrList=HASH(0x4870090)', 'HASH(0x4870108)') called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/AutoWhitelist.pm line 110\n\tMail::SpamAssassin::AutoWhitelist::check_address('Mail::SpamAssassin::Au toWhitelist=HASH(0x4870048)', '[email protected]', 81.192.135.247) called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/EvalTests.pm line 902\n\teval {...} called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/EvalTests.pm line 898\n\tMail::SpamAssassin::PerMsgStatus::checkfrom_in_autowhitelist('Mail::SpamAssassin::PerMsgStatus=HASH(0x48602b8)') called at /System/Library/Perl/Extr...
Aug 7 01:54:32 dns1.newzealand.co.nz /usr/bin/amavisd[1992]: (01992-01) SA TIMED OUT, backtrace: at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/Locker.pm line 67\n\teval {...} called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/Locker.pm line 67\n\tMail::SpamAssassin::Locker::jitteryone_secondsleep('Mail::SpamAssassin::Locker::UnixNFSSafe=HASH(0x23cd5e0)') called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/Locker/UnixNFSSafe.pm line 80\n\tMail::SpamAssassin::Locker::UnixNFSSafe::safe_lock('Mail::SpamAssassin::L ocker::UnixNFSSafe=HASH(0x23cd5e0)', '/var/amavis/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist', 30) called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/DBBasedAddrList.pm line 70\n\tMail::SpamAssassin::DBBasedAddrList::new_checker('Mail::SpamAssassin::DBB asedAddrList=HASH(0x1e9972c)', 'Mail::SpamAssassin=HASH(0x1d9872c)') called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/AutoWhitelist.pm line 70\n\tMail::SpamAssassin::Aut...
Aug 7 01:56:05 dns1.newzealand.co.nz /usr/bin/amavisd[1992]: (01992-04) SA TIMED OUT, backtrace: at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/DBBasedAddrList.pm line 167\n\teval {...} called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/DBBasedAddrList.pm line 167\n\tMail::SpamAssassin::DBBasedAddrList::remove_entry('Mail::SpamAssassin::D BBasedAddrList=HASH(0x48ab568)', 'HASH(0x79bc3c)') called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/AutoWhitelist.pm line 110\n\tMail::SpamAssassin::AutoWhitelist::check_address('Mail::SpamAssassin::Au toWhitelist=HASH(0x41fa48)', '[email protected]', 81.192.135.247) called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/EvalTests.pm line 902\n\teval {...} called at /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin/EvalTests.pm line 898\n\tMail::SpamAssassin::PerMsgStatus::checkfrom_in_autowhitelist('Mail::SpamAssassin::PerMsgStatus=HASH(0x488b5f8)') called at /System/Library/Perl/E...
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Regan

Hi Alex
Thanks for your reply - when I originally looked it appeared that perl was sucking up CPU resources, although I didn't check using top -o cpu at the time. Since posting my original message above I turned off some options in my local.cf file which fixed, or more accurately "bypassed" the problem. Not really ideal but it stopped the backlogging of mail - I'd rather fix it if I could.
The changes I made in the local.cf file were:
skiprblchecks 1
bayesautolearn 0
use_bayes 0
postconf -n gives the following...
allowuntrustedrouting = no
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
debugpeerlevel = 2
delaywarningtime = 6h
disablevrfycommand = yes
enableserveroptions = yes
fastflushdomains = $relay_domains
html_directory = no
inet_interfaces = all
localrecipientmaps = proxy:unix:passwd.byname $alias_maps
luser_relay =
mail_owner = postfix
mailboxsizelimit = 0
mailbox_transport = cyrus
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
mapsrbldomains =
maximalqueuelifetime = 5d
messagesizelimit = 0
mydestination = $myhostname,localhost.$mydomain,localhost
mydomain = newzealand.co.nz
mydomain_fallback = localhost
myhostname = smtp.newzealand.co.nz
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
queue_directory = /private/var/spool/postfix
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
setgid_group = postdrop
smtpdclientrestrictions = permit_mynetworks rejectrblclient sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org rejectrblclient smtp.dnsbl.sorbs.net permit
smtpddelayreject = no
smtpderror_sleeptime = 1s
smtpdhard_errorlimit = 20
smtpdhelorequired = yes
smtpdhelorestrictions = permit_mynetworks, rejectnon_fqdnhostname, rejectinvalidhostname, permit
smtpdpw_server_securityoptions = login,plain
smtpdrecipientrestrictions = permitsasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauthdestination,permit
smtpdsasl_authenable = yes
smtpdsoft_errorlimit = 10
smtpdtlsCAfile = /etc/certificates/secure.newzealand.co.nz.chcrt
smtpdtls_certfile = /etc/certificates/Default.crt
smtpdtls_keyfile = /etc/certificates/Default.key
smtpduse_pwserver = yes
smtpdusetls = no
unknownlocal_recipient_rejectcode = 550
virtualaliasmaps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
virtualmailboxdomains = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_domains
virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/imap/socket/lmtp
regan

