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    Unable to Send Emails through Apple Mail

    Hello friends, Apple Mail unable to send emails but it can get them just very well. I joined all my email account a at the same time to Apple Mail while I was at my college network and the whole thing work very well but as soon as I went back at my residence for the summer and obsessed up my Mac to my home network, I am unable to get Apple mail to send emails. It constantly shows me the message that "Cannot send message using the server____." and it shows that to select further Outgoing Mail Servers. I do, but those not at all work as well. I've had this trouble for a long time and also restarting doesn't help me out. Is it a clash with the port? What can I do now?

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    Re: Unable to Send Emails through Apple Mail

    I do have the issue with it, but here is the thing that helped me out- (1) at this stage I opened the Keychain Access application in the Utilities file. (2) Unlock your keychain by snapping on the lock picture in the inferior left. (3) Position the "passwords" that are hold up in the keychain, and DELETE ALL that are linked to the Mail.app. (4) stop Keychain Access now and then once again launch the Mail. (5) generate a fresh "test email” manually. (5) When you click send, the SMTP server will ask for a password, which will call up the dialog asking for the password and if you desire for it to be stored up in your keychain. Type the password and then CHECK the box to store the password. (6) Does it send fruitfully, with no error message? (7) Thus, at the moment select the "get mail" alternative to obtain the email manually. (8) Another time, given that there is no stored password, you will another time be displayed to enter a password for the "POP" server. Enter it and another time verify to store it in your keychain. This stuff functioning correctly for me yet again.

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    Re: Unable to Send Emails through Apple Mail

    I have now had the similar difficulty that appears to be down to my ISP closing off port 25 for outgoing mail. Straightforward answer of putting in custom port 26 by moving to the preferences options, in that select the other option called as accounts, now select outgoing mail server SMTP, change SMTP server record, make use of custom port and then enter 26 port. Now can send out mail with no problem.

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    Re: Unable to Send Emails through Apple Mail

    I do have the identical troubles. At the initial time, my username wasn't typed properly, and next time, Mail had located up a username and password for my outgoing server although the server makes use of neither. The thing I had done is removed the password and username and uncheck the box that says somewhat like "username and password required". Also you can make use of the smtp.sbcglobal.net.

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    Re: Unable to Send Emails through Apple Mail

    For the Mac accounts: if your ISP is jamming port 25 other than not port 587, then modify the port to 587 and try another time. Select Mail, in that select the Preferences options, and then click Accounts. Select your .Mac account, and then click Account Information. Tick the Server Settings push button and then substitute it from 25 through 587 in the “Server port” field. Click OK and shut the Preferences window. Try sending your message again.

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