Mail: Outgoing mail servers

How can I delete old and unneeded outgoing mail servers in mail: prefs/accounts/edit/outgoing mail servers?

This process is different and easier beginning with Panther Mail but check How to Remove Unused SMTP Servers for Jaguar Mail.

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Mail (outgoing mail server) defaults to an old incorrect entry.

Where are the mail (outgoing mail server) settings stored?
FOLLOW THIS THREAD: mail 2.1; preferences; accounts; Account information; Outgoing mail Server (SMTP); open this window and go to edit server list; highlight and delete all entries; then go back to account information; and select; server settings. This will open into a new window where you may type in the Outgoing mail server.
The outgoing mail server then in use. defaults into a previously incorrect outgoing mail server.
Where are these outgoing mail server settings stored and how do I delete them?

Melvin,
There is a way to purge all Mail Preferences, and start over, but I am wondering if you have any messages stuck in the Outbox, and those may reference previously entered SMTP? Do you have any messages awaiting sending, or have you only tried with newly composed messages, after the change in SMTP entries?
Ernie

All Mail outgoing pop servers (offline)

Help please.
All of my pop mail accounts are unable to send mail but they all receive. The accounts are with a number of different ISPs. In Preferences/Account Info all the outgoing smtp servers appear with (Offline) next to them, including my dotMac account. I've tried resetting passwords on the servers to no avail - I always get a message saying server rejected password.
I can't send anything and I'm 6000 miles from my desktop!
I'm running 10.6.2. Any ideas?
Thanks

I have the same problem on one computer (but not others using the same network)...outgoing mail...using different servers all indicate "offline". I've not been able to find way to bring the outgoing accounts "online". Because the accounts work through other computers in the house as well as for outgoing mail, I assume they are not locked. Recently software updates have not solved the problem.

Mail: "outgoing mail server (smtp)" not being saved

In Mail settings I have a default "outgoing mail server (smtp)" selected, but when I go to send mail, it changes to 'gmail'
How can I get it to work the way it's supposed to.
It's worked correctly for ever, but exhibited this new behavior recently.

I think I have the same problem without Exchange involved. I have seven different email accounts and two of them are acting like you describe: changes like deleting doesn't reflect on other clients (like mobile phone email client and webmail).
This also happens with read emails showing up unread so that if the email is been read and deleted same message can appear as new and when that message is deleted I can see two separate items of that same email message.
Also all marks of reply, forward or flagged are gone when the email show up as new again.
My service provider said that updates to Mail.app have previously made some big changes to way how it acts with email servers and thought that Mail is misbehaving with my two email systems.
I am using IMAP protocol with all accounts.
Thanks for any info and help!

Mail - outgoing mail won't send over 3g

Recently upgraded from the original iPhone (1st gen) to iPhone 4s.
I have always used Windstream email on my iPhone with no problems, both incoming and outgoing, both wifi and edge (on previous phone.)
With my new 4s, my outgoing mail works fine when I am in my home wifi, but it will not send when away from home and using 3g.
I have contacted Windstream (the ISP) and they only stated that as far as they can tell, my settings are correct, which are:
Outgoing Mail Server
Host name: smtp.windstream.net
User name: [email protected]
Password: (password)
Use SSL: off
Authentication: password
Server Port: 587
Thanks for any hints.

Thank you for the suggestions.
Yes, I have my userid and password saved in the settings for smtp.windstream.net.
I added smtp.sprintpcs.com as a secondary SMTP server. it is on and SSL is off. I do not have a userid and password for the sprint smtp server. I have tried both server ports 25 and 587. Unfortunately, I am still getting the error when trying send mail over 3g.

Mac mail outgoing mail not working with wildblue gmail account

My outgoing mail keeps saying offline. Cannot connect on the default ports. Tried changing ports, with and without SSL. Anybody have any solution?

I've recreated the account multiple times and finally have mail coming through under an "All Mail" label under "Gmail" on the left hand side of the application. The one thing I did do differently was uncheck the SSL box in advanced settings, save changes, recheck the SSL box, save changes. Mail started working after that.
Before this problem existed, I had [Gmail] in the "imap prefix" box in advanced settings in order to get rid of the gmail labels. I did this because I only wanted the Inbox and Sent Items to show in the far left. Right now, i'm only able to view my mail under an all mail folder beneath a Gmail Folder on the left had side. Can I get rid of all these folders and simply use my inbox and sent items icons?
Thanks,
Ryan
Thanks in advance.