Import Email to Server via IMAP - time out

Hello,
I set up OSX Maverick Server 3.1.2. Everything works quite nicely.
I am having a client which uses the most recent mail.app on OSX Maverick.
This client is connected to the OSX Server which is in the same Gigbit Network.
Now I would like to copy all my emails from my previous account which are stored in my mail.app via IMAP to my OSX Server account.
When I copy the files the copy process ends and the error message is (e.g.):
133 messages could not be moved to the mailbox “Sent — OSX Server”
The connection to the server “server.mydomain.com” on port 143 timed out.
Can someone point me into the right direction on where I should look for a solution?
Help would be very much appreciated!
Kind Regards, Chris

Try breaking the task up into smaller pieces. Either all the messages will be imported, or you'll isolate one (or more) that's causing the failure.

Mail Version 2.1 Port 0 timed out

Mail Version: 2.1 (752/752.2)
OS Version: 10.4.7
OS Build: 8J135
Duration of problem: 8 Months
<hr />
Error:
Connection Failed
There may be a problem with the mail server or network. Check the settings for account "ISPmail" or try again.
The server error encountered was: The connection to the server "mail.host.com" on port 0 timed out.
<hr />
Seetings are correct. The port is 110, it is a POP server. nothing has been modified prior to receiving this error.
Since I have done the following:
Cleared the cache
Deleted the prefs
Recreated the account
And done everything I could find in these forums to fix the problem
Nothing has worked!
I am currently experiencing this on two computers. It appears to be an intermittened problem as Mail will eventually download the e-mail.
I do not have PGP installed. So that is not the problem, I do not have a folder named bundles so that is not the problem. I can login to the mail server using terminal, and through the web.
This problem will somtimes appear on my iMap account I have set up with a different provider.
I beleive that there is some kind of software issue with Mail itself.
Help!
Powerbook G4 15'' (2004) Mac OS X (10.4.7)

I tried everything that you suggested above with the exception of connecting through dial-up. And the error still persisted.
I procrastinated using dial-up because I did not which to interrupt the service of the rest of the family in order to try that route.
The most amazing thing happened just two days ago. There were no updates to the system. Nothing was changed since I disabled all ports except for the ethernet port. But now it works. I am no longer getting the error.
Since I did nothing to cause this to happen I am not going to mark this answered. I also believe that my respite from this error is temporary. I feel that someone needs to find the cause for this error.
However, Apple may have solved this error in the new version of mail in 10.5...

Timed out session, port 143

Hello! I got some problems with my mail. I have entered everything correctly into Mail but I get only timed out session 143. Nothing more to say really, Thanks in advance, Morgan.

Ernie,
Weirdly, I checked software update and that can't get a connection either, and yet I have good internet and am receiving and sending mail fine from all accounts.
When i try to move a mail from my works IMAP to a .mac folder, it starts to move it but then the connection speed seems to plummet as though it's being choked somewhere?
I'll try the SSL. is that just on the Incoming or the outgoing or both?

