My outgoing server (SMTP) says offline?

All of a sudden my SMTP server says offline
I can recieve emails
Do not have this issue on any other device
Mac OSX 10.9
I would like your help if possible and thanks.

Hello,
In Mail's Window menu item, choose Connection Doctor, does that report failed for smtp?
Modt likely the port or authentication method if nuser & Password are correct... sometimes the user ID is JohnDoe, other times it needs to be [email protected]

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Why can i not get my email to send from my mac? the outgoing server keeps saying its offline?!

why can i not get my email to send from my mac? the outgoing server keeps saying its offline?! any help would be greatly appreciated

markwmsn wrote:
To each his own. I own Outlook, but I avoid using it like the plague. The only Mac mail software I have liked better than Apple's Mail was Qualcomm's Eudora, which is no longer updated or even available, won't run without Rosetta, and unfortunately never quite got the hang of IMAP.
Check out this post regarding this user's continuing use of Eudora on his Lion MacBook:
Shield Eudora from Lion's Claws
A thousand thanks and kudos to Michael for this fabulously excellent thread!
Eudora's now happy in her new Snow Leopard VM home on my Lion ModBook!
Appears essential to keep resource-forked data off Lion disk:
First attempt with Eudora on SL VM was sharing data on Lion disk. Error messages on open like "can't find Table of Contents" suggest Lion ate resource forks crucial to Eudora.
Found success by transferring data from SL Mac to thumb drive, then mounted drive in SL VM so Lion couldn't touch.
While Michael warns against storing data in VM, appears there's no choice with Eudora. At least She's enthroned on a mirrored RAID.
There is Nothing like Eudora! (to tune of "There is Nothing Like a Dame" from South Pacific -- Oops! my gray hair is showing!)
(It's amazing Parallels can force Lion to store taboo resource forks. Thank God for code warriors!)
B
http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=16496788&postcount=355

My outgoing mail server smtp remains offline. I have tried using different port but did not work. What else can I try?

My outgoing mail server smtp remains offline. I have tried using different port but did not work. What else can I try?

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HT4759 (Macbook pro) in Mail my icloud account the smtp's server is offline & incoming gray? the out going Mail Server (smtp) says icloud (offline) . how can it go online?

In Mail, my icloud account the smtp's server is offline & the incoming server is gray? How can I reverse this ?
did try going on server SMTP in the edit section, both on " accout info" and "advance". no change. thanks

Okay, fixed it on mine. In Mail.app:
1) Mail menu | Preferences.
2) Select problematic account in list on left.
3) Select "Edit SMTP Server List..." from Outgoing Mail Server drop-down.
4) Fix username by appending domain name
(append "@gmail.com" if standard account, or your own domain if apps user).
5) Re-enter password.
Save your preferences.

In Mail, in accounts why is my outgoing server (SMTP) off line

Why doe it say offline, and if it is..how do i get it online?

If it's worked before then it may be a temorary outage on the server end.
If it has never worked then likely a problem with the name, password, authentication type, or port#.
Under Mail's Window menu, try Connection Doctor & the Show Details button.

Mail Outgoing Server almost ALWAYS offline (ATT internet)

I realize this is a common issue (Google efforts were made before posting this), but solutions seem to be elusive. I have ATT internet (Uverse), and my Mail 4.5 outgoing emails won't go. They "spin" in the outbox for up to an hour before something clicks and they go.
ATT outgoing port is supported to be 995 with SSL. That's what I have set. Incoming port is supposed to be 465, but that's irrelevant here (because mail arrives fine, it's sending that's an issue, and because Mail allows you to specify the outgoing server port, but has no comparable entry for incoming server port anyways).
I can send mail is I use ATT webmail; it's Mail 4.5 that fails. Right-clickng on the ATT server in Mail shows that Mail regards that server as "offline."
Emails I want to send will, as previously stated, eventually go through if I let them sit for an hour in the outbox. That's no good for time-sensitive business, of course, and Apple's glitch with offline outgoing mail servers is quite famous.
Ideas? Fixes?

