Outgoing mail times out.

For the past week, I have been unable to send emails through the Mail client. I am receiving mail just fine, but whenever I try to send something, this message appears:
This message could not be delivered and will remain in your Outbox until it can be delivered. The connection to the server 'smtp.mac.com' on port 25 timed out.
I tried deleting the account from the Mail program, and then adding the account back, but the same problem persists. I'm afraid I'm not very computer savvy, and don't know what else to do.
Thanks in advance for your help.

Hello Charlie.
Sounds like your ISP used for connecting to the internet may have recently started blocking the use of SMTP servers that are outside of their network on Port 25.
Something to try.
Go to Mail > Preferences > Accounts and under the Account Information tab for your .Mac account preferences at the SMTP server selection, select the Server Settings button below.
Enter 587 in place of 25 in the Server Port field and when finished, select OK to save the changed setting. If you are prompted to save the changed setting when exiting preferences, select OK to save the change.
Test if this resolves the problem.
If not and you are also accessing an email account and SMTP server in Mail that is provided by your ISP used for connecting to the internet, select your ISP's SMTP server to send mail with your .Mac account which is done under the Account Information tab for your .Mac account preferences at the SMTP server selection.

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