Mail does not send

When I send mail it goes to to sent mail box but never arrives at its destination. This started as soon as I started using mail 10.4. The same setting in Entourage and the mail arrives. Any ideas would be appreciated.

I am having the similar problem. I tried everything, delete mail box preference and reset it, but then it will reload all the old mails that were in the mail server, I then tried to send a TEST mail and I don't receive the mail that I sent to myslef. I tried the PING. is there a bug with MAIL application? HELP!!

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Mail does not send email

My problem is simply that Mail does not send email.
I have just migrated from iMac G5 to iMac Intel by using Migration Assistant. Everything else works just fine and I can receive email. However, if I try to reply, forward or send a new email message, Mail just does not do anything - no error message, nothing.
The fixes I have tried so far are removing the Mail plist file, repairing disk permissions and mailboxes. Of course, I have checked the account settings, especially outgoing server settings. I also reinstalled Mail application with Pacifist. None of this has solved the problem. I have tried sending email with Thunderbird and it works with no problems.
Does anybody have any suggestions how to fix this issue?
The OS is 10.4.8, Mail Version 2.0.6 (749.2/752.3), all the suggested software updates done.
iMac Core Duo 20" 2GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Reinstalling Mail is rarely necessary or appropriate to solve a problem. It certainly cannot fix anything that could be wrong within your home folder or at the server or with the network, and may even introduce new issues if not done properly. Moreover, in Mac OS X 10.4 you don’t need Pacifist to reinstall Mail, you could also do it as described in the following article:
Custom installs in Mac OS X 10.4
Verify/repair the startup disk (not just permissions), as described here:
The Repair functions of Disk Utility: what's it all about?
After having fixed all filesystem issues, if any, if the version of the system software on your install disks is earlier than what you’re using now (and only in that case), then you must also reinstall the Combo Update for the type of computer and the version of Mac OS X you’re using, to bring Mail back in sync with the rest of the system:
About the Mac OS X 10.4.8 Combo Update
Mac OS X 10.4.8 Combo Update for PPC
Mac OS X 10.4.8 Combo Update for Intel
The above won’t solve the problem. It’s just to ensure that you’ve properly reinstalled Mail, which you shouldn’t have done, and which apparently you didn’t do properly -- the version of Mail on your system should be 2.1.1, not 2.0.6.
The original problem could be caused by some Launch Services cache or preferences corruption. The following article describes how to manually reset Launch Services -- the notes at the bottom of the article also provide information about the side effects of deleting each of the files involved:
Resetting Launch Services
If you prefer using a cache cleaning utility instead of following the manual procedure described in the previous article, this other article provides links to some utilities that can be used for troubleshooting and cache cleaning:
Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption
It seems that the most appropriate utility for solving this particular problem is Tiger Cache Cleaner, but you may also want to consider other utilities, such as OnyX, or Cache Out X, which are free. Whatever utility you choose, be sure to read this first:
Side effects of System cache cleaning
As an example, this is how you should proceed with OnyX:
1. Quit all applications.
2. Launch OnyX and enter your administrator password.
3. Click Maintenance. In the Reset section, check LaunchServices database.
4. You may uncheck any other pre-checked options if you wish.
5. Click the Execute button.
6. Restart the computer.

Mail does not send when several accounts active

Hi,
Finally I got Tiger, as I had to have Google Earth for Mac (another story anyway) that only runs on Tiger.
Of course several things stopped working like PHP local, Postfix, and so on. These were remedied (but the new .conf files had a strange date, well, again, another story).
Now I am a bit stuck on the following problem :
I cannot anymore sent mail when I have several mail accounts configured. (I can when there is only one).
At first I thought it was SpamSieve, but it seems not, as I have removed it (it does not run and the plugin is gone). Then I rechecked my Postfix cf files, but they're ok and I send mail from localhost when using Thunderbird where several accounts are set up.
It does not matter whether I use localhost or any of the smtp servers I can use, and when beginning a new message, I cannot use the popup which lets me choose an originating account. Neither can I write anything in the message content box.
Of course I checked everything in the Preferences dialogs.
Well, well. Any hints ?

