SMTP timed out

It has worked for months without any issues, send and receive. I don't have any issues receiving/reading emails. For the last week and a half, every email I send gets the following SMTP timed out error:
"Sending of message failed. The message could not be sent because the connection to SMTP server smtp.me.com timed out."
After attempting to send the same email a few times, it either finally goes through, or I will have to close the email client and reopen, so it can try and send. The fields are automatically populated, but I have also tried to use "smtp.mail.me.com". With "smtp.mail.me.com", I constantly get password popups for the initial connection, and fails. With the "smtp.me.com", it connects fine, download folders/emails. I have no issues sending with my iPhone or logging into iCloud directly.
Steps I've taken:
-Dumped out mail client profiles
-Uninstalled mail client, cleaned registry, wiped left over files
-Tried different mail clients, currently PostBox (also tested in Opera Mail, Thunderbird, and Outlook).
-Tried different PCs
-Tried different ISPs
I tried to ping "smtp.me.com" and it's respective IP "17.158.8.19", both time out (they may have pingbacks disabled). Even running a tracert, it leaves my building, my datacenter, hits the Apple datacenter in LA, hits the Apple datacenter in SJ, and times out afterwards.
My information:
-On a PC.
-Firewall is off entirely.
-No virus scanner installed.
I'm a tech junkie, with sysadmin experience. Complicated solutions welcome.

Hi,
Does anything show up in the logs surrounding this? Do you have SMTP scan enabled in AV? If so, do FTP attachments work when that is disabled?
Thanks,
Brandon

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Messaging server version is,
./imsimta version
Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)
libimta.so 6.2-6.01 (built 11:20:35, Apr 3 2006)
SunOS bglbbmr1-a-fixed 5.9 Generic_118558-28 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V440
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I have been getting this above error on my mail server from last
4-5 days. I am getting complaints from end users that the users can't
send any mails using Outlook but I did check with my test user I can
send mail by using webmail.
The Failed MX lookup Errors also getting in my logs the error detail given bellow.
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reprocess 0 0.00
process 0 0.00
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Thanks Mr. Shane,
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in-channel=*; in-type=application; in-subtype=*; in-disposition=*;
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dparameter-symbol-0=FILENAME; dparameter-copy-0=*;
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in-channel=*; in-type=x-zip-compressed; in-subtype=*; in-disposition=*;
parameter-symbol-0=NAME; parameter-copy-0=*;
dparameter-symbol-0=FILENAME; dparameter-copy-0=*;
message-header-file=2; original-header-file=1;
override-header-file=1; override-option-file=1;
command="/opt/SUNWmsgsr/private/virusscan.sh"
in-channel=*; in-type=image; in-subtype=*; in-disposition=*;
parameter-symbol-0=NAME; parameter-copy-0=*;
dparameter-symbol-0=FILENAME; dparameter-copy-0=*;
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dparameter-symbol-0=FILENAME; dparameter-copy-0=*;
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Is this above information u r asking?
As u wrote erlier, the conversion channel works some times and some times doesn't work.
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BSKADAM

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Error:            -5
Version:        7000
Component: ICM
Date/Time:    Tue Mar 04 07:02:38 2008
Module:        icxxthr.c
Line:             2698
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The keepalive timeout can be set globally for all services of the ICM with the parameter icm/keepalive_timeout.
You can also set it for individual services by using the following parameter:
icm/server_port_ < n > = ...,TIMEOUT=< s >.
If you set this parameter, it overwrites parameter icm/keepalive_timeout for the specified service.
Even if the ICM serves as client for a request, the TIMEOUT and PROCTIMEOUT parameters of icm/server_port_ < n > control the timeouts for the relevant protocol, provided that you have set TIMEOUT or PROCTIMEOUT.
If you have not set the PROCTIMEOUT parameter, TIMEOUT (or icm/keepalive_timeout) defines both the processing timeout and the keepalive timeout. Also, as of release 6.40, the keepalive timeout is limited to a maximum of 30 seconds.
In a system where the default timeout settings of 30 seconds for the keepalive timeout and the processing timeout are not sufficient because of long-running applications, we recommend that you set the TIMEOUT and PROCTIMEOUT parameters for the relevant services so that you can configure them independently of each other. In addition, we recommend that you do not set the TIMEOUT value higher than necessary, for example, to the usual default value of 30 seconds.
We recommend, for example, the following settings:
icm/server_port_0 = PROT=HTTP,PORT=1080,TIMEOUT=30,PROCTIMEOUT=600
to allow a maximum processing time of 10 minutes.
I hope this info will help you to sort out the error you getting.
Regards
Aashish Sinha
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Mail server timed out

I can receive mail, but cannot send mail. I use imap with gmail. I get an error that says something like
CONNECTION TO SERVER "SMTP.GMAIL.COM" ON PORT 25 TIMED OUT. Can anyone offer some help on this one. Thanks.

There is a Mail Help article with the exact same title as the error message you’re getting that explains how to solve it.
Many ISPs block port 25 for all traffic outside their own network in an attempt to fight spam. Something that usually works if you’re trying to use an outgoing (SMTP) server different from the one provided by your ISP (and in the case of .Mac in particular) is changing the outgoing server port to 587 instead of 25 in Preferences > Accounts > Account Information > Outgoing Mail Server > Server Settings.

Can't sent mail. connection to server on port 25 timed out.

