Mail Server Settings - Automatically adding :username at end of server

i cannot receive mail with my POP account. this happened on my G5 as well with 10.4.10 Mail, and i was able to fix it performing the 3 steps below. No luck though with the new iMac.
1. smtp server: make sure there's 1 server @ smtp.mywebsite.com
2. server settings: outgoing mail server is smtp.mywebsite.com
i selected port 25 with password authentication and left SSL unchecked, and typed my username and password in the fields below
3. restart mail...
still not able to get mail. checked preferences and advanced smtp settings, and mail keeps adding a colon then username after my server. this is happening automatically. i have deleted the server and repeated these steps several times. did not have this colon problem on my G5.
Message was edited by: lauracrawford
Message was edited by: lauracrawford
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This is ok when your username gets added (indeed it's just displayed, but no setting is changed). Besides that, SMTP is not being used to receive mail (SMTP is for sending mail only).
When you can not receive your mail, there is something wrong with your POP3 settings (or IMAP settings, if your account is of this type).

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