Godaddy mail, outgoing mail server

I accidentally deleted my e-mail accounts. I was able to add back in my roadrunner accounts but I am having problems setting up my e-mail address for godaddy. I have the outgoing mail sever set as: smtpout.secureserver.net:[email protected] but I get an error message saying that the server cannot be contacted on the default port. Select a difereing outgoing mail server. Any suggestsions?

Your way is the way the Apple store set up the account when I bought the domain. But in any event, I've given up using the Godaddy account for email purposes. I still wonder if what I was told is true - that you have to pay extra to be able to get mail because I thhink it's a shame to get a Godaddy account only to be able send mail, not receive mail. In any event, I set up an alias account under the mobile me account and plan to use this since I don't have to pay an extra fee. Please feel free to correct me if my impressions about having to pay extra to get mail is wrong. I tried to dig through Godaddy's web site and can't find anything about it.

Mail - Outgoing Mail - doesn't work consistently

Just upgraded to Leopard and thought I'd try out Mail. I currently use Thunderbird. I am finding that it will only send the mail from certain locations - I use wireless connection constantly from various locations. Thunderbird has no problem sending from anywhere. Why does Mail?
Does anyone have a quick fix to this? Obviously I can't switch until I resolve this.
Also... I've tried to set the font color to Blue in the compose prefs but it won't allow me to change it there. Only in the message itself. Any ideas? The Font thingy will open a color picker but won't change the color setting.
Lastly... is there a way to add a logo to the head of ALL emails? Kind of like stationary, but a custom stationary?
Thanks folks!!!

Bleky wrote:
I wanted to connect my N900 to Exchange server 2003 (ES2003). There is a problem in answer from ES2003. It doesn't answer.
Is there any setting I cannot to find or any apps which can solve this problem?
Check the Maemo Wiki: Mail for Exchange
http://wiki.maemo.org/Mail_For_Exchange_%28MfE%29_Heartbeat_and_FAQ
and discussion at:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=35136

Apple mail - outgoing mail to inbox

Hi.
I need to create rule, that move all outgoing message from sent folder, to another - for example to inbox.
Is there any way to do it using AppleScript, or some other way?
Thank You.

Help with this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Load balancing outgoing mail with 3 outgoing servers

We are trying to balance our mail out with 3 separate mail servers from our incoming server. Our organization sends alot of mail and we wanted to balance it with 3 outgoing SMTP servers. We have them all working, in the zone for the primary DNS and incoming mail server. And we can get mail to go out on the three servers, BUT and this is a problem if the mail includes any messages to the network (hence the incoming server) then the SMTP servers complain they cannot find it and give a error message about not being able to connect to deliver any local mails out of the bulk mail we send. Any ideas how to get the SMTP to see the incoming mail server (which is the DNS server for network) and deliver mail to accounts on the network? Maybe we are doing something that OS X SNL server cannot do? Any ideas.
I will post the error message later but I need to leave for meeting for now.
Thanks
Russ

Here is error message we get:
Mar 17 21:34:45 mailout1 postfix/smtp[32307]: connect to mail.vineyardil.net [173.161.44.97]:25 Operation timed out
Mar 17 21:34:45 mailout1 postfix/smtp[32307]: DE90A1AF591: to =<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=23732, delays=23701/0.01/30/0, dsn4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to mail.vineyardil.net [173.161.44.97]:25 Operation timed out)
To explain mailout1 is the first one in priority of outgoing separate SMTP servers we set up in the zone of mail.vineyardil.net which is the DNS server. They send out ok all outgoing mail to other addresses as we wanted them (rather than having mail.vineyardil.net do it) but when we send to an address with vineyardil.net on it then we get this same message.
It seems like mailout1 cannot send to the incoming server. Note the ip address it gives is the ip of the cable modem on this network not the ip address locally in the net we have.
Our MX records all look good and things work with mail if we use it both as incoming and outgoing (SMTP) but when we use the secondary servers for outgoing they seem to not be able to send to this server. Is there something we should look for?
Is SL server not capable of what we are trying? Any feedback would be most appreciated. We would like to really use this setup as I explained to do load balancing of mail as part of our attempt on this new network to get our bulk mailing split up between the 3 outgoing servers so we will not be labeled spam by the security systems out there these days like it was on our old network.
Thanks for your time.
Russ Jacobson