It turns out I cannot eliminate Spamsieve as a possible culprit.
I have erased all accounts (rm /Users/myUID/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist) and SpamSieve plugin (rm -r /Users/myUID/Library/Mail/Bundles/Spamsieve*)
Then I reconstructed 5 accounts using the wizard (File->Add account) rather than reimporting from a saved plist or building from the prefs panel (seems that does not work and using the wizard at least to name the accounts is required).
Then I test the send button and it works on all accounts.
Then I reinstall SpamSieve which breaks sending mail on all accounts.
I am back with operational accounts and no SpamSieve.
I cannot explain this, I just observe.
Any idea ? Anyone made similar observations ?
I'd like to put SpamSieve back on, it is efficient.
Note : perms are fixed, caches lean, periodic tasks have run.

OS X Mavericks - Update 10.9.2 Mail does not send png files

I updated my macbook pro on Saturday with the 10.9.2 OS X Mavericks update and since then I cannot send a .png file (screenshots etc) by mail, it is not recognized and to the recipient it just arrives like a tone of characters.
Is there any way I can fix that as I really use mail a lot to send files like that. I even saved the .png file as jpg and still does not recognize it. Actual photos I had on my computer were sent fine.

Hi Katering,
This week, I had the same problem.
I don't know if is the solution... so, i put the name extension to "on" and my .png file are recognize with hotmail...
Do this with your mac:
From the Mac OS X Desktop, pull down the “Finder” menu and choose “Finder Preferences”
Click on the “Advanced” tab (gear icon)
Check the box next to “Show all filename extensions”

Mail does not send unless I close out and reopen it.

Usually if I do not close out of an email session, when I go to check my messages later my mailboxes show a "!" symbol, indicating there is an issue; additionally, messages that I am trying to send do not go. Once I close out and sign back in I am able to receive and send messages with no problem.
This is only on an issue when I am using the mail function on my iMac - not when I am checking from other computers; and
This is not a password problem. The only thing I need to do to receive messages is close and reopen the application - once I do that, messages are received (and sent) without problems.
I don't recall if I have this issue when checking mail from me.com on my home computer or others, as I rarely check messages from there.
I have an iMac 7.1 with OS 10.6.8 (not 10.4.11 as mistakenly checked off below). This has been happening for several weeks, if not months, but since closing out and getting back into Mail was not a problem I haven't reported the issue until now. Thank you very much for any assistance you can provide.

As a follow up, I've discovered that this is happening in IE on the same websites. When I log into a different computer and test the same scenarios, the cookies do not disappear. It seems to be a problem on my computer. However, if anyone knows how to fix this, I'd be glad to hear it.

Outgoing mail does not send, times out

I have two macs, one wireless and the other connected by ethernet to the internet both through a DSL modem. There are two users, each has an account on each mac. Each user has a yahoo plus mail account. I have been using Tiger and OS X mail without trouble since last year. Mail is setup to work with the Yahoo server as a POP server. The arrangement is nice since all mail stays on the server and is accessible from any internet site anywhere. In addition, there is the tight integration with OSX from Mail.
Recently one user could not send from the wireless mac. The other user could. Reading mail was OK. Performance on the ethernet mac was OK. Creating a new user and directing that user to the POP account allowed sending.
I tried alot of things as sugggested in some of the other topics here, including the drastic move of deleting the mail folder in the affected user's library and setting up a new account.
It turned out the problem was fixed by re specifying the outgoing mail server in the mail preferences. The server was incorrectly specified as smpt.mail.yahoo.com. The correct specification is smtp....
I had presumed I had made the dyslexic typo error when re establishing the account info on the affected mac.
However, about a week later, the other user account on the other mac behaved the same way. In fact, the outgoing server specification had the same error of smpt...
Once changing back to smtp... all was well, even with reboots and the other users logged off. The fix was simply to add the correct outgoing server URL, select it as the one to use and delete the incorrect one.
Explanation? I can think of two possiblities:
1)the error was always present in these two Mail account specifications on just those macs and the service that interprets the URL allowed it, but changed recently so it would not accomodate the error.
2)something changed the URL, but I can't think of how I could possibly have done it in the second instance. Is there anyway some kind of virus would cause this trouble?
So, I offer this tale in case someone else is experiencing the same difficulty. Judging from some of the other threads in the forum this may be a help.

It could not have been caused by a virus, since there are no viruses for Mac OS X. I would guess it was a typo when you first setup the account, and when you set it up again, a user may have gone to Preferences and selected the Outgoing mail server drop down menu and inadvertently selected the typo'd server entry.
Mulder

Work mail does not send (receiving no problem)

In Apple mail, my e-mail address from work does no longer send e-mails (although receiving is not a problem).
Up until a few weeks ago everything worked fine but something must have gone wrong in the settings I suppose. Logging in to the browserversion works fine, so the username and password are correct. This is what the connection doctor states:
The problem appears to be that the outgoing mail server is offline. Any clues on what the problem might be? Many thanks in advance.

