Mail on iMac

I use iMac and Mail as well as Thunderbird mail clients for my business web email.
Today I cannot use them to send emails from the iMac, but I can send email from Macbook Pro.
Pls advise
Thank you

Hi
It's possible that for some reason Mail has lost the user name and password on the smtp server. Have a look in Mail Preferences>Accounts> and then select your email account on the left, then on the right at the bottom in the drop down list select 'Edit smtp server List'. Click on the smtp server name for your email account and then select the 'Advanced' tab. Check that your user name and password are there.

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