Akicita wrote:
I realize this is a common issue (Google efforts were made before posting this), but solutions seem to be elusive. I have ATT internet (Uverse), and my Mail 4.5 outgoing emails won't go. They "spin" in the outbox for up to an hour before something clicks and they go.
ATT outgoing port is supported to be 995 with SSL. That's what I have set. Incoming port is supposed to be 465, but that's irrelevant here (because mail arrives fine, it's sending that's an issue, and because Mail allows you to specify the outgoing server port, but has no comparable entry for incoming server port anyways).
I can send mail is I use ATT webmail; it's Mail 4.5 that fails. Right-clickng on the ATT server in Mail shows that Mail regards that server as "offline."
Emails I want to send will, as previously stated, eventually go through if I let them sit for an hour in the outbox. That's no good for time-sensitive business, of course, and Apple's glitch with offline outgoing mail servers is quite famous.
Ideas? Fixes?
I think you got the incoming and outgoing ports reversed. I think incoming is 995 and outgoing is 465.
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB401570&cv=803&title=Whatare+my+email+server+settings+%28i.e.%2C+POP+andSMTP%29%3F#fbid=pu-ninn1tqW
Message was edited by: BobTheFisherman

Gmail Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) is Offline

Starting yesterday the gmail SMTP server is offline.
I tried deleting and readding the accounts but to no avail.
Any advice?
Thanks so much.

RESOLVED - I don't know how to delete this post, but suffice it to say, I quit mail, opened it and suddenly gmail became an option from the dropdown menu.
Thank you, Lord!

Dealing with two email accounts that use the same SMTP (outgoing) server

Folks:
re:   mail.app 5.2 (MacOS 10.7.4) with respect to POP accounts only
I've read this thread multiple times, spent many hours experimenting, and my web searches haven't come up with any more useful help.
How do you persuade mail.app to accept settings for two similar, but distinct email accounts that use the same SMTP (outgoing) server?   Say, the accounts are "blue.example.com" and "[email protected]". These have different user names and passwords.   The SMTP server is "smtp.example.com".
I think this is the appearance of success: the SMTP Server List (as seen in edit-the SMTP-Server-List mode) shows:
Server Name                   In Use By Account
    smtp.example.com      [email protected], [email protected]
(Description column omitted for brevity. And of course, mail.app doesn't show the little envelope icons.)
But I cannot reliably achieve this result.   When I select the SMTP server from the list for the second account --as suggested in the above-referenced thread--- I see the credentials (user name and password) for the first. Should I overwrite them? No, I don't think so -- I think that will break the first account.   I feel mail.app should present me with empty credentials boxes instead. Maybe this happens -- sometimes. But I can't see how to make it happen. Am I simply overlooking something?
A slightly different way of asking about this issue:   Suppose I manage to do a proper setup for the two accounts and they work. Then I change the password for "[email protected]" on the server. What is a reliable way of reaching the SMTP credentials for that account to make the edit? Same question for "[email protected]"?    Even when I successfully attach two accounts to one SMTP server, I seem only able to reach the first listed one to make changes. (In this case, "blue.example.com").
It is possible I'm missing something incredibly obvious...    I know the credentials for each account are distinct, but maybe mail.app copies them from the POP (incoming) settings.   Nah, that can't be, can it?   Or what?
Maybe I'm seeing bizarre things due to scrambled mail.app preferences. I've seen it before on other apps: delete the current preference file, get an auto-generated fresh one, and sanity returns. But with mail.app, with the prospect of losing years of emails --yeah, I've done it-- I'm extremely reluctant to mess around.
Suggestions, please.
TIA
Message was edited by: Hen3ry to clean up the table a little and add a parenthetical explanation.

OK, I'm convinced.   The mail.app UI is BROKEN -- in my primary user account. Such that it cannot reliably select an outgoing server for editing.
I created a new user account and installed some relevant example accounts in mail.app in that account. No problem. Well, a bit obscure, but still fully logical and reliable selection of individual SMTP accounts for editing.
For the sake of clarity, I think it is best to mark this "answered" and repost, focusing on the symptoms and asking how one might go about repairing the problem. So I'll do that.

Outgoing smtp servers offline?

I installed Yosemite on Friday; since then I cannot send emails but can receive them; when I press 'send' I get a drop down menu tab which says outgoing servers (smtp) are offline and there's nothing i can do using the 'edit servers' option
i have checked settings, re-input settings, deleted account and set it up again all to no avail. I am pretty sure it is an apple/Yosemite issue as I can still receive and send emails on iPad, two android 'phones and windows laptop all with same settings. It happened once before with mavericks install but techies at my previous broadband provider sorted it that time.
Has anyone else had the same/ similar issue?
On separate point i should have waited as really don't like Yosemite so far; should have thought a little more carefully after last year and my experience of using IOS 7 after installing it on iPad 2.

This one worked for me on all my Apple devices, absolutely works :-)
Quit mail
Open up Finder
In the Finder menu bar select Go > Go to folder
type in ~/Library and click Go (on my kb the "~" is next to the left shift key)
Open the folder Mail
Open the folder V2
Open the folder MailData
Double click to open Accounts.plist (should open in TextEdit)
Find the block of data that contains the offending mail account
Find the line within this block that says <key>UserAllowsInsecureAuthentication</key>
Change the line below this from <false/> to <true/>
Quit TextEdit
Restart mail

Outgoing server offline

My outgoing server always show offline on my mac even after re-setting all passwords

Hey Linaef,
Thanks for the question. I understand you are experiencing issues with your Mail account on your Mac. To isolate the issue, you can utilize the steps in this resource, along with the Connection Doctor:
OS X Mail: Troubleshooting sending and receiving email messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3276
You may also wish to double check your mail settings are correct:
Apple - Support - Mail Settings Lookup
http://www.apple.com/support/mail-settings-lookup/
Thanks,
Matt M.

