Mail won't send to spouse's Mail program

My wife and I both have iMacs, running 10.6.8, and send emails to members of our respective singing groups. We often copy each other so we can verify the message was sent. Our outgoing server is Comcast, and incoming is either Comcast, Earthlink or mac.com, depending upon the address. When I send a group message to my chorus members, and copy her at any of her addresses, that mail item does not arrive - although the remainder do. Similarly, when she sends one from her iMac and copies me, I don't receive it. If she copies my mac.com account, it DOES arrive.
Interestingly, if we send the same email from our iPads or iPhones, we receive the copy. This has only started in the past few months, so I wonder if one of the security patches didn't cause this issue. We have had times when, according to the Mail program, emails were sent, but NO ONE received them, but that happens usually after using a bulk mailing program (MaxProg) which we have now discontinued. Would upgrading to Lion help this? This is very confusing....

I can't see how this is a Mail problem, so I doubt that upgrading to Lion would help.
Is it only when emails are cc'd to spouses that failure occurs, or does it also occur when the spouse is in the To field?
Have you checked that messages are not going straight to junk?
Have you any Mail rules in operation that might cause the problem?
If the spouse is the only recipient does the problem occur?

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My iPhone 5c won't send iMessages, snapchats, email from the Mail app, and it won't load YouTube. Other internet apps like Pandora and Instagram work fine though. Any suggestions on how I can fix this?

A couple days ago I first noticed the problem when snapchats would appear on my lock screen but when I opened the app I kept getting the error message that the app was not able to refresh my story. Then the next day I was no longer able to send iMessages, they wouldn't go through and would only reach the second party when I sent them as text messages. Also, YouTube won't load and Mail won't send or receive email. I've already tried restarting my phone but there was no change. At first I thought my network connection was the problem but Instagram, Safari, Vine and Pandora all work perfectly. Any suggestions?

Try this procedure to be sure of a proper restart.
Close all open apps by double-tapping the home button, then swiping up and off the screen with the app window (not the smaller icon).
Reset your device: hold down the home button along with the sleep/wake button until the screen goes black and you see the Apple, then let go. (No data loss)
I would also try: Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings

After update to OSX 10.9, Mail won't send attachments

Since upgrading to Mavericks (OSX 10.9), Mail (7.0) won't send email attachments using my employer's MS Exchange account. All other messages (without attachments) send just fine, and no Exchange server or account settings were changed. Attachments send just fine via the exchange web application, so it's not an account or mailbox size issue. The problem happens even with small attachments (I just tried one that was 173 kb).
After I hit send, the activity window says "adding message" for a time, then an error comes up "Cannot send message using the Exhange server" then give me an option to use my gmail or icloud which work fine.
Any ideas?

I actually was able to solve the issue using some info gleaned from other posts. I think it had to do with some exchange account settings from a prior version of Mail that were still on my machine and interfering with the new Mail app. Here's what I did to fix the issue.
Make sure I had a good backup in Time Machine (including system settings) in case something goes wrong
Delete Exchange account using "system preferences > internet accounts"
Close Mail
Show hidden files
Terminal command: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
Terminal command: killall Finder
Using Finder, locate and delete the file: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist
Using Finder, locate and delete the folder(s) and all their contents: ~/Library/Mail/V2/EWS-(your exchange acct info)I actually had a couple of these "EWS" folders in there from prior times that I had setup my exchange account. Not sure why ... I just deleted them all.
Empty the recycle bin
Reboot the computer
Hide hidden files (not necessary, it's just my preference)
Terminal command: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
Terminal command: killall Finder
Open "system preferences > internet accounts" and setup Exchange account as if it were the first time.
It took a while for all my mailboxes to rebuild and everything to come in, but after the initial sync, Mail 7.0 now works perfectly with my Exchange account including sending mail with file attachments. It's actually a lot quicker to receive and send than the prior version of Mail.
It doesn't seem like a widespread problem, but I hope this at least helps you (eprasek) with your issue. Best of luck!

Mail won't send in OSX 10.8.5

Hi
I have several e-mail accounts set up in mac mail and recently changed internet provider to BT. All still work except for one which has my own domain name and now hosted through namesco. Mac mail keeps saying the outgoing server is offline and won't send. I receive mail okay. I set it up on microsoft outlook and it sends okay from there. just prefer to use mac mail, anyone help?

