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.

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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.

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

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

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?

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.

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 is demanding "a preferred outgoing mail server", but in MAIL; help, it doesn't exist.

I finally got mail working for the first time in three years, but everytime I log in, it pops up an error window over an old message, and says it couldn't be sent because I don't have "a preferred outgoing mail server". Now how would you find out how to set that and fix this? It doesn't exist in preferences, so I clicked open "Help", and searched the phrase; "preferred outgoing mail server". It doesn't exist. Anybody, want to fill this unapple gap?

Do you have a server specified in Preferenes > Accounts?

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.

Could anybody suggest how I must fix the outgoing mail server-SMTP problem, when it indicates to be offline? I couldn't manage to turn it on. Thank you!

Hello everybody!
Could anybody suggest how I must fix the outgoing mail server-SMTP problem, when it indicates to be offline?
I tried everythind and still couldn't manage to turn it on.
Thank you!

Hopefully I solved it....

How do you turn your outgoing mail server to online vs offline?

How do you turn your outgoing mail server to online vs offline

I had this problem too but I fixed it today. I have been unable to send emails with two of my 4 accounts.
Go to the mail menu preferences.
Click on account in question.
Select the outgoing SMTP mail server (the one offline), this has a drop down list, click on the edit server list.
Click on the advanced button.
Make sure use default port is checked.
Make sure SSL is unchecked (unless your provider requires it, mine does not work with it checked).
Have authentication set to password.
User name should be your email address for that account.
Make sure correct password is entered (for some strange reason my password box was blank on this account).
Push the ok button.
For me the SSL box was checked and the password was missing. This is strange to me considering I have unchecked the SSL Box on the mail preference advance page. Also, I went through the complete set up account when I first created the account, why was my outgoing server password box empty?
I hope this helps.
Here is a link to some visual aids with the steps from my ISP
http://support.knology.net/content/smtpauth/smtpredirect.cfm

The Outgoing Mail Server is showing up as Offline

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You might want to try signing out of your iCloud account, then back in. Go to System Preferences>iCloud, click Sign Out, choose Delete at all of the prompts, restart your Mac, then sign back in.
This deletes the account and your iCloud data from your Mac, but not from iCloud. It will reappear on your Mac when you sign back in, after a brief delay as it redownloads.

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