No connection to the SMPT server

Suddenly my mail doesn´t connect to the SMPT server

I've had the same problem - working fine then sudden and unexplainable issues with outgoing mail. Several things have been suggested and tried, including support call to smtp ISP. In the end, here's what worked for me:
1. Save all your current emails in a folder on your mac
2. Delete the current account in mail. Close mail.
3. Restart the computer. Open mail and re-establish the account with all the same incoming and outgoing settings, EXCEPT one detail...
4. In the account settings, for the outgoing SMTP server, DO NOT check the box that reads "use this server only"
I'm not tech savvy enough to know exactly why this specific detail (the use only this server check box) makes the difference, but I know it made the difference for me. At first when I re-established the account, I entered the outgoing server info in the settings, but left the "Outgoing server" field in the settings box as "none". Every day, my first outgoing email would request me to choose a server. I would choose that one (my only one) and the message would go fine, along with every other message that day with no further need to choose the server. The next day, I would have to indicate that again when sending my first message. I then went into settings and made that server the chosen one, and had NO issues with outgoing mail. As soon as I checked off "use only this server" I got the exact same problem as where I bagen - wouldn't send messages. Again, I have no idae why that check box would cause that problem, but it ended up being the problem solver for me.
Hope this helps.

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Thanks for the reply.
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Hi Csound1, thanks. The email host is 1and1.co.uk, however, i am going to fess up and make myself look like a plonker now -
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The lesson learned, never assume - always double check! All my other email addresses with 1and1 are all imap, except this one, and it happened to be the first one I set up in the Mail.app. (bows head in disgrace!)
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