OS X Mail: Troubleshooting sending and receiving email messages

.Mail won't send attachments

Since upgrading to OS X 10.7, Mail usually won't send attachments. It does not matter if the attachment is small (~300kb) or larger (~3MB). Mail will try to send it (and if you watch the progress bar in the lower right corner of Mail, you can see that it starts uploading the message), but then it stops. Then I get the message: "Cannot send message using the server..." Occsaionally, attachments will work, but I haven't been able to determine why. This is the case for both my desktop (10.7.2) and my laptop (10.7.3).
The e-mail affected is a g-mail account configured through IMAP. I have verified that I have internet connectivity while experiencing this problem and I can even send other e-mails w/o file attachments. I opened the Connection Doctor and everything logs in/out correctly. The details from Connection Doctor are below.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
WROTE Feb 08 08:18:55.309 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba68d5220 -- thread:0x7f9ba68ce300
CONNECTED Feb 08 08:18:59.021 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6d4edc0 -- thread:0x7f9ba6514970
CONNECTED Feb 08 08:18:59.022 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6720aa0 -- thread:0x7f9ba68ce300
READ Feb 08 08:18:59.066 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6d4edc0 -- thread:0x7f9ba6514970
220 mx.google.com ESMTP li19sm4211728pbb.17
READ Feb 08 08:18:59.066 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6720aa0 -- thread:0x7f9ba68ce300
220 mx.google.com ESMTP a5sm2518813pbh.15
WROTE Feb 08 08:18:59.085 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6d4edc0 -- thread:0x7f9ba6514970
EHLO [192.168.0.74]
WROTE Feb 08 08:18:59.101 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6720aa0 -- thread:0x7f9ba68ce300
EHLO [192.168.0.74]
READ Feb 08 08:18:59.132 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6d4edc0 -- thread:0x7f9ba6514970
250-mx.google.com at your service, [64.126.140.239]
250-SIZE 35882577
250-8BITMIME
250-STARTTLS
250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
WROTE Feb 08 08:18:59.144 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6d4edc0 -- thread:0x7f9ba6514970
STARTTLS
READ Feb 08 08:18:59.146 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6720aa0 -- thread:0x7f9ba68ce300
250-mx.google.com at your service, [64.126.140.239]
250-SIZE 35882577
250-8BITMIME
250-STARTTLS
250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
CONNECTED Feb 08 08:18:59.151 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba62c7ae0 -- thread:0x7f9ba6b5ffc0
CONNECTED Feb 08 08:18:59.154 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba6814e40 -- thread:0x7f9ba6b45550
WROTE Feb 08 08:18:59.171 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6720aa0 -- thread:0x7f9ba68ce300
STARTTLS
READ Feb 08 08:18:59.190 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6d4edc0 -- thread:0x7f9ba6514970
220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS
READ Feb 08 08:18:59.217 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6720aa0 -- thread:0x7f9ba68ce300
220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS
WROTE Feb 08 08:18:59.462 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6d4edc0 -- thread:0x7f9ba6514970
EHLO [192.168.0.74]
READ Feb 08 08:18:59.508 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6d4edc0 -- thread:0x7f9ba6514970
250-mx.google.com at your service, [64.126.140.239]
250-SIZE 35882577
250-8BITMIME
250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH
250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
READ Feb 08 08:18:59.514 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba62c7ae0 -- thread:0x7f9ba6b5ffc0
* OK Gimap ready for requests from 64.126.140.239 au13if1327927vdc.13
WROTE Feb 08 08:18:59.528 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6d4edc0 -- thread:0x7f9ba6514970
AUTH PLAIN (*** 52 bytes hidden ***)
WROTE Feb 08 08:18:59.541 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba62c7ae0 -- thread:0x7f9ba3d925a0
1.29 CAPABILITY
READ Feb 08 08:18:59.547 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba6814e40 -- thread:0x7f9ba6b45550
* OK Gimap ready for requests from 64.126.140.239 aj13if1332717vdc.2
WROTE Feb 08 08:18:59.586 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba6814e40 -- thread:0x7f9ba67202d0
1.30 CAPABILITY
READ Feb 08 08:18:59.686 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba62c7ae0 -- thread:0x7f9ba3d925a0
* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN X-GM-EXT-1 XYZZY SASL-IR AUTH=XOAUTH
1.29 OK Thats all she wrote! au13if1327927vdc.13