Ok it was solved by changing the outgoing port after contacting my mailprovider.

Mail does not send out mail / builds loads of drafts of the same message

The problem described above I had for quite a while. Mail I send disappeared and I could find them back in the outbox under prefs/mail/outbox the outbox in mail.app was empty. Having to check your send items every time you have sen out an email is not an option :P
This made me follow a tip I found here to delete mail folder and the .plist files restart my MBP and reopen mail and let everything be restored from me.com
Unfortunately after a week problems are reoccurring.

No Mobile me works fine. And with fine I mean the problems with Mail.app are related to mobile me or leopard.
With leopard; mail got to do and task witch are only half implemented, adding a note to a task can only be done in calender.
Mobile me; sins the change of .mac to me I have been having issues
Unfortunately leopart and then especially mail and mobile me are both buggy.
Hope this will be addressed and throughout tested with a next update.

Mail does not sending emails , and i can't install the mail update.

Hi
i have a problem with out going mail after install
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42)
mail app : Version 7.1 (1827)
when im sending an email its not being send, the email move to outbox , and stays there , sometimes its send it after i restart mail app , but still the email been kept in the out box ,(from what i know it should move to the "sent box".
i have tried to remove and install OS x a few times , nothing change .
i have tried to downloud and install the mail update from the support page , and it gives me this :
help please

Sometimes booting into the Safe Mode works.
Safe Mode
Safe Mode - About

Mail does not send when abroad

I am having problems sending mail from my Macbook Pro when abroad. The system works fine when in the UK but not when i am connected to wifi abroad. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

johnfrommarlow wrote:
Should I deselect that so that another server can be used? John
You can do that, but you should know another SMTP server to put in there, that works independently from wherever you find yourself in the world.

Mail does not send/receive messages

i am unable to send and receive e-mails. despite the internet conection is ok, server cannot be connected.
my accounts are also ok.
what should I do?

In mail's menu, look at Window > Connection Doctor

Mail does not send emails out of address book under Mavericks

Since I upgradet to Mavericks I cannot drag and drop addresses from the address book into mail to send them out. Anybody a solution or idea? Thank you!

Sorry, new mail program deleted that function. Start to type the person name or group name in the email and it will fill in the rest.

Outgoing mail does not send embedded images

When I send an embedded image the recipient only receives the text. The Image is stripped from the email. There are NO blank boxes with an x in it.

Sounds like your sending text.
Tools menu (Alt+T) > options > Compositions > general > send options.

Installed OS X 10.5.6 AND NOW MAIL DOES NOT WORK

Installed the newest operating system and Mail does not send or receive messages from the .mac/mobile me account. In fact there are no old messages in any of the folders (inbox,sent,junk,drafts, or trash). New messages can be read and sent online but nothing through Mail.
I have deleted the account and added it new again in preferences. I have deleted Mail and reinstalled it. I have made sure the account is "Online" and still nothing. Activity shows no progress and Connection doctor says I am connected to both incoming and outgoing mail servers. Help?!!

I am not sure what your attempts to fix this may have created, but the original issue may be what is discussed in:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2537
In addition to the article cited, if you ran 10.3 or earlier prior to upgrading to Tiger, once-upon-a-time, you might also need to remove two files with MessageSorting in their names.
More info, please. Your issue may not be what is targeted by the article, particularly if you could see any messages in any mailbox?
Ernie

TS3276 My o2 email account does not work when sending from my MAC it will accept incoming mail but not send it gives me a message that o2 account (offline) my mac I have no problem with my iPhone or mac laptop. any suggestions please.

My o2 email account does not work when sending from my MAC it will accept incoming mail but not send it gives me a message that o2 account (offline) my mac I have no problem with my iPhone or mac laptop. any suggestions please.

Sorry for the delay...
I did what you've told me, new account and manually copied my files from Time Machine. I had lots of permissions problems, but at the end, almost everything is in order... It seems it had to be with some of the Apple Preferences, but I can't be sure, as most of them were dumped to the trash can.
I still don't have my Mail Rules back, unfortunately, although I did goggled some. It is a pity, as I had around 30 or 40 of them, getting my mail in order to each of its mailboxes, but it is a small price as the rest doesn't show the before syntoms.
Thanks for the help, anyway!!

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