Mac Mail Rule - auto reply not sending while computer off

I created a Rule to send an out of office message while I was on vacation. I made the rule active and tested it from a different email account, and it worked.
While I was gone my computer was turned off. I was receiving emails, but no auto-reply message went out. When I got back to the office and booted up my computer and opened Mac Mail, it was then that all of my auto-reply messages went out. So, if someone emailed me a week before, they did not receive any auto-reply until I booted up my computer and opened Mac Mail. If someone had emailed me 5 times while I was gone, they received 5 auto-reply responses when I returned and booted up the computer and opened Mac Mail.
How can I make it so that Mac Mail sends the auto-reply while I am away and the computer is off?

I don't think you can send e-mails when the computer is off and the program is shut down. Try setting up a reply on your e-mail provider's web site.

Similar Messages

Mac mail on Macbook pro not sending email suddenly

OS X 10.6.8
Mac mail was working up to yesterday.
NO changes to the box or mail.
Mail will receive but not send mail; alerts with an smtp error.
Installed Thunderbird, same problem.
Mac mail on an iMac, works fine.
Thunderbird on Win Vista works fine.
pop and smtp settings are identical on all boxes.
Turned off the firewall on the laptop - no joy
Searched and have killed/rebuilt the keychain several times.
Confirmed password is correct
I have not killed and recreated the mail account; if that actually works, let me know and I'll try again.
I have rebuilt the mailbox - no joy.
Ran the diagnostics and green lights on both pop and smtp so it seems that logins are working, just can't send mail.
Any suggestions? Is there any reason that mail would stop working on the laptop but continue working on the desktop? I'm not a Mac guy so I've run out of options and any pointers would be appreciated.

"Note all the settings on the functional Mac and then transfer them to the non-functional one."
That'd be the problem. I've checked and double checked the settings/configuration; even went over them with my wife reading one set and me the other - everything matches. So, I'm making the assumption that we're missing the forest for the trees and it's something totally stupid like a swapped set of letters or an L for an I kind of thing. In order to totally eliminate these kinds of S.U.E.'s, I'd like to move a copy of the files that are the actual config from the working machine to the non-functional machine.
Since OSX is basically BSD, I'm kind of making the assumption that all the important stuff is stored in config files; I just have not been able to figure out which files and where they live.
Keep in mind that the laptop went toes up without anyone making any changes so I'm not totally convinced the issue is a typo. I've searched for other reasons a system would stop sending mail and am not getting any hits that are meaningful. If anyone has any ideas, let me know.
TIA

Mac mail will receive but not send, happened yesterday!

Hi, my mac will receive email but not send anything. I didn't do anything differently and it was working just fine before. Can someone please help me. I am trying to get work emails out and they won't send. Gmail and exchange won't send, it's not just one email provider. Please advise. I have looked up other forums and I don't think it has anything to do with the settings because it worked before.
Thanks for your help.

Hi, krissycoleh.
Here is the best resource to go through when troubleshooting issues with email.
OS X Mail: Troubleshooting sending and receiving email messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3276
Cheers,
Jason H.

TS3899 While messing with my two step verification I inadvertinely did something to disconnect myself from my gmail account that is on my mac mail. I can't send or receive any mail

while messing with my two step verification on my gmail account I inadvertently did sometime to my gmail account on my Mac mail. I can't send or receive mail. Any thoughts

When it asks for the password, typically this is a random number sent to you via text message from Google. I get a new code everytime I want to add a new device or log into from a new computer. It can get very annoyingif you access your account from various computers or devices. Once its working its not bad though. You may want to go back in and turn the 2 step authentication off.

Mac mail rules do not display properly

I use Mac Mail rules to manage my mail, but I am having trouble using them because, many time the "Perform the following actions:" display gets so scrunched together that I cannot see what I've already entered or, if I'm editing a rule, what needs to be changed (see image capture, below). This does not happen with every rule but it happens on many of them. It occasionally (but less often) happens with the conditions entries too.
I've had this problem for some time, but it's gotten much worse since I upgraded to Yosemite.
Another problem I'm having with the mail rules is that sometimes the "Stop evaluating rules" option is grayed out and I can't enter it as an action.
Does anyone know how to fix this?

