Problem using aol mail in mail osx

hi, my aunt just switched over to the brand new mac mini and she's using her aol screen name for her email in mail osx but for some reason the only person she can't email is me and I have the MobileMe email adress. She can email people with comcast, web tv, and gmail but not me. It says the out going server can't send it. What do you think could be the problem??
Thanks

Check with her ISP but it sounds like she might need to edit the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) entry to add an alternative server than the one she is using as the default. For example her outgoing mail server might be mail.serviceprovider.whatever so she might have to add an entry in the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) list such as smtp.serviceprovider.whatever.
Chris

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