Can't send mail. Connection to the server on port 25 timed out. I keep getting this error when sending mail. I can receive mail but just can't send.
When I connect directly to the cable modem, thus removing the Airport from the set up, the mail sends fine. I recently updated the Airport with firmware update 5.7 and I'm wondering if there are some settings on the airport that may be affecting this? Any ideas on what I'm missing? I'm baffled.
I am using a 17" Powerbook running OS 10.3.9 and connecting wirelessly to an Airport Extreme. I'm using Apple Mail as my email software, but I have also tried to send through Entourage with no luck. I am using an email account and SMTP server provided by my ISP. I also have an old iMac running 10.3.5 that is wired directly to the Airport. I have an email account set up on the iMac and can't send from there either.

I tried changing the MTU on the iMac which is wired directly to the airport.(I have an old iMac running 10.3.5 and a Powerbook G4- the G4 connects wirelessly to the airport) I changed it to 1492 but didn't still wasn't able to send mail. I feel like I'm stabbing in the dark with this, is there a way to determine what the packet size should be?
MTU will vary with connection type. Cable and non-PPPoE, can use up to 1500, whereas PPPoE connections (WinPoet, RASPPPOE, Enternet, etc.) can only use up to 1492. For secure VPN connections (i.e., IPSec) use a MTU value less than 1500.
The best value for MTU is that value just before the packets get fragmented. To test, use the Ping utility.
OS X: ping -D -s 1472 www.dslreports.com
WinXP: ping -f -l 1472 www.dslreports.com
Reduce 1472 by 10 until you no longer get the “packet needs to be fragmented” error message. Then increase by 1 until you are 1 less from getting the same error message. Add 28 more to this (since your ping packet size, not including IP/ICMP header is 28 bytes). This will be your MaxMTU. (Note: If you can ping thru at 1472, stop, you’re done! Add 28 and your MaxMTU is 1500.)
Some typical MTU values:
1500: The biggest sized IP packet that can normally traverse the Internet without getting fragmented. Typical MTU for non PPPoE, non VPN connections.
1492: The MaxMTU recommended for Internet PPPoE implementations.
1472: The maximum ping data payload before fragmentation errors are received on non-PPPoE, non-VPN connections.
1464: The maximum ping data payload before fragmentation errors are received when using PPPoE connected machine.
1460: TCP Data size (MSS) when MTU is 1500 and not using PPPoE.
1452: TCP Data size (MSS) when MTU is 1492 and using PPPoE.
1400: MaxMTU for PPTP Tunneling VPN (Win2K/WinXP).
576: Typically recommended as the MTU for dialup type applications...leaving 536 bytes of TCP data.

Connection timed out: connect at com.sun.mail.imap.IMAPStore.protocolConne

Hi ,
Recently, my team need to work with javamail. Here I got a problem: when I run the application in my personal home network , it goes on very well. When I run the program in my company env, it gives error info:
Exception in thread "main" javax.mail.MessagingException: Could not connect to SMTP host: smtp.gmail.com, port: 465;
nested exception is:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:1706)
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.protocolConnect(SMTPTransport.java:525)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:313)
The resource is :
import java.security.Security;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.mail.Authenticator;
import javax.mail.Message;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.PasswordAuthentication;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.Transport;
import javax.mail.internet.AddressException;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
*Use Gmail
public class GmailSender {
public static void main(String[] args) throws AddressException, MessagingException {
Security.addProvider(new com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider());
final String SSL_FACTORY = "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory";
// Get a Properties object
Properties props = System.getProperties();
//Add proxy for GmailSender
//especially here, I am not sure whether the proxy really works. In home network, it needn't proxy to run successfully.
// props.setProperty("proxySet","true");
// props.setProperty("socksProxyHost","148.87.19.20"); // This IP address is our proxy server address
// props.setProperty("socksProxyPort","80");
props.setProperty("mail.smtp.host", "smtp.gmail.com");
props.setProperty("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class", SSL_FACTORY);
props.setProperty("mail.smtp.socketFactory.fallback", "false");
props.setProperty("mail.smtp.port", "465");
props.setProperty("mail.smtp.socketFactory.port", "465");
props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");
final String username = "XXX";
final String password = "XXX";
Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, new Authenticator(){
protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
return new PasswordAuthentication(username, password);
// -- Create a new message --
Message msg = new MimeMessage(session);
// -- Set the FROM and TO fields --
msg.setFrom(new InternetAddress(username + "@gmail.com"));
msg.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO,
InternetAddress.parse("[email protected]",false));
msg.setSubject("Hello");
msg.setText("How are you");
msg.setSentDate(new Date());
Transport.send(msg);
System.out.println("Message sent.");
Will you please help me to review my code and give me some suggestions ?

No point looking at the code. The error message says the code can't connect to the server you are trying to connect to, so presumably there's a firewall or something like that preventing the connection. Talk to your network people.

Connection timed out when sending messages

Hi, I have a Thunderbird connection time-out issue when trying to send messages. Other similar problems in the KnowledgeBase did not help to solve the problem. I get the following message:
"Sending of message failed. The message could not be sent because the connection to SMTP server (server name) timed out. Try again or contact your network administrator." This is a fairly new computer (four months old) and Thunderbird worked fine until now. Details: Win8.1, TB 31, AV Nod Eset (not Security). The only change that took place recently was in the telephone line which was changed from mine to my husband's name. The telephone company added me as a complimentary user. I was able to send a few messages after this change, so it does not appear to be the cause. I have checked that the server details are correct. I also uninstalled (via Control Panel) and reinstalled Thunderbird, although it seemed that it was not properly uninstalled, because all the messages were there when I reinstalled. What could be the problem?

Please check the hosts file for the new IP,
Also cehck the Agnet service login for wheter the user has the privledges to do a FTP access to the server or also connect to the server
Reshma

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