READ Feb 08 08:18:59.692 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba6814e40 -- thread:0x7f9ba67202d0
* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN X-GM-EXT-1 XYZZY SASL-IR AUTH=XOAUTH
1.30 OK Thats all she wrote! aj13if1332717vdc.2
WROTE Feb 08 08:18:59.701 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba62c7ae0 -- thread:0x7f9ba3d925a0
2.29 LOGIN (e-mail address edited out) **********
WROTE Feb 08 08:18:59.715 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba6814e40 -- thread:0x7f9ba6d41cd0
2.30 LOGIN (e-mail address edited out) ********
WROTE Feb 08 08:18:59.816 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6720aa0 -- thread:0x7f9ba68ce300
EHLO [192.168.0.74]
READ Feb 08 08:18:59.866 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6720aa0 -- thread:0x7f9ba68ce300
250-mx.google.com at your service, [64.126.140.239]
250-SIZE 35882577
250-8BITMIME
250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH
250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
WROTE Feb 08 08:18:59.885 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6720aa0 -- thread:0x7f9ba68ce300
AUTH PLAIN (*** 48 bytes hidden ***)
READ Feb 08 08:18:59.998 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6d4edc0 -- thread:0x7f9ba6514970
235 2.7.0 Accepted
WROTE Feb 08 08:19:00.016 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6d4edc0 -- thread:0x7f9ba6514970
QUIT
READ Feb 08 08:19:00.067 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba6814e40 -- thread:0x7f9ba6d41cd0
* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN X-GM-EXT-1 UIDPLUS COMPRESS=DEFLATE
2.30 OK (e-mail address edited out) (name edited out) authenticated (Success)
WROTE Feb 08 08:19:00.081 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba6814e40 -- thread:0x7f9ba7419930
3.30 CAPABILITY
READ Feb 08 08:19:00.139 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba62c7ae0 -- thread:0x7f9ba3d925a0
* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN X-GM-EXT-1 UIDPLUS COMPRESS=DEFLATE
2.29 OK (e-mail address edited out) (name edited out) authenticated (Success)
WROTE Feb 08 08:19:00.159 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba62c7ae0 -- thread:0x7f9ba6867290
3.29 CAPABILITY
READ Feb 08 08:19:00.197 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba6814e40 -- thread:0x7f9ba7419930
* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN X-GM-EXT-1 UIDPLUS COMPRESS=DEFLATE
3.30 OK Success
WROTE Feb 08 08:19:00.218 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba6814e40 -- thread:0x7f9ba3d925a0
4.30 ID ("name" "Mac OS X Mail" "version" "5.1 (1251.1)" "os" "Mac OS X" "os-version" "10.7.2 (11C74)" "vendor" "Apple Inc.")
READ Feb 08 08:19:00.340 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba6814e40 -- thread:0x7f9ba3d925a0
* ID ("name" "GImap" "vendor" "Google, Inc." "support-url" "http://support.google.com/mail" "remote-host" "64.126.140.239")
4.30 OK Success
WROTE Feb 08 08:19:00.360 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba6814e40 -- thread:0x7f9ba3d925a0
5.30 LIST "" ""
READ Feb 08 08:19:00.363 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba62c7ae0 -- thread:0x7f9ba6867290
* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN X-GM-EXT-1 UIDPLUS COMPRESS=DEFLATE
3.29 OK Success
WROTE Feb 08 08:19:00.387 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba62c7ae0 -- thread:0x7f9ba7419930
4.29 ID ("name" "Mac OS X Mail" "version" "5.1 (1251.1)" "os" "Mac OS X" "os-version" "10.7.2 (11C74)" "vendor" "Apple Inc.")
READ Feb 08 08:19:00.474 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba6814e40 -- thread:0x7f9ba3d925a0
* LIST (\Noselect) "/" "/"
5.30 OK Success
WROTE Feb 08 08:19:00.496 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba6814e40 -- thread:0x7f9ba67202d0
6.30 LOGOUT
READ Feb 08 08:19:00.606 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6720aa0 -- thread:0x7f9ba68ce300
235 2.7.0 Accepted
READ Feb 08 08:19:00.623 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba62c7ae0 -- thread:0x7f9ba7419930
* ID ("name" "GImap" "vendor" "Google, Inc." "support-url" "http://support.google.com/mail" "remote-host" "64.126.140.239")
4.29 OK Success
WROTE Feb 08 08:19:00.626 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:25 -- socket:0x7f9ba6720aa0 -- thread:0x7f9ba68ce300
QUIT
WROTE Feb 08 08:19:00.643 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba62c7ae0 -- thread:0x7f9ba7419930
5.29 LIST "" ""
READ Feb 08 08:19:00.847 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba62c7ae0 -- thread:0x7f9ba7419930
* LIST (\Noselect) "/" "/"
5.29 OK Success
WROTE Feb 08 08:19:00.869 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7f9ba62c7ae0 -- thread:0x7f9ba7419930
6.29 LOGOUT