Mail keeps timing out, will not sync emails

i am using mac os X snow leopard. the mail application will not get new email from my gmail account. it says that it is unable to connect, and this message comes up:
There may be a problem with the mail server or network. Verify the settings for account “Gmail” or try again.
The server returned the error: The connection to the server “imap.gmail.com” on port 993 timed out.
any help?

Accessing a Mail server via a web based interface (say gmail.com) is quite different than using an external email program (like Mail). The most you can infer from being able to login using the web site is that the account is active and that the username / password you are using is correct.
I would suggest taking your computer to a different network connection (ideally an Apple Retail Store as all the required ports will be open on their routers). See if the same issue happens there.
If it does not then we know there is something going on with your network / ISP.
Another option is to login to a new user account on your computer and try that. If it works in a new user but not your main user there are settings files you can try pulling. One step at a time though.

The connection to the server "X" on port 143 timed out.

My Mac is running MacOS X 10.6.2,
and Mail 4.2 .
I'm using Mail from my work connexion and it is running without problem.
Today I use it from home connexion and Mail doesn't synchronize any of
my E-mail accounts. I get the following error message:<pre>The server returned the error: The connection to the server “imap.free.fr” on port 143 timed out.</pre>
I tested the said server (from a Terminal window):<pre>telnet imap.free.fr 143
Trying 212.27.48.2...
Connected to imap.free.fr.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 X-NETSCAPE LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN] IMAP4rev1 Free</pre>
and it is replying perfectly correctly.
I also tested my accounts synchronization with Thunderbird (of course
with the same home connexion), and it is working without a trouble.
Hence there isn't any problem with my Mac, my connexion, my imap server,
my account.
But something is deeply corrupted within Mail.
How may I analyze this serious bug (the application is totally unusable)?
How may I turn Mail in a debug mode to provide any kind of trace so as to
make a usable bug report?
<pre>--------
As long as you'll see students making graphics with pen on paper,
you'll see the missing keystone of the software empire.
dan</pre>

Ernie Stamper wrote:
Click on Window in the menubar of Mail, and choose Connection Doctor -- what does it report?
Connection status: <green bullet> Mail was unable to connect to the Internet.
And for all of my accounts, Mail is displaying the rotating wheel,
and in the column says: Connecting to server…
My connexion is OK:
I'm posting this reply from the same Mac,
and I'm collecting my E-mail on the same accounts with Thunderbird.
As the rotating wheels were still rotating 2 minutes later,
just to be sure I made a check of what's going on my connection
with tcpdump. "Mail Connection Doctor"
isn't doing any connection attempt.
Just to be sure of what my eyes refused to believe,
I just restarted Mail, started a tcpdump and opened the "Mail Connection Doctor".
I see some standard trafic (IPP, http…) but nothing on port 143.
This "Mail Connection Doctor" is plainly lying to me.
Hence my original conclusion seems to stand:
there's something corrupted within Mail.
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you'll see the missing keystone of the software empire.
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Connection timed out to yahoo calendar after update to 4.0.3

i got the update and now ical gives me this message when i'm trying to access my yahoo calendar account:
The server responded with an error.
The request for account "[email protected]" failed.
The server responded with
“HTTP/1.1 504 Connection Timed Out”
to operation CalDAVAccountRefreshQueueableOperation.
anyone know how to fix this?

I deleted "Home > Library > Caches", and then went over to "Home > Library > Calendars > Calendar Cache" and only found "Calendar Cache", Calendar Sync Changes, Attachments, a .caldav folder, a .imap folder, and a number of .calendar folders. I deleted "Calendar Cache" (which came back right away even though ical was not running) only. Restarting didnt fix the problem
I followed the next 2 instructions
1.) Delete the Yahoo calendar from iCal > Preferences > Accounts
2.) Then remove the following to the trash and restart your computer:
Home > Library > Preferences > com.apple.ical (There may be more than one of these. Remove them all.)
I only found ".com.apple.iCal.plist" and ".com.apple.iCal.helper.plist" and I sent them both to the trash
After restarting + readding the yahoo account it still gives the same message.
Thanks so much + sorry if I'm terribly noob at this stuff

