Unable to edit email accounts mac mail preferences

I make changes - like deleting an account and adding a new one - in Mac Mail preferences, but I don't get the pop up asking if I want to save the changes. So after I turn off Mail and turn it back on, the changes have disappeared. Any way to fix this so I can get rid of my old account and add my new one?
Thanks!

I went to the local Apple store earlier this week and asked on of the folks at the Genius Bar if he knew how to set the outgoing mail address. He showed me that I could enable the "reply to" field and then put my mail forwarding address into that field. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to pre-populate that field so that it always has my mail forwarding account address.

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Hello,
On my ipad model MB293LL I am unable to access the 'Mail, Contacts, Calenders' menu in my settings. i am trying to add an Email account in the settings, but the tab 'Mail, Contacts, Calenders' will not open, but returns to the desktop. Does anyone know a workaround please to add a new account?
Thanks a lot for answers.

iOS: Unable to send or receive email
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3899
Can’t Send Emails on iPad – Troubleshooting Steps
http://ipadhelp.com/ipad-help/ipad-cant-send-emails-troubleshooting-steps/
Setting up and troubleshooting Mail
http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/assistant/mail/
iPad Mail
http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/mail/
Try a Reset - iPad How-Tos http://ipod.about.com/lr/ipad_how-tos/903396/1/
Or this - Delete the account in Mail and then set it up again.
 Cheers, Tom

Mac Mail Issue: I was having trouble sending to hotmail accounts from my Earthlink account, they had me go into Mac Mail preferences and make changes, now Mac Mail doesn't work AT ALL - any help changing the settings back to correct Mac Mail settings? I c

I was having trouble sending to hotmail accounts from my Earthlink account, they had me go into Mac Mail preferences and make changes (because they claimed it was Mac Mail's fault, even though the hotmail error code said it's because Earthlink is blocked by hotmail), now Mac Mail doesn't work AT ALL - any help changing the settings back to correct Mac Mail settings? I can provide a transcript of the entire tech chat session, if that will help...

both apostrophes are used correctly, thanks
doesn't = does not (this is called a contraction)
it's = it is
Mac Mail's fault = possessive
any help with the actual issue? thanks!

Error Message While Trying to Send email from Mac Mail...

hello. i have been following the discussion board from some time, and finally made my first mac purchase. only 3 days old.anyways, i am trying to send mail from my .mac email account. i paid for the 1 year subscription,so i know my subscription status is still up to date. however, when trying to send an email using the Mac Mail application,i get this error..
Error
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.
can someone help me?
my isp is: Cox
location: Virginia, USA
just incase someone needed that. oh yes,i can also receive mail, but i just can not send any emails. i was trying to send an email to a "gmail" acct,and i also attached a 2mb pic.thank you to anyone who can assist me.

This error message indicates your ISP blocks the use of SMTP servers that are outside of their network (or not provided by the ISP) on Port 25 which is the default/common port used by SMTP servers. Some ISPs allow the use of an authenticated SMTP server only that is outside of their network (such as the .Mac SMTP server) on Port 25 but some block its use regardless.
These restrictions are in place as part of an overall effort to prevent spam emanating from the ISP's domain.
Are you also accessing an email account with the Mail.app that is provided by Cox and if so, are you able to send messages with this account?
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 for the .Mac SMTP server.
Enter 587 in place of 25 in the Server Port field and when finished, select OK to save the changed setting.
If this doesn't resolve it and you aren't accessing your Cox email account with the Mail.app, you need to create your Cox email account in Mail or at least add Cox's SMTP server and select/use Cox's SMTP server to send messages with your .Mac account which is invisible to all recipients.

Multiple email accounts on Mail issue

Hi there, just wondering if anyone cn help with my Mail email issue. I have scoured the net but can't find anyone with the exact same or similar issue.
For simplicitys sake, letes say I have 3 email accounts, [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected] I have set alpha to be the default account and this works fine, when I click new email the sender is by default [email protected] The problem arises when I want to send an email from the bravo or charlie accounts. I click on ne email and in the drop down "From" window I select the bravo account I want to send from, compose my email and click send. Away it goes but the recipient recieves and email from "bravo" but with the email address [email protected] and if he hits reply it will come back addressed to [email protected] Arghhhhhhhhhhh! I have tried everything but for the life of me can't see where the issue lies. Incidentally the same happens if I use the charlie account.
I am using OSX 10.8.4 with Mail version 6.5 (1508)
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Phil

Assuming that these really are three gmail accounts, in Mail > Preferences > Accounts Click on the down arrow for SMTP server, select Edit SMTP Server list and be sure you have a separate SMTP listing and name for each of the three accounts together with a username and password for each occurance of SMTP.gmail.com. Then in account information for each account, be sure you have the correct SMTP server selected and "Use only this server" checked.

