My outgoing mail server goes offline for no reason

I've confirmed all my server settings, tried multiple ports, checked and unchecked SSL, chatted with my domain serve

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Mail keeps going offline for no reason

During the course of a day Mail keeps going "Offline" and coming up with a dialogue box asking for me to re-enter my password. I've checked in my "account" and the information is still there so I manually have to click to go back "Online". But it repeats about every 15 minutes. Restarting the computer does not fix it and it's been happening for about 2 weeks now. Sometimes when I click to go back "Online" it doesn't happen straight away and I have to wait a few minutes. Very frustrating!!!. Sending mail is fine, it just affects receiving mail.

If Mail keeps asking for your password when retrieving mail, then it may very likely be that the password you entered has become corrupted in the Keychain. You should try this:
Open Keychain Access>Passwords and scroll through the list to find that specific entry and delete it; quit Keychain Access.
Restart Mail and enter your password again when it asks, and check the box to save it in the Keychain. If things work as expected, it will not ask you again unless your Keychain or an entry in it becomes corrupted again.

Why has mail suddenly started saying that my outgoing mail server is offline?

Why has mail suddenly started saying that my outgoing mail server is offline?
I can receive mail from my ISP using Apple Mail but as of this morning I can't send via my ISP.
When I check Mail preferences, they say that my ISP's outgoing mail server is "offline".
I haven't changed any settings, so what's gone wrong? I need a fix. At the moment I'm having to use Gmail.

If your email is hosted by Google then there are several known issues with Apple Mail under Mavericks accessing Gmail. Using a web browser is a good backup. In Apple Mail you can goto the menubar, choose Mailbox and choose take all accounts offline. Then bring them back online. Worst case you may need to delete and readd the account (usually if something was setup wrong) Menu bar - Mail > Accounts.
If you have turned on 2 step Google Authentication then you'll need to issue a specific email password for Apple Mail to use to bypass authentication. Google the steps.
Best of luck in getting your mail server online. Hopefully you can specify multiple servers in settings.

My outgoing mail server is offline. How do I turn it online?

My outgoing mail server is offline. How do I turn it online? I've done the connection doctor, I've changed the password. Nothing works.

OS X Mail: Troubleshooting sending and receiving email messages - Apple Support

TS1307 outgoing mail server (SMTP): offline?

I am able to recieve email but can send, getting message "username or password for [email protected] is incorrect.....went to mail and it's telling
me that 'outgong mail server (SMTP): offline.....how do I get it "on-line".....

Don't delete te old account yet.
I think they're slowing nudging people to the fact that MobilMe & .mac is going away shortly in favor of iCloudinees!
MobileMe & dot Mac will still work last I heard.
iCloud Mail setup, even in 10.4/10.5…
Don't delete your old account yet. Just setup a new one in Mail>Preferences>Accounts, little plus icon. Choose IMAP as account type, not ,mac or MobileMe.
IMAP (Incoming Mail Server) information:
Server name: imap.mail.me.com
SSL Required: Yes
Port: 993
Username: [email protected] (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
Password: Your iCloud password
SMTP (outgoing mail server) information:
Server name: smtp.mail.me.com
SSL Required: Yes
Port: 587
SMTP Authentication Required: Yes
Username: [email protected] (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
Password: Your iCloud password

TS1307 my "outgoing Mail server is offline and I can't get it back online

I can send and receive emails from my iphone, ipad and online mac account, but can not send emails on my mail from my macbook, it stopped working suddenly a few weeks ago and says all my outgoing smtp's are offline, how do i get them back online?

Thanks so much for the quick response.
I did repair permissions and tried Mail again, then decided to double check the Mail Prefs of my MB Pro (where Mail works fine) and the iMac (G5 I think?). And do I feel stupid: the outgoing mail server on the iMac was smtp.mac.com whereas the server on the MB Pro was smtp.me.com! So I changed that and now Mail can be sent from the iMac.
Thanks so much, I love these forums. Whenever I have a problem, I check the forums first!
Cheers,
Laurie

TS4002 Outgoing mail server is offline

Two out of three icloud accounts show the outgoing server offline. Any suggestions?

Same here: I keep on getting the same message from Apple Mail, only for 1 of the 3 accounts set. The only way to send emails from that account is by using the web interface.
This is the error I get:
Connections to the server “p06-smtp.mail.me.com” on the default ports timed out.
Select a different outgoing mail server from the list below or click Try Later to leave the message in your Outbox until it can be sent.

I am receiving emails perfectly but I cannot send them. I have checked my account preferences and it says that my outgoing mail server is offline?

It is a gmail account through the University of Notre Dame if this has anything to do with the problem!

