This is just about exactly what I did, minus the connection doctor part, and the null username dialog did indeed disappear. All seems to be working perfectly... until I break something else later on! Thanks for your response.
On 8/19/11, Linda Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > Alex, > > I had the exact same problem you have described. I never figured out how or > why it happened but, with the help of Jon Cohn from this list, I got it > fixed. > First, he asked me to see what I found under “Connections Doctor” > Go to the Mail menu with VO M, then down arrow to the Connections Doctor > under the Window tab > In my case it showed the following information. Of course, yours may > differ. > Mail is able to connect to the internet > Network diagnostics dimmed > Table with 4 rows: > 1. Status; account name Gmail; Details Connection and log-in to server > succeeded > 2. Status; Account name SMTP.gmail.com: Linda Adams; details Trying to > log-in to this SMTP account failed. Verify that the user name and password > are correct > 3. Status; Account name SMTP.gmail.com:[email protected]; Details > connection and log-in to server succeeded > 4. Status; Account name SMTP.gmail.com; Details Trying to log-in to this > SMTP account failed. Verify that the user name and password are correct. > > Here was Jon’s response. > > 1. You have 1 e-mail reading account setup. > 2. You have 3 e-mail sending accounts setup and only one is correctly > working. (#3 in your list). > I was mistaken about where the configuration for the outgoing mail server is > located. > Here are the steps you need to follow to remove the extra accounts. I > suggest you read over the entire dialog box about the "null" account before > attempting this, it might be that there are one or more outgoing messages > that are trying to get sent but are stuck. If this is the case, then the > dialog should give you the option to change the SMTP server that the > messages are being sent from. > 1. Open your mail preferences (command-comma). > 2,. Select the accounts tab if it is not selected. > 3. Find the pop-up button just to the right of "Outgoing Mail Server > (SMTP):" > 4. At the bottom of the list in this pop-up button is "Edit SMTP Server List > …" > Select this and a new window should open. > 5. Select the SMTP accounts that don't belong, and click the "minus" button > to remove the account. > > Once I followed his instructions, the Null account password dialog did not > occur again. > Thanks again to Jon and all the others on this list who have solved our many > problems. > > Linda > > > > On Aug 19, 2011, at 6:05 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > >> Hi all, >> Using a gmail account with outgoing mail set to smtp.gmail.com, I cannot >> send mail. When I try, it asks for the password for user "null". It >> sounds like, somehow, my username is not set for outgoing mail, yet I can >> receive just fine. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from BrailleNote >> [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