MAIL problem - telefonica smtp outgoing server

First sorry this is on the safari board. Couldn't find the one for mail!
I am on holiday and the ISP I can find (public) is Telefonica. I have tried the standard smtp outgoing server (smtp.telefonica.net) but even on this I keep getting a "address rejected by server'. I've tried different servers but I think telefonica is fairly tight about that sort of stuff. I think the problem is a password and username is needed however I can't get these.
Is there any way around this, perhaps setting up a personal smtp server, or someway of bypassing their outgoing mail restrictions? This is my first mac so I'm a little bit stuck...
hope you can help!

Ok fixed it. For anyone else having the problem of a not being able to send outgoing mail with a public ISP do the following.
1) setup a gmail account and record password and username.
2) Set up a new server in mail: "mail/preferences/accounts/outgoingmail server (drop down)/edit server list"
3) add a new server by clicking on 'plus'
4) server name is 'smtp.gmail.com'. check 'use custom port' and enter 587. check use ssl box.
5) in Authentication drop down, choose password then enter your gmail username and password.
All this worked for me after fannying around with loads and loads of far more complicated things! Hope this helps someone like it did me!

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I have set up my iPhone tu work with Hotmail and it works with the ingoing server but I can't send mails. When I try to send mails it says: The connection to the outgoing server smtp.live.com failed.
Can anyone help.
I am a premium hotmail user.

The problem is probably the wrong host name. If you have an MSN account the outgoing server may be different than it is for Hotmail. If you log in to your web mail account and go to the Support page you should be able to find instructions to set up POP3 mail. In those instructions should be the host name, port, and any other settings you need.
Usually you just enter the first part of your email address as the user name, but you should be able to confirm this in the POP3 setup instructions. If the user name alone doesn't work then try the full email address. Also, if you have a login name to MSN that is different from your email address you can try that also.
Regarding the "<hostname>:25" entry, many people have found that email sends faster if you specify the port number; if you don't, the iPhone tries all possible ports which can take several minutes. This isn't your problem, but it is good practice to specify the port number. In versions before 1.1.1 the only way to do this was to put the port number after the host name, separated by a colon. In 1.1.1 there is a separate field for in in the Advanced settings.
It would be helpful to know the error message you are getting when you try to send. That will determine whether the iPhone is not finding the server, or is finding it but the send is being rejected by the server.
Keep at it; there is a way to get it to work.

Outgoing server problem

Why can't I use Mail (8.2) to send mail from an account that is hosted with Adobe's Business Catalyst. I set up the outgoing server as mail.imageprep.net but cannot ever send email from this account. The outgoing server is always offline.
I also don't understand why I set the incoming mail to ALWAYS TRUST a given server, but it makes me validate that "trusted" server several times a day.
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This isn't a solution. I have the same problem. I created another user for my login and created a new mail for that user. All worked. I don't know what to do next since the smtp works for one user and not the other. At least this way I know it's not my smtp but something within the MAC. The mail box settings are the same in both. Any ideas?

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My iPhone keeps saying connection to the outgoing server "smtp.mac.com" failed. I also have 2 unsent messages that have been trying to send for 2 weeks. I have 2 questions:
1) How do I get rid of the connection failure?
2) Where are the unsent messages and how do I delete them?
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whoa and behold guys, I have the same problem BUT I fixed it. I was up all night looking for answers. I wanted to reply back this morning from a guys email sent to my aol email stating to pray for a job promo. this morning newspaper he made headlines for the school district board of something I dunno..
So I wanted to reply congrats, but thats were I encountered the problem.
I figured I put in the USERNAME and PASSWORD, AGAIN in the outgoing mail server portion (smtp), which is the last portion. leave your advance settings the same as usual I think. for mines, use SSL on both incoming and outgoing, password authentication, and of course 993 port for incoming, 587 for the other..
I tested mailing from my gmail to my aol mail address, and I had my aol software open. I checked aol mail on my iphone, and while watching the aol screen the mailbox icon went away.. MAGIC!!
but thats not what you want to hear..... i replied BACK on my iphone.. and it SENT!!! i checked my gmail.. WHOA AND BEHOLD there it IS!!!! you guys will want to thank me badly LOZL

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