I am going to try removing the account from mail and then setting it up again to see if it solves the issue.

I'm using ipad2 with ios5. My outbox won't send mail. I guess i need an outgoing server and can't find it anywhere.

I'm using ipad2 with ios5. My outbox won't send mail. I guess i need an outgoing server and can't find it anywhere. Any suggestions on how to get it to send. I have tried everything, rebooting, ensuring passwords are correct, etc.

My problem is i don't have an outgoing server spot on my menu. These are my selections. After getting to the menu that where i enter my password for hotmail, i have the following menu choices: Email, then server (bay-m.hotmail.com, then domain (empty), then username, then password, thendescription, then Use SSL, then S/MIME
I don't see or can find an outgoing server choice. My daughter has an ipad2 using Ios4 and she has all the choices that are illustrated on. All the help sites. I only have the ones listed above.

Outbox won't send mail

Had a problem earlier with my email account (Yahoo) being hacked, After resetting password all seemed to be well, but now my iPad won't send mail, it goes into OUTBOX but won't send. Receiving mail is no problem.
I am new to iPad and need a bit of help.
Thanks
John

Brilliant! Thanks Jaimi E.
My iPad did resume 'normal service' after an overnight rest. I did not know that there was an imposed 24hr quarantine, but I do know that all's well now.
I found The BT staff in their technical help desk were good at fixing the original hacking problem on my laptop, but totally helpless at sorting the iPad issues out.
I had to talk to Apple help desk in UK who in turn put me through to the USA. Their consultant was great, but he undoubtedly didn't seem to aware of the quarantine imposed by Yahoo. I will try to get this information through to him for future information
Thanks to all for your assistance.
My message to anyone who reads this topic and has been hacked on Yahoo (or btinternet) is
1 update security passwords on laptop. New password required. Delete all traces of hacked messages (inc failed delivery notices and real people's responses)
2 uninstall your mail settings on iPad and reinstall with new mail password on iPad.
3 the iPad mail system should then receive, but not send mail (goes into Outbox)
4 wait 24 hours then everything will be back to normal.
As a brand new user and about to go on a long holiday, it was a nightmare, but ended up fine!
Now in Singapore at 6am local time, can't sleep so catching up on my machine which functions perfectly!

Mail replies won't send in OS 10.8.3

Replies to mail messages that have a link within the message won't "send" unless I delete the link and any other messages beneath the message I am replying to . Message hangs up in activity window . I've checked with my ISP and all is fine there. My older iMac running OS 10.6.8 mail works flawlessly . What is going on here? New messages "send" o.k. So I'm clueless and bummed about what appears to be some mail glitch on ML.
Also, what is this new "envelope shaped" mail format with the blue border ? Is there some option to change the format back to the regular " letter shaped" mail format ?
Thanks for any help !
Carolyn. a.k.a. gladys2

So far, no big change, but I have figured out how to circumvent the problem by just deleting anything I'm replying to other than the last message in a group of "back and forth" mail. (if that makes any sense). Its a minor hassle, but I'm not willing to risk messing up things by getting into areas where I'm not comfortable.... like messing with the Library.
I did run Repair Permissions a couple of times after I had tried everything else that was obvious, shut down, unplugged and restarted. I also sent an e-mail to Apple support and told them what I thought about Mail in ML.
It comforts me somewhat to see that there are a lot of folks out there with the same type problems, each with variations on the theme ! :-)
I do appreciate all you suggested. If you come up with any other easy ideas, let me know. You are a good guy to show concern and try to help !
Carolyn

Mail mess -- won't send

I'm switching from Thunderbird back to Mail, and I've encountered a problem - it won't send anything. When I click on "New Message" or "Reply" or anything that would send, nothing at all happens. How can I fix that? Thanks!

I'm switching from Thunderbird back to Mail, and I've encountered a problem - it won't send anything. When I click on "New Message" or "Reply" or anything that would send, nothing at all happens. How can I fix that? Thanks!

Mail won't send in Leopard-Mail

Hello, I know this subject has been up for a while, but can someone help me step by step to get my mail to send in Leopard? It's a POP account, and never worked in Mail Tiger, but I got it working in Entourage. Now in Leopard, Entourage won't send either. My sending options in Mail always end up in "(account name) - Offline". How can I get that active?
I tried port 110, port 587, but maybe I have confusion in SMTP yes or no, port number,authentication yes or no ...
Thanks for any help!

