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Having trouble sending mail from .Mac account using Mail.app
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Feb 24, 2005, 10:15 AM
 
Checking mail works fine. I've got the outgoing mail server set as smtp.mac.com
Whenever I try to send from my .Mac account it always gives me a choice of other servers to send from, saying smtp.mac.com doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?
     
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Feb 24, 2005, 10:58 AM
 
Originally posted by willed:
Checking mail works fine. I've got the outgoing mail server set as smtp.mac.com
Whenever I try to send from my .Mac account it always gives me a choice of other servers to send from, saying smtp.mac.com doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?
It's likely your ISP is blocking the outgoing connection to smtp.mac.com. Who's your ISP? Use their SMTP server. For example smtp.comcast.net or some such.
     
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Feb 24, 2005, 12:56 PM
 
Originally posted by CatOne:
It's likely your ISP is blocking the outgoing connection to smtp.mac.com. Who's your ISP? Use their SMTP server. For example smtp.comcast.net or some such.
Fantastic, that was it. Thanks very much.
     
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May 17, 2005, 12:24 AM
 
Originally Posted by willed
Fantastic, that was it. Thanks very much.
I am trying to figure this out too.

I want to be able to send mail using Mail.app with my .mac account, but my internet connection is currently through SBC. I have set the outgoing server to the SBC server, but I still cannot send mail.
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