Mac OSX 10.6.8 yahoo & gmail reject passwords, no outgoing mail

Mac OSX 10.6.8 - yahoo and gmail, simultaneously reject correct password, therefore have no outgoing mail. What happened?

Troubleshooting sending and receiving email messages
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Mail 4.5 SMTP Server Rejecting Password for Outgoing Mail

I just set up Mail 4.5 and am receiving incoming mails but can't send out my emails. I get a message saying the SMTP server rejected the password. I know it's the correct password, have entered it a few times now. I'd appreciate any advice. thnx

Hi Jan ...
From the Mail menu bar click Mail > Preferences then select the Accounts tab then the Account Information tab.
Select the account on the left.
Make sure the SMTP server is selected where you see: Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)
Quit then relaunch Mail to test.
If the correct server is already selected, open Keychain Access located in /Applications/Utilities
Select Passwords on the left.
Use the search field top right corner of the window to find the email account. Then right or control click the keychain then click Delete.
Go back to the Account Information tab in Mail > Preferences. Type in the correct password. You should be prompted to save that password to a new keychain. Click Yes.
edited by: cs

Mail one one computer (but not in another) rejects passwords for outgoing mail. Once it functioned.

I have an iMAC (2007) and a MacbookPro (more recent). The iMAC's updated Mail keeps rejecting my outgoing mail, although I have checked passwords and reinstalled accounts. Incoming mail is OK. The problem occurred in the Macbook, but the problem is far less acute. A formum suggestion was to go into Library/Mail... but when I go into Library, there is no item Mail. Although my location is Italy, the Library is all in English, so i do not think there is a linguistic problem involved. In your answer, imagine I am an adolescent (and not 72 as is really the case) and kindly be explicit. ... with thanks in advance.

Hi DSfromMO2,
I have this happening to me too... it is frustrating enough for me to pitch my computer out the 4th floor office window. I found somewhere on these forums a solution which worked for me, but only for a short time. I'm back to having this stupid glitch. Anyway, the "temporary" solution seems to be to boot into Safe Mode by holding the Shift button down when you hear the startup chime, then let go when you see the Apple logo on the screen. You'll see you've done it right because it'll say Safe Mode somewhere on screen (upper right hand corner?). Restart again normally and your Mail should be free from these weird demons, but they'll be back.

Smtp server rejects password for outgoing mail

I can receive, but not send messages from my imac and get the message the SMTP server "smtp.tiscali.co.uk" rejected the password for user ".........".
This has just suddenly started happening. I enter what I know to be the password but it is rejected, so I have to send via webmail (now talktalk, not tiscali) or iphone. I have looked on here before and tried re-entering password/changing the port but to no avail. Flummoxed.

Hello, Fifietta.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Here is an article that will walk you through some troubleshooting steps that may help with this issue.
OS X Mail: Troubleshooting sending and receiving email messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3276
Cheers,
Jason H.

Mac osx 10.6.8,firefox 7.0.1, mobile me mail-cannot make attachments/upload to mail,if I switch to safari no prob., my laptop with firefox-no prob., what am I missing?

mac osx 10.6.8,firefox 7.0.1, mobile me mail-cannot make attachments/upload to mail,if I switch to safari no prob., my laptop with firefox-no prob., what am I missing?

Hi mdlongoptom-
You might want to try these steps:
-> Clear Cookies & Cache
• https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Template:clearCookiesCache
-> Clear the Network Cache
-> Reload web page(s) and bypass the cache.
• Press and hold Shift and left-click the Reload button.
• Press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
• Press "Cmd + Shift + R" (MAC)
Check and tell if its working. Hope that helps.

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After that I downloaded several updates to at least get back to 10.8 but it ended up being hectic.
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And, you are sure you have provided the correct username and password for you email account? I'm not familiar with Virgin media, so you might contact their tech support to find out why you are having a problem sending mail but none receiving mail. I assume your mail account has always been POP3 and not IMAP. Typically, the outgoing mail servers are not the same for the different types of account service.

Gmail rejecting password

For the past 48 hours, gmail has been rejecting my password when using Mail.app. However I can log in using the same password via webmail/Safari.
I am absolutely 100% positive that my settings in Mail.app are correct.
Any ideas?

Ernie,
I found this on Google Groups... and it worked!!!
"If you are receiving several prompts to enter your username and
password for POP access, please follow the steps below to resolve the
problem:
1. Disable all POP clients you're using to read Gmail messages. (If you
use one at work and one at home, please disable both.)
2. From the computer on which your POP logins are failing, visit
http://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha
3. Enter your Gmail username and password, and the letters in the
distorted picture.
4. Once you have successfully logged in, restart your mail client and
try to download your mail.
This should remove the captcha blocking your POP client."
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Will you please help me that when i reinstalled my mac osx lion i has changed my administrator password

will you please help me that when i reinstalled my mac osx lion i has changed my administrator password

Hey Sajeed,
Here is how to change password on Lion:
http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/24/reset-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-password/
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Mein mail 4.4 ist nicht kompatibel mit Mac osx 10.6.8. Kann mir jemand helfen?

