It would seem that I’ve had a pleasant surprise and M able to send email messages out from the Google account. However, the iCloud account still presents me with a “cannot connect to service “dialog box requesting my password. There is no user identified in this dialogue box though. And, I am able to type in a password but to no avail!
************ - Sent from Bill's iPhone 8 (iOS 14.3) via Google Mail > On Dec 25, 2020, at 3:12 AM, Bill Gallik <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hopefully somebody can help me with this very aggravating issue concerning > e-mail services on my Mac. I will add here that I am now running Big Sir on > my Mac Mini, but the issue started several MacOS iterations past. In short, > this is not a problem seemingly caused by Big Sir. > > I have 2 e-mail accounts on my systems (iPad, iPhone 6, iPhone 8 & Mac Mini) > and the below described issue manifests on the Mac Mini only. In fact, I can > open the mail app on any of the 3 iOS devices and resolve the issue with any > given e-mail message I attempt to send to identified recipients. > > So, heres the issue; I can receive e-mail messages on both my Google and > iCloud e-mail accounts on the Mac Mini as well as the 3 iOS devices, but I > cannot send out messages from the Mac Mini. There is apparently a problem > with the password, but why then am I able to receive messages? When the > dialog box comes that eventually arises when trying to send an e-mail, the > user ID field is blank and I cannot type anything into it. > > I am considering deleting both accounts on my Mac and re-initializing them, > but I do not want to risk losing any of the numerous messages I have placed > in “special folders” for safe keeping. > > I’ve called Apple support several times to resolve this problem with good > results, but I’m truly sick of wasting 2 hours of a support tech’s time — and > mine for that matter. > > Can anybody send me a step-by-step outline as how best to resolve this > problem? > > So as not to clutter this mail group, please send your suggestions to: > > [email protected] > -or- > [email protected] > > Thanks to all that suffered through this entire message! > > ************ > - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin > - “I’ve been dealing with insomnia, I’m just so tired of it.” > - Contributor Unknown > > > -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/106F6B6D-BA02-439D-ADD0-E25C93F6D856%40gmail.com.
