Trouble sending email from my mac mail on my computer
I'm running 10.6.8 and macmail 4.6. Difficulty for the last week and especially the last two days. Mail "magically" decides to send when it wants to. I'm set up on iCloud.
Any help would be appreciated.
I'm thinking this is an iCloud issue due to what I'm seeing when I google.
Thanks;-)
What happens when you try sending email? Have you seen this support article yet? If not, it would be a good place to start.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1426
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