On 6/10/10, at 4:40 PM, Peter Lovell [email protected] said: >Hi Tom, > >while this will work, people who receive your mail will see it as coming >from your Verizon address rather than your .mac (.me) one. I *certainly* >do not want that. >If you want your mail to remain independent of Verizon then you should >use Apple's smtp server "smtp.me.com" and your .me username and password.
Peter, I have kept the PM configuration you recommended, but using the "outgoing.verizon.net" setting didn't interfere with showing the mac/ me.com address. My only PM problem is that it is now ignoring the "Mail Scheduling" (every 2 minutes). Never a problem before. I may need to run First Aid again. >Apple's "Mail" does a good job of figuring out te right connection >parameters. It obviously excels with Apple's own servers. Port 993 is >appropriate for IMAP, which is the default for .mac/.me accounts in >Mail. If your account is set up as a POP3/SMTP account then it would use >port 995 for POP3 (under the "Advanced" tab). FInding the port number >for outgoing mail is harder, as it doesn't show up in the Account >anywhere. To find this, select the account in question and click the >popup at the bottom "Outgoing Mail Server". When the list pops up, >select "Edit SMTP Server List ..." which is the last entry. Choose the >server in the top part of the window and click "Advanced" tab half-way >down. You can then change the settings if needed. For me using POP3/SMTP >it's "Use default ports", Authentication: password, and the .mac >username and password. This was easy to find, wasn't it :) Smtp.me.com is the outgoing server for me in Mail. The "Advanced" tab shows that it's using the default ports (25, 465, 587). "Account Type" shows as MobileMe IMAP. Tom Miller .................................................. "The only time we see the middle of the road is as we run from side to side." R.O.Clark ...................................................