Hi wret audio,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The article below may be able to help you with this. The best place to start filtering spam is at your email provider's website, before it even reaches your computer.
iCloud: Why am I getting junk mail (spam)?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4019
iCloud: Identifying and filtering junk mail
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4899
Mail (Mavericks): Manage messages using rules
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14906
Cheers,
- Judy

Why does my yahoo mail sign in seal not appear while trying to sign-in

Why does my yahoo mail sign in seal not appear while trying to sign-in when I use firefox only but with MS Internet explorer the sign-in seal appears with yahoo.com

Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.
* Clear the Cache
Firefox/Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"
and
* Remove Cookies
'''''Warning ! ! '' This will log you out of all sites you're logged in to.'''
Press the '''Alt''' or '''F10''' key to bring up the tool bar.
Followed by;
Windows; '''Tools > Options'''
Linux; '''Edit > Preferences'''
Mac; ''application name'' '''> Preferences'''
Then '''Privacy.'''
Under '''History''', select Firefox will '''Use Custom Settings'''.
There is a button on the right side called '''Show Cookies'''.
If there is still a problem,
'''[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode Start Firefox in Safe Mode]''' {web link}
While you are in safe mode;
Press the '''Alt''' or '''F10''' key to bring up the tool bar.
Followed by;
Windows; '''Tools > Options'''
Linux; '''Edit > Preferences'''
Mac; ''application name'' '''> Preferences'''
Then '''Advanced > General.'''
Look for and turn off '''Use Hardware Acceleration'''.
Poke around safe web sites. Are there any problems?
Then restart.

Is it possible to sort Mac Mail Rules into alphabetical order? I have in excess of 50 rules and everytime I want to add to a rule, such as "delete incoming" I have to go through the entire list to find it.

Is it possible to sort Mac Mail Rules into alphabetical order? I have in excess of 50 rules and everytime I want to add or amend a rule, such as "delete incoming" I have to go through the entire list to find it. I have tried clicking on the heading "Description" but it does not sort. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated

Hi,
According to your description, my understanding is that use CMAK to configure split tunneling on VPN clients, traffic to specified devices can be routed via their own default gateway.
If the manually added route entries all have default metric and interface, clients will select one by the default routing rule, can’t select one of them according to clients’ own conditions. So, I am afraid that CMAK can’t implement the function which you need.
A blog described about How to configure split tunneling on VPN clients using CMAK, for your reference:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/rrasblog/archive/2007/06/11/split-tunnelling-using-cmak.aspx
Best Regards,
Eve Wang
Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Support, contact [email protected]

Your help, please...contacts received cryptic e-mails that I did not send

Your help, please...
Some of my contacts have received cryptic e-mails that I did not send.
How do I "clean" my computer?
Thank you!

There's nothing wrong with your Mac. One of your PC friends/co-workers has had his address book compromised and the malware is sending out emails from his address book as if they came from the person who's name is in their address book.
-mj

On OSX 10.6.8 Mac Mail sent items do not show the Bcc field. Adjusting settings in mail/prefs/viewing/custom/bcc has no affect on Mail, ie Bcc still does not appear on sent items. Anyone got a fix?

On OSX 10.6.8 Mac Mail sent items do not show the Bcc field. Adjusting settings in mail/prefs/viewing/custom/bcc has no affect on Mail, ie Bcc still does not appear on sent items. Yet another example of Mac caring not a jot about the performance of versions of OS and software running on on older hardware. Anyone got a fix by any chance? Oh and fyi I need to see the Bcc in sent items to confirm sent email is attaching to Salesforece - when I see the Bcc I know I can delete it as a copy will be in SForce. Big thanks W.

On OSX 10.6.8 Mac Mail sent items do not show the Bcc field. Adjusting settings in mail/prefs/viewing/custom/bcc has no affect on Mail, ie Bcc still does not appear on sent items. Yet another example of Mac caring not a jot about the performance of versions of OS and software running on on older hardware. Anyone got a fix by any chance? Oh and fyi I need to see the Bcc in sent items to confirm sent email is attaching to Salesforece - when I see the Bcc I know I can delete it as a copy will be in SForce. Big thanks W.

Mac mail search function is not working. Any search term returns all records.

