On Nov 12, 2009, at 4:40 PM, Dan A wrote: > smtp suddenly stopped functioning for a group of accounts. Incoming > mail is > not affected. I have not changed any settings for years and have > added new > accounts from time to time... but no changes have been made for a > couple of > months at least, and upon checking the account set ups, all is > correct... as > it has been. I used a Mail Script to identify unused smtp settings and > deleted them. I also opened Mail Connection Doctor (this is in OS > 10.4.11) > which showed all in-coming as operational and a variety of gmail, > me.com and > verizon smtp servers were not functioning. Possible reasons and > things given > to check are: check network connection... no problem, check account > info... > all is correct, check if SSL is supported... it has been and I've > got them > all checked with the correct port. I will try unchecking SSL to see > if that > changes. I don't think that will help.... and it didn't. > I have also restarted in Safe Mode a few times during the week, and > have > also used DiskWarrior on the internal and external drives. > > Does anyone have any ideas on where to go from here? I know that I > can kill > the problem accounts and re-create them... what I don't know is if > I'll lose > any of the email sitting in those accounts.
Try deleting all the smtp accounts and re-creating them. You won't mess up the incoming mail or anything saved on your Mac; smtp is outgoing only. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
