Verizon not sending from multiple Mail accounts

We are not tech-oriented and bought our MacBook Pro for its user-friendliness, like sending an iPhoto image right to our Mail program to send to friends and relatives. Sending through Mail is not working right now and this is a big disappointment. We're running the most recent Leopard updates. Our provider is Verizon and we've been trying to set up Mail for our family's 3 accounts. We are using the following settings (all correct according to Verizon):
server name: outgoing.verizon.net
ports: default ports (25, 465, 587)
authentication: password
username: [email protected]
password: ourVerizonPassword
no ssl
We can receive mail ok but sending has followed this pattern:
All 3 accounts might send the first email message successfully, or sometimes only the primary account can send the first email attempt. Then, on trying to send a second email message, only the primary account will work, or none will work. Then, on the third attempt to send email, no accounts will work.
We've repeatedly deleted the accounts and started over again only to have the same progressively failing results. Some of what we've read here on this forum makes it sound like this is an unsolved, unaddressed problem. Does anyone have any further insights?

Hi sharrison14
I am in the UK and had a similar problem. Ii eventually found the problem was due to my BT Home Hub Router.  Not sure where you live, but of you are in the UK, this might work for you.
I found this fix below on https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4604180?start=15&tstart=0
It worked for me.  If you can't link to the URL, here is the body of the text
There's an issue related to the BT homehub that is providing a hostname that is "syntactically incorrect" for several smtp server.
Here's how you can fix it.
Using your internet browser, go to the address "192.168.1.254
- Follow instructions to reset your password if asked.
- Then go to "Settings", then "Advanced Settings" and "home network"
You will see there all the devices that are connected or that has been connected before. It's gonna be easyer if yout computer is the only one connected.
Your computer should have a name like "unknown-xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ...
Click on this name, chose another name without any special characters, like "macbook" for exemple.
And then click on "apply"
- restart your computer.
That should fix the issue.
Credit goes to vincentfromcork for providing me with the solution.
Hope it works for you.  If it does, spread the word ;-)

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