Dear M.Bode, thanks so much for you advice. It didn't work in Mail, but it did work in Entourage!
In outgoing I did not check the boxes for SSL, I wrote port 25, and no authentication (password).
It sent my test mail. I did the same thing on Mac Mail, and it wouldn't work. Too bad, I'd like to use Mail, and hope the problem will be addressed and the usage made simple again. Thanks again!

Connection is fine, but mail won't send?

When I use the 'Connection Doctor' it says all of the connections are successful, but it still won't send!

I updated to Leopard last night - the 'send' button was greyed out in the mail program.
I use two accounts and one of them did not have an active smtp even though it had been in my Tiger email version. It happens that I was attempting to send mail using this account - had I chosen the other account the mail would have been sent out aok.
I selected the smtp account from the dropdown menu (preferences / account information / outgoing smtp) and 'voila' back up and running. I'm not certain why apple would deactivate this - doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

HT1338 mail icon not in dock mail won't send a pop down dox appears and when message placed a black dot appes=ars on red dot appears and then the message will go into draft ?

mail icon not in dock- mail won't send - a drop down small box appears and when a message is typed in to sent the send icon goes grey and a black dot appears on the red dot in top left side of box and the message will be sent to drafts only

Hello Bill,
Who is your eMail provider, the part after the @ sign?
In Mail's Window Menu, choose Connection Doctor, any red dots for status, if so what is the message?
Then click the Show Details button & Check again.
Mail: Can't send messages, "Cannot send message using the server smtp.xxxxx.com" alert appears...
old: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1482

Apple Mail won't send or receive iCloud mail.

iCloud Mail is not working. I'm using OSX 10.4.11 and was under the impression that Mail would work, but it is not. I'm trying to use Apple Mail to send and receive mail with my mac.com email address and it has not worked since switching to iCloud. Do I need to change something in Mail Preferences? Can't find anything relevant on Apple Support.

I'm bumping this up to the top because I am having the same exact problem.
I have had my new Mac since Dec. and have never been able to use my Mac Mail account. I can only use my Verizon account, which I don't like. I had a PC before the Mac and used Outlook Express, which I did like but I would really like to find out why my MAIL account won't send email. I have fooled with this problem and at one time I did get it so that it would receive mail (but not send) but even now I can no longer receive mail in my MAIL account.
I wonder if I can delete the account and start over? I'm wondering if my daughter set it up incorrectly when she set my computer up for me. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Apple Mail won't send invitations when initially closed

I just started using iCal to send invitations for appointments through Apple Mail. When Apple Mail is opened already when I create the appointment and click Send in iCal, it works fine. The mail is sent and delivered to the appropriate address.
But if Apple Mail is closed initially, the application starts and the invitation is queued up in the Outbox but is never sent. I can manually open up each invitation in Mail and send them individually, but why is the behavior different? Whether Mail is opened or closed when I send an invitation, it ought to deliver the invitation automatically. By not being sent, I may not realize the invitation hasn't been delivered, making the process very error-prone. Is there a way to guarantee the invitation actually gets sent without having to check the Outbox every time?
Is this an iCal bug or an Apple Mail bug? I saw no settings in Apple Mail for sending messages at shutdown or any other setting like this. Instead, these invitations may end up being buried in my Outbox for a very long time before I notice and by then, it may be too late.

ronright wrote:
Since I bought a new modem/router (Netgear n600), my Apple mail won't send e-mails. It will receive. My ISP is AT&T & the email accounts are via yahoo. I have a Macbook Pro with a recent OSX.
The most recent OS is currently OS 10.8.3. Your system profile confirms you are still using Mac OS X (10.7.5). If this is incorrect, please correct your profile so that you will get the correct troubleshooting suggestions/solutions.
Also, post in the OS/Mail forum of whichever OS is currently installed on your MBP. It's where the OS/Mail expert helpers hang out at.

Apple mail won't send Gmail in OS Lion

I just recently up graded to OS Lion. My Apple Mail program won't send emails out of my gmail account. It will receive them but won't send them. I got my google apps email to work but my normal gmail ones won't work. The settings are as follows:
Outgoing server is smtp.gmail.com
Port is 993
Using SSL
I have tried every combination I can and no luck... Anyone help me out?

Tyashinsky wrote:
I just recently up graded to OS Lion. My Apple Mail program won't send emails out of my gmail account. It will receive them but won't send them. I got my google apps email to work but my normal gmail ones won't work. The settings are as follows:
Outgoing server is smtp.gmail.com
Port is 993
Using SSL
I have tried every combination I can and no luck... Anyone help me out?
993 is the wrong port, choose 'Use Default Ports" as shown below

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