Mein Mail Programm 4.4 ist nicht kompatibel mit Mac OSX 10.6.8, kann mir jemand helfen?

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Gmail Account On OS X Mail

I am having problems putting my Gmail Account onto my OS X Mail program, because I do not know which kind (POP,IMAP, or Exchange) of account it is. Can someone help?

Hi Zanjani,
You can access gmail as a POP account on the OS X Mail program. To set it up you need to do the following:
Select preferences from the Mail menu option then click on the accounts button.
From here click the + to set up a new account and select POP from the combo box (this will be initially set to .Mac). Set the description to something more helpful (like GMail) and type your name and gmail email address.
Press continue to bring you to the incoming mail server screen. Enter pop.gmail.com as your incoming mail server and put your gmail email address and password in the next two fields.
Press continue and it will check the login details are ok and bring you to the outgoing mail server screen. From here enter smtp.gmail.com as your outgoing mail server. Tick the box for user authentication then enter your gmail username and password again.
Press continue to bring you to an account summary screen then press continue and you'll be done.
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Cannot receive/send emails via Mail on Mac using 10.6.8, keeps asking for password, very frustrating. Any ideas please? Regards

Cannot receive/send emails via Mail on Mac using 10.6.8, keeps asking for password, very frustrating. Any ideas please? Regards

One more time, iCloud mail accounts are .me, .mac and .icloud. New ones are only .icloud.
iCloud mail is a standard Imap account that can be used with any mail client in existence. But You are talking about the ability to automatically setup an iCloud account in mail, which did not exist until 10.7.2.
You can use password or token authentification with iCloud mail (in Mail) it is your choice.
Set the account manually, set it as Imap, use imap.mail.me.com (no P number) for the incoming email and smtp.mail.me.com as the outgoing server.
The full settings (ports and security) are here. Use them and it will work, regardless of domain (mac, me and icloud addresses all use the same settings.
IMAP (Incoming Mail Server) information:
Server name: imap.mail.me.com
SSL Required: Yes
Port: 993
Username: [email protected] (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
Password: Your iCloud password
SMTP (outgoing mail server) information:
Server name: smtp.mail.me.com
SSL Required: Yes
Port: 587
SMTP Authentication Required: Yes
Username: [email protected] (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
Password: Your iCloud password
Note: If you receive errors using SSL, try using TLS instead. SSL is required for both IMAP and SMTP connection with iCloud. POP is not supported by iCloud.
For more information on how to use this information with your email application, consult your application's documentation.

I cannot send outgoing mail because it is rejected by the server because it doent allow relaying

I cannot send outgoing mail because it is rejected by the server because it doent allow relaying

Go into Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars>your account>Outgoing mail Server SMTP>Primary Server then turn Server ON and fill in both User Name +Password under Outgoing Mail Server.

Mac Mail . . . Outgoing Mail Server shows all as (Offline)

Frustrating problem: I had to reconfigure Mail because it wasn't working.
My incoming works fine, but the outgoing doesn't. It shows any server as (Offline). Under 'Mail" on the menu bar 'Take All Accounts Online' is selected and dimmed.
ISP is ATT Yahoo, and both incoming and outgoing mail works fine when accessing email through my browser (Safari).
Any ideas on what to do?
Many thanks,
Ed in Dallas

Hey Ed,
First thing is to check what the Connection Doctor is saying under the Window menu.
It'll take a few seconds but it should give you a good idea of the problem.
If you are selectiing using SSL, check if the provider offers this service.
If you don't know or can't find it use Applications->Utilities->Network Utility.
Then select Port Scan and enter the smtp.address.com of the service.
This will tell you for definite if the SSL service is offered.
I usually find that you get the Offline message if your service provider doesn't
offer the SSL service. Keep the setup simple and if it works then make it more
complicated.
A.

Firefox crashes, even in safe mode, when I try to add attachments in Yahoo mail -- running Mac OSX 10.4.11, FF 3.6.16.

Firefox has consistently crashed when adding attachments in Yahoo mail. For a while Firefox would crash immediately when I clicked "attach." Then, for a while it would allow me to upload files if they were located in a folder that the Yahoo mail application opened when I clicked "attach," but if I tried to navigate to a different folder, I would crash when I clicked on the root user folder. I then updated Flash and tried Firefox in safe mode, and now Firefox (in safe mode or not) is again crashing as soon as I click attach in Yahoo mail. My system is as above, Mac OSX Tiger (10.4.11) on an original Mac Pro, all stock parts (I had added some aftermarket RAM but removed it some time ago, before these crashes started). Firefox does NOT generate a crash report dialog when I restart.

can't make much of this crash log but try this. when you get to the smtp server page in setup assistant hold option while clicking "create" or 'continue". this will skip the actual server validation and might prevent crashing.

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