Wonderful and detailed reply! I shall take a deep breath tomorrow and follow your instructions! Sounds complicated - but I'll try!
many thanks, Andrew On 20 Apr 2010, at 3:11 pm, Nicklas Mikkelinen wrote: > Hello, > > There are several different ways to do this, what I would suggest for you is > that you start over from scratch to be honest. > But before doing that try this: > > Open Mail. > Go into mail preferences (cmd + ,) or Mail menu item at the top left -> > Preferences. > Click Accounts. > Click on the "Outgoing mail server" > Click "Edit SMTP-Serverlist" > Remove _ALL_ smtp servers. > Setup all SMTP servers again. > > What you can check for your incoming server > > Mail -> Preferences -> Accounts -> Mark your account > Click the 'Advanced' tab and make sure your authentication and port/ssl are > correct. > > Alternatively: > Call your mail provider and fill out: > http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1277 > Once that one is filled out, please give us the information and we'll be able > to give you the correct settings according to your ISP and where they're > supposed to be. > > > > OR you can clean your mail.app completely. > > Quit your mail application. > Navigate to your home folder (Finder -> House) then enter the folder called > 'Library' and COPY the 'Mail' folder in there to your desktop. > Once this is complete go back to your house, go to library then preferences, > then find a file named com.apple.mail.plist and move it to your desktop. > Open up Mail and re-setup your account(s) > If your mail aren't in your mail application go to > File (top menu) -> Import Mailboxes -> Apple Mail and navigate to your > desktop and import the 'Mail' folder previously copied to the desktop. > This will create a 'gray' mailbox in your mail application called "Import" > and you'll be able to move your mail from there to any inbox/specified local > folder that you wish or just leave them there. > > What you're doing: > > You cleaned out your mail applications settings and you're setting them up > again, it seems your SMTP is still lingering in the preference file. > > > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 1:02 PM, andrew lancaster <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. > > I have a mailbox in mail which has stopped sending / receiving mail. I > decided to check preferences and realised that the smtp bit is wrong so I > deleted it and tried to create a new one. And I get this message > > > > > Can anyone suggest what I am supposed to do??!! > > Thanks > > Andrew > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB.