Go to mail preferences.
Select the mail account that doesn't work...
Now check with comcast for the correct setting of incoming and outgoing mail server for comcast.net quick internet search will let you what they are
now port problem can also be found doing a quick search, depends if comcast requires SSL encyription yes or no and which port to use. when you change the settings to the right once your mail will work again.

TS4002 My outgoing mail server says (Offline) I am not receiving any email.....

my email is not receiving email.....
what can I do???

Who is your email provider?
FYI, your outgoing server sends, it does not receive, is your incoming server also offline?

Mac mail: keeps going offline for outgoing

Mac Mail account won't send mails - recieves fine. Checked all settings and tried various changes to no effect. Basically says it's offline after trying to send. Account had worked fine for several months until 2 days ago... any help welcome.
Running OSX 10.5.8 on macbook, Mail is 3.6 [936]

If Mail keeps asking for your password when retrieving mail, then it may very likely be that the password you entered has become corrupted in the Keychain. You should try this:
Open Keychain Access>Passwords and scroll through the list to find that specific entry and delete it; quit Keychain Access.
Restart Mail and enter your password again when it asks, and check the box to save it in the Keychain. If things work as expected, it will not ask you again unless your Keychain or an entry in it becomes corrupted again.

HT2497 outgoing mail server SMTP (offline)

One of my accounts in Mail is permanently showing SMTP offline. How do I correct this? I cannot send mail! Thanks.

Have you considered calling your sevice provider to verify it is working properly?
What does the Mail Connection Doctor report.

Can someone tell me the outgoing mail server to set for Mac Mail?

My new MBP won't send Mail from me.com. Receives mail ok but won't send.

Should be: smtp.me.com.username
Stedman

Voice-over audio goes offline for no reason. Is there a way to prevent this from happening?

This is happening on both my editors. I will add a voice-over track to the storyline and if I close out that project or close out FCPX, sometimes my voiceover track is offline. NO, I DID NOT MOVE THE FILE OR ERASE ANYTHING. I appreciate any input.

Hey there 79usma79!
I have a couple of articles for you that can help you troubleshoot the issues you are seeing with iTunes on Windows XP. The first is a general troubleshooting article, which can be found right here:
iTunes for Windows XP: Troubleshooting unexpected quits, freezes, or launch issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1421
This article can help you find out if there are any conflicts between your copy of Windows XP and iTunes, and can tell you what to do if there are. Before going down the troubleshooting route though, you should take a look at this article, which can help you back up your entire iTunes library to an external hard drive, so if this issue is recurring, you will be able to restore from that backup and will not have to worry about losing your playlists or music again:
iTunes: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
Cheers,
Braden

Vonage Adapter on Network Magic Pro goes offline for no reason

1. Network Magic version: 5.5.9195.0-Pure0
2. Internet connection via Texas Communications in Bryan, Texas which is line of sight tower transmission to the dish receiver
(modem) on my home. http://www.tconline.net/default.htm
3. Texas Communications Modem - Motorola Canopy (Motorola Wireless Broadband Platform)
4. D-Link Router DIR-615, Hardware version B2, Firmware 2.25
5. Problem device is Vonage Voice over IP box (Vonage V-Portal Digital Phone Adapter) wired to the router.
6. Computer uses Windows XP Home Edition with sp3.
7. AVG version 10.0.1204 Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011
8. Windows firewall.
The problem occurs when the Vonage adapter drops offline (according to Network Magic Pro) for some unknown reason. The icon for Vonage dims in the NMP map but the Vonage phone continues to work at a degraded level (about every 2nd or 3rd word spoken is not received).
I've tried port forwarding the Vonage adapter but this doesn't keep the adapter online.
Once the Vonage adapter drops offline the only way I've found to correct the problem is to delete the adapter from NMP then
re-install it again. There doesn't seem to be a way to wake up the adapter once offline. I can reboot my network computers and this doesn't affect the Vonage adapter.
Help!

You have to do a little better than that.
Printer?
current drivers?
Network? wireless? or bad USB cable?
1st I've read here.

Problem with outgoing mail server

Hello,
I use Mac Mail on my Mac Book Pro with my yahoo.fr email address.
For 3 days, the outgoing mail server is offline, and I have no idea why. (The incoming mails: no problem).
I checked the name of the server smtp.mail.yahoo.fr, changed my password, but it remains offline.
Has anyone a solution...? Thx a lot for your help!!

My imac is the same. However if I access my mail the old fashioned way.......go to safari...yahoo...mail...then I get in and all is ok, so I don't think Yahoo are the problem here. Loads of Apple users seem to have this problem, but no one seems to be able to sort it out, maybe when everyone goes back to a cheaper pc Apple will listen.

My outgoing mail server goes offline for no reason

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