Outgoing Mail Port Problem

OK. Here's one for me.
Now I can't send email through Mail, but can send through webmail. Problem seems to be that I can't access port 465 to send mail. When trying to set it as a custom port, it defaults to the next when I open prefs back. So, it seems the problem would be that the computer won't let mail access the port resulting in not sending.
It was working since the 10.6.7 update, but quit. It seems to be a similar problems others are having.
Anyone have any ideas other than reinstall???? I would like to get to the root of the problem.

Hi there! I am having a similar problem. I have always used the default ports for my outgoing server, but suddenly it was no longer working. I looked up some info from my hosting provider and saw they required the outgoing port to be 1025. I entered that into the custom port box on the advanced tab, and it started working again. But when I started up my computer the next day, it no longer worked. I opened the advanced tab and found that the info in the custom port box had been changed to 25. When I edited it back to 1025, it started working in. For some reason, the number I enter in that box won't save.
Did yours get changed every time you closed Preferences? Mine only changes back when I restart the computer. I can't restart my computer at the moment to check, but I'll try your fix and see if it works.

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