Mac mail search function is not working. Any search term returns all records.

hi eric. many thanks.
i will have to read these links closer but what i meant to say is that the hard drive space that was being taken up seemed like it suddenly jumped way up because i had just gotten through a process in the last month where i am storing all my My Documents data on my Mac Pro. i am doing this in order to decide whether i should just keep it ALL on my Mac Pro and use ChronoSync to sync /some/ of it to my MBP.
so if i look in the Documents folder on my Mac Pro i have a ton of folders that i have created with a ton of data. if i look in the Documents folder on my MBP there are NO folders that have data in them that i created. there are other folders such as folders that various software created but what i mean to point out is that there was a LOT of available space on my HD until recently.
i am wondering if there is some way that running the Mail re-index (it then ran some kind of "Importing" routine) or by syncing my Photostream to the MBP caused a huge jump in data on this drive. if it is the photostream sync i can just take this off or see if it will sync more selectively. if it is something to do with mac mail jumping in size i am not sure why this would happen or what to do about it.
does that question make sense?
i mean, before i did these two operations my recollection is that i would have had 130 GB on the hard drive (really just guessing here) and now there is like 218 GB on the hard drive and i don't know where all this came from...

TS1307 I am holidaying in Auckland using my daughters orcon internet account for sending mail but it will not send. I am sure I am putting in the correct information but it still says orcon offline. I have spent half an hour with Orcon putting in correct

I am holidaying in Auckland using my daughter's Orcon internet account for sending mail but it will not send. I am sure I am putting in the correct information but it still says mail.orcon.net.nz(Offline). I have spent half an hour with Orcon putting in correct info. They do not know how to help me further and neither does telstra clear, my own internet provider.
Any advice appreciated.

On the Mail menubar > Mailbox, make sure Take all accounts online is selected.

Mac mail won't receive or send on iTouch

I was sending and receiving with no problems until the end of August. Then, mac mail on the iTouch stopped sending mail. I tried changing my password, and now it won't receive mail either.

Did you have a MobileMe account? Did you convert/ transition to iCloud?

Mail receives but will not send email

Mail receives but will not send email. This started about 2 weeks ago, I have a Time Capsule, but when i pick a date to restore the Restore button doesn't light up. Thanks for any help,

OS X Mail: Troubleshooting sending and receiving email messages

Transport rule exchange 2010 not sending reply gets stuck in Queue

I am trying to set up a transport rule in exchange 2010 that will auto reply to a email address that is no longer valid. One of our exec passed away and they want a reply setup to send an automatic message. I read somewhere that the auto reply may not be
the right way to go about this so I was trying to setup a transport rule. I used the wizard to make the rule for conditions 1 all outside email addresses 2 sent to the internal email address specified. Actions 3 Send rejections message to sender with enhanced
status code
Created the message in the rule and gave it a status code 5.7.228 no exceptions and created the rule
Went to an outside email account and sent to the internal users account. It was reported that it was delivered from our mail filter I verified that it did not get delivered to the user then a few min later the reply appears in the queue viewer on exchange
a few min later it is gone I figured it worked but when I checked it did not get delivered to the outside email address or seen going through the mail filter. I'm missing something I know its right there somewhere just looking to long and I cant see it.
This is baffling me as to what happened? What account is it sent from? The user, administrator or do I need to create a postmaster account for it to work? I am a one man shop and it get kind of baffling some times
Thanks in advance for any help I will keep looking for the answer
John R
John R

Hi John,
From your description, I would like to verify the following things for troubleshooting:
1. Please verify if users can send messages to external email addresses.
2. Please check if internal users can receive the rejection messages.
Best regards,
Amy Wang
TechNet Community Support
Yes users can send to external address and internal users receive NDR rejection messages
The system has been in production for 2 years. I'm just trying to find the best way to setup a auto reply for users that are no longer with us or have moved on.
Thanks for your help
John R

Cannot turn off auto response in Mac Mail rules.

I set up a vacation auto response as a rule on Mac Mail. Now the auto response is still running but does not appear under the rules in my Mail preferences. How do I turn it off? I did not set it up under my server.

Hey Barbara Rohrer,
Thanks for the question, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
It might be helpful to delete and re-add your account from the Preferences menu. Please note, that if the account is setup as POP, this may remove the email messages from your computer.
For more help, see http://www.apple.com/support/mail/
Thanks,
Matt M.

Mac Mail Rule - auto reply not sending while computer off

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for