Problems setting up email client (Mac Mail) with BC hosted emails

This issue has me tearing my hair out! My client wanted to take advantage of the 10 emails addresses with WebBasics. Very simple to sort out and the emails are all happily available with mail going in and out through the WebMail interface. Brilliant.
However my client wanted to be able to access her emails through Mac Mail. And I cannot get the outgoing mail to work.
I have followed instructions to the letter, and I can get emails to come in but when I try to send it simply states that the stmp.clientsdomain.com say's it's offline.
I have tried using alternative ports, also using the ISP outgoing mail setting with no luck.
My main issue after speaking to the livechat guys at BC and using Factsheets, is the information on them (screenshots etc) just does not reflect Mac Mail, I admit that I am probably using a later / earlier version but the differences seemt o be huge. For instance, I keep being told that I need to UNTICK the SSL box during configuration. But my version of Mac Mail, doesn't give me the option to tick or untick at any point, it does however throw up a warning message saying that my client's domain is invalid inscure but I can carry on. Similarly when I look at the Account Summary on the FactSheet it says that it should show "SSL:OFF" but when I follow the instructions it states "SSL:ON" . I have gone into preferences afterwards to untick SSL but it still does not work.
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Hi Peter,
I'm afraid not, I turned to Apple support forums, followed their advice for troubleshooting Mac Mail (obviously not relevant to you using Outlook) but It involved scanning ports checking firewalls etc, all of this was clear and I just cannot see the problem.
I even got one of the Livechat BC guys to look into it, by setting up a dummy email address on the client's account, I think he was rather intrigued, but I'm not sure he's had much luck as he still hasn't got back to and that was over 20 hours ago.
Can your client receive emails? I can only get my client's account receiving emails, when I try to send an email I just keep receiving an message telling me that it cannot connect to smtp!
According to the BC fact sheet for sending and receiving emails: "By Default, email software will set the SMTP port to 25, which is the standard port for the smtp protocol. However our mail service has two alternative ports available that you can send through. 8025 or 587.
However it's not blocked and those port settings didn't work either.
The Apple fact sheet made mention to firewall settings possibly also blocking, but it's not relevant to me using my version of OS.
Good luck, and please repost if you get any further.
I am now just looking for a reason that my client's mail WONT work on Mac Mail, just so I can sound professional when I tell them the answer is "no".
Penny

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I would like to add my junk email account to mail for quick access, but I don't want to see notifications (or the number of unread emails). The options I can find are notifications for all accounts or none. On my iphone, I can select the notification level for each email address, but I can't find this option for my mac.

Hi,
Yes the smart mailbox you set up was a very basic one. I tells Mail to display anything that is assigned to that account. So if you move an email from say the inbox of that account, to another folder of the same account, then the smart mailbox will not look any different as it is looking at the whole account.
In reality, you never need to use or look at this smart mailbox and you can continue to keep looking at the normal inboxes as you always have, but the Dock icon will only update according to unread emails anywhere in that account.
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I have 3 email accounts in Mail on Macbook Pro. Mail is only being sent from 1 account.

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Desperately in need of help. I'm able to receive but not send email using Mac Mail. I keep getting an error message:
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The sender address [email protected] was rejected by the server"
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Have verified & repaired disk utilities & keychains
Have reinstalled the operating system
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I am having the same problem exactly. I can read e-mail, but get the same error message trying to send it. I can't use .Mac anymore--have to use alternate e-mail for the last month--since some time in October 2006.
I haven't changed anything on my G4, haven't upgraded anything, and the problem started about the time .Mac reported some customers were unable to use Mail for a couple of days in October.
I see nobody answered your post. Did you ever get your mail to work? I have repaired permissions, but I don't think it has anything to do with that.
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iMama
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When I send an email from Mac Mail, why does Mail go to the background and the Finder comes to the front? I want it to stay in Mail.

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Did you check your user name and password in Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars...tap your email account, tap SMTP, then tap the primary server name. Make sure the settings there are correct.

Can't add new account in mail Preferences

When I attempt to add a new account in Mail preferences the + sign does not function. Another strange symptom is that MAILl will not quit, and I must force quit from the Apple menu. AND, the account that does appear in the account window appears in broken type and although the information is correct, no In, out junk or drafts appear. Obviously there is major corruption. I've fixed the permissions and done the obvious things. It sounds like my program may be corrupt. What caused this, is that I had to reinstall Tiger on another drive in my G5 when my original version lost its users and I couldn't boot up. Mail still works fine on my newer Intel MAC. I know it has a different version of MAIL but is there a way to use its settings and/or caches,prefs and data? Unfortunately my copy of Tiger is on multiple CD's and I don't get the option of what to install..it's all or nothing.
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C

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C

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Thomas,
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