Why is mail sending messages but not receiving? problem just started.

not sure that anything has changed on my imac recently. i am running 10.7.3. i can send mail but it's not receiving. help appreciated.

benhill00,
Please look over Apple's Mail Setup, Troubleshooting etc.. link. I suspect a setting has just gotten "confused" or become corrupt somehow. Frequently all you need to do is go into the Mail's Account settings and re-input the settings.

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I have tried all the "fixes" I found on another thread, nothing worked. This is a replacement phone. My first one had problems with the touchpad not working, but the messaging and FaceTime were fine. The touchpad works on this phone. Any suggestions?

Fixed!! My cellular/internet provider had to do a restore and now it works

I can send messages but not receive.

My iChat used to work fine. For some reason, however, now I can send messages that my buddies can read but do not appear in my chat box after I hit send. I can no longer read any messages my buddies send to me. I also cannot see chat room invitations that are sent to me. My Mac store people tell me they can find nothing wrong and it "works fine" when they use it. I thought perhaps it was my user account, but I can use iChat at work and on my husband's iMac with no problems. All the settings seem to be identical. I thought about setting up another AIM account, but my original works fine on the other computers.
Oh, I am able to video chat with my husband. It seems to be only the text chat that does not work.
Any ideas or suggestions?

Hi,
Chats that do Text Chat and then send files or Pics in the chat change it to a Direct IM
This changes the Protocol iChat uses to send and receive data on. (It swaps from port 5190 (Or whatever login port you have set) on TCP to using port 5190 on UDP)
This means you have to have port 5190 open on your router to the UDP protocol.
(Of course it has to be opened in such a way that two computer can use the port and protocol at the same time. (UPnP is method of choice)
Group chats also use port 5190 on UDP
This would seem to be the most likely thing with what you list about the account and the Computer working at a Store (I take it they tested Your iChat Account there ? (testing their own account would prove very little)
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I upgraded to lion today and just realized I am not receiving any mail. I can send out but not receive. i'm using a POP Road Runner account. Any help appreciated.

I just upgraded to Lion today and realized I'm not receiving any mail. I can send out but not receive. I am using a POP server Road Runner acct. Any help would be appreciated.

Try Mail->Window->Connection Doctor. If there is a problem reported, try:
Open Mail->Preferences and check your settings.
If you still have a problem, Copy your settings (screen capture ⇧⌘4), delete account, and re-setup account

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I guess I'd like to know if anyone else is having this same problem. I'd hate to think it was just me. :-)
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HT1430 hey, I just reset my Apple ID and suddenly much of my Iphone text history disappeared. and I can send texts, but not receive any. what do I do? is this related to AppleID, or is the text issue from something else? thx!

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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. If you're unable to receive texts, see this article for troubleshooting steps:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2755
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im running Software 10.6.8 and recently i cant send emails but can receive them fine? bit annoying as need to send important things or reply to emails but cant via IMail ??

ginavee, as I stated in my earlier post, we've no idea what settings you need to enter in your Mail account preferences. You'll have to go to your service provider's web site and see if they provide it in a support section there. For example, if you use Comcast as your service provider, the Comcast web site will have information on how to set up Apple's Mail program. You'll need, of course, your email account name and password.
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Anyway, if you are plugged in to the router:
1) open up internet explorer and go to 192.168.1.1
2) username: just leave it blank password: admin
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SSID - this is the name of your network
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Send OK but not receive mail

On iMac 10.7 can send mail but nor receive on my .me account? Any suggestions? My wireless iPad works fine. Thanks

Hi ellis, did you swith to iCloud yet?
The Mobile Me servers are gone now, if your incoming server says mail.me.com instead of imap.mail.me.com, then that's the problem.
Do not delete the old account yet. sign up for an iCloud account if you haven't.
I understand .mac mail will still come through. Do not delete the old account yet.
You cannot use .mac or MobileMe as type of Account, you have to choose IMAP when setting up, otherwise Mail is hard coded to change imap.mail.me.com to mail.me.com & smtp.mail.me.com to smtp.me.com, no matter what you try to enter.
iCloud Mail setup, do not choose .mac or MobileMe as type, but choose IMAP...
On second step where it asks "Description", it has to be a unique name, but you can still use your email address.
IMAP (Incoming Mail Server) information:
Server name: imap.mail.me.com
SSL Required: Yes
Port: 993
Username: [email protected] (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
Password: Your iCloud password
SMTP (outgoing mail server) information:
Server name: smtp.mail.me.com
SSL Required: Yes
Port: 587
SMTP Authentication Required: Yes
Username: [email protected] (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
Password: Your iCloud password
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Thanks to dpepper...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3867171?tstart=0

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Hi,
I have 2 email addresses, one for work, and one for other. I like my work email to be forwarded to my Gmail because it archives all of my messages. But in Mac Mail I want to send email from both accounts and only receive from my gmail. Currently I receive duplicate messages on every message because it gets mail from both places and if its a message to my work email, since its forwarded I get it twice.
I already checked, do not check this mailbox when automatically checking for updates, and that works some of the time, but if I need to hit the Get Mail button, it gets mail from that, and I go from 7 messages to 850.
So is there way to be able to have an email address just to send from and not get mail from?

what you describe is strange. how exactly do you forward messages from the work account to gmail? if you do it on the server then there should be no duplicates and your work mailbox on the server should be simply empty.
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Sending messages but not saving to server

Since updating to Lion I've been able to use the Mail client to access Yahoo! Mail (the free version, not Yahoo! Mail Plus) for the first time.
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Chris Cox wrote:
The CS6 icons are exactly as Apple requested them.
Apple are publicly advising developers to use application and document icons which contain a pyramid of images from 16 x 16 to 1024 x 1024 pixels, the largest size being intended for Retina displays.
You have stated in another thread that the Photoshop CS6 change from previously-compliant icons of CS5 to new less-useful and non-compliant icons is because Apple requested the change in preparation for Retina.
The request is clearly illogical, therefore there seems a high probability of a communication error between Apple and Adobe, or a mistake by someone at Apple or by someone at Adobe.
Will the icons in the next Ps update be compliant with Apple's public guidelines?
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGu idelines/IconsImages/IconsImages.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000967-TP6
Extract:
Provide a set of document icons in the same set of sizes you provide for your app icon. For the recommended standard- and high-resolution sizes, see Table 5-1.
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Filename
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icon_512x512@2x
1024x1024
icon_512x512
512x512
icon_256x256@2x
512x512
icon_256x256
256x256
icon_128x128@2x
256x256
icon_128x128
128x128
icon_32x32@2x
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icon_32x32
32x32
icon_16x16@2x
32x32
icon_16x16
16x16
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I can send emails but not receive any??

Hey guys n gals,
I'm new to Blackberry and to be honest I'm not the most technical person in the world!
I have recently been given a blackberry pearl 8100. have enabled the bolt on with 02 etc.
I can send emails but i can't receive any - would really appreciate any help you can give me
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Hello CWNI,
Check out this KB article, it should help you
http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/kb02857
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