SMTP outgoing mail through 3rd party servers

Apple Mac Mail - used to be fine sending email via a different SMTP server by setting up the SMTP details.
This seems to have stopped working and I am told by the service provider that BT must be doing something "strange" stopping my connection via SMTP to the mail servers I want to use.
Suggested that maybe the port was being blocked. Mail is trying 25, 465, 587 ports.
Any ideas

IanRS wrote:
LOve it to be something simple I did move to a new machine and latest OSX but I have switched the old one on and that fails too when it just worked for years.
Think I have a work round by using mail.btinternet.com as the outgoing server for all account but bemused as to why I should have had to do that.
Spent two hours on the phone today with BT. They escaleted the problem to a specialist support desk, which we then had to agree to paying a £30 charge if they were able to fix the problem as they say that it is a problem with mac mail. (Which it isn't because it works fine using a different broadband connection, and we have three laptops in the house all with same problem, using outlook as well as mail).
All three laptops have been working with out fault for the last four years and just before christmas they all stopped being able to send emails using hotmail. Obviously BT have changed something somewhere along the line.
The Specialist just changed our outgoing mail server to use BTs instead. (I have been using a different SMTP server anyway as a temporary fix since christmas) Whilst we are able to send emails, we are still unable to connect to hotmails SMTP server. Still had to pay the £30 though. As far as they are concerned that still counts as a fix. Another "solution" they gave me was to change the DNS address in system preferences- Not Ideal as everytime you connect your laptop to a new network you will have to reset them.An absolute joke.
Their direct number is 08000 321 118 if you need them to talk you through it. Best to have your bank card to hand.
Livid.

TS1702 cannot send Mail   The connection to the outgoing server failed. Additional Outgoing Mail Servers can be configured in Settings Mail, COntacts, Calendars

Cannot send outgoing messages from my IPhone. Receive the following message:
               Cannot Send Mail
               The connection to the outgoing server"[email protected]" failed. Additional OUtgoign Mail Servers can be configured in Settings> Mail, Contacts,                Calendar

See here for troubleshooting the SMTP settings (outgoing mail server on your carrier's servers)
http://www.apple.com/uk/support/iphone/mail/
Often removing a mail service from iPhone and resetting works

Hotmail and Yahoo Incoming and Outgoing Mail Servers

Does anyone know what the incoming and outgoing mail servers are for hotmail and yahoo? I'm trying to put them into my mail account, and can't seem to figure out which one (pop or imap) to use.
Thank you!
-Kat

If you are not using the paid (plus) accounts for Yahoo and Hotmail, they do not support access through email client applications like Mail, etc.
For Hotmail, you may have success with the HttpMail Plugin if your account is old enough.
For Yahoo-and Hotmail if it doesn't work with the plugin-you can use MacFreePOPs.

I have somehow lost my outgoing mail servers list and cannot send mail.

I somehow lost the list of outgoing mail servers and cannot send mail.

Did you follow the reinstall instructions?
To reinstall Mail, you must have a system installation disk. Here is the procedure for OS X 10.6, or 10.5.
1. Insert the Installation disk into the computer.
2. The disk will appear on the desktop.
3. Double click on the "Optional Installs" folder.
4. Double click on the "Optional Installs.mpkg."
5. Click on (Continue) in Introduction.
6. Click on (Continue) in Software License Agreement.
7. Click on (Agree) to agree to the terms of the software license agreement.
8. Click on the disclosure arrow ▶ next to Applications.
9. Select (✓) Mail.
10. Click (Continue).
11. After Mail has been reinstalled, download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1, for Snow Leopard or Mac OS X 10.5.8 Combo Updatefor Leopard to bring Mail up to the most recent version.
source: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3679895?start=0&tstart=0

Trouble with all outgoing mail servers

Was there an update that would have knocked out my ability to send outgoing mail? I can still receive mail from gmail.com, live.com and a business email account that had all been working fine till about a week ago. I had not made any changes, but have since changed the outgoing port to 587, to no avail. I have also tried to Repair Disk Permissions using the Disk Utility. However, I still am not able to get the smtp servers to connect.
Any ideas?

I have cleared my outbox and resent a test email from one account to the other, which I know is receiving emails. I am using the Apple Mail application, which had been working just fine with all 3 accounts for the past 2 years.

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