Timed out while sending ... message may be send more than once

Hi,
I regular have complaints from some clients receiving my emails 10 -15 times in their mailbox.
When checking the maillog I always see : timed out while sending ... message may be send more than once. See below
Problem can happen at any time, even when there is just 1 person connected to the server, so I rule out overload.
95% of mails send arrive without problem.
When looking the dns mx info of these clients I am having problem with, all have multiple (round-robin ?) mx-hosts (eg mx.mailprotect.be).
Is someone else having these problems ?
gr
Fonny
Nov 20 14:05:05 osxserver postfix/smtp[33385]: 3846CBE9FFC7: conversation with monitor.estrel.com[62.154.155.69] timed out while sending end of data -- message may be sent more than once
Nov 20 14:15:48 osxserver postfix/smtp[33385]: 3846CBE9FFC7: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx-30.startplus.de[62.154.155.70]:25, delay=1826, delays=486/0.01/716/623, dsn=4.4.2, status=deferred (conversation with mx-30.startplus.de[62.154.155.70] timed out while sending end of data -- message may be sent more than once)
Nov 20 14:15:48 osxserver postfix/smtp[33385]: 3846CBE9FFC7: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx-30.startplus.de[62.154.155.70]:25, delay=1826, delays=486/0.01/716/623, dsn=4.4.2, status=deferred (conversation with mx-30.startplus.de[62.154.155.70] timed out while sending end of data -- message may be sent more than once)
Nov 20 14:27:06 osxserver postfix/smtp[34737]: 6F586BEA0F09: lost connection with mx1.hotmail.com[65.55.92.136] while sending end of data -- message may be sent more than once

It means that Cyrus IMAP is not responding or ready to deliver mail (at least temporarily). Most likely reason is that there are too many connections/users.

Yosemite Mail Connections to the server on the default ports timed out.

I have upgraded two machines to Yosemite and I am having huge problems with Mail. It works perfectly well with my .mac mail but it does not work with my xServer running OS X server 10.6.something. I have little triangles but the mail account and I get the message "Connections to the server “mailgate.cp-lighting.co.uk” on the default ports timed out."
Any machine running an older version of OS X has no problems connecting.
The machine running Yosemite all have the same problems, they all have the triangle, they all receive mail but if you read it or delete it, it re-appears as unread so I can receive 20 emails read then delete 6 and a few minutes later I have 20 unread emails again.
Worse mail in the outbox get stuck behind a queue so it takes ages to send any mail, if I look at activity viewer I can see processes constantly running "Moving Messages" , "Synchronizing Sent", "Updating Cache directory"[sent] , "changing flags" and finally "Updating Cache directory"[Inbox]
If I go to mail and preferences/accounts I cannot edit the incoming mail server it is greyed out. I wanted to change the domain nane for the ip address of the server to see if that made any difference but it is not possible. I don't understand what Apple have done it is a nightmare.
Is anyone else having these problems?

Yes, my husband has had this problem too with his IMAP email account. He is temporarily using Thunderbird, which is working better, but it is also reporting lost connections. Seems the issue is deeper within the networking or security services of Yosemite than the Mail app itself.

Mail Timed Out; Not Receiving New Mail

I deleted about 200 emails while offline. When I went online, Mail wouldn't bring in my new e-mail though I could see it on the MobileMe webmail page. I checked preferences and it said the Mail had 'timed out'. I tried to quit Mail but the 'quit' in the menu bar is no longer highlightable. I rebooted and same problems. Any suggestions?
Thanks.

Are you following the below steps to integarte your Gmail ID in BlackBerry -
Go to Email Settings icon on your device
Login using using the user name and password (if already set by you)
Under Services click on Email Account
Click on Add An Email Account to integrate any POP or IMAP enable email (i.e.. gamil, hotmial, ISP mail etc)
To create BlackBerry.net ID click on Create A BlackBerry Email Address
Type your preferred User Name and enter your Password for that ID
After every successful email integration you'll receive an confirmation email from Activation Server.
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