Hi Ronni, Many thanks for the information below. I have meticulously followed your instructions, but somehow there is something blocking Port 143. This is the error message I got from MAIL:
'The Server Cannot be contacted on port 143'. I had turned off the OS firewall, although previously I had no problem with OS X Firewall being active. Must add that I had always used Safari to retrieve my mail at .mac. So now, Safari, Firefox, Mail and even my old copy of IE are encountering the same problem of 'Cannot find server'. This would indicate that some setting on my machine has been changed somehow. But which one? I have a 'spare' account on OS X, logged on that name but still get the same negative result. Puzzling however still searching. By the way, I was at my brother's place and was able to open my .mac account without the slightest hiccup!! Now, that's frustrating .... Regards, Philippe the frustrated .... -- Getting things done is not always what is most important. There is value in allowing others to learn, even if the task is not accomplished as quickly, efficiently or effectively. R.D. Clyde on 12/12/06 10:52 AM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 12/12/2006, at 12:22 PM, J Philippe Chaperon wrote: > >> PPS I just heard from Westnet who are having no problem with >> accessing the >> .mac site. As far as they know, other customers of theirs having >> a .mac >> account are encoutering no problem at all. So its something here on my >> machine or possibly modem which may be the cause. Will keep looking. > > Hi Philippe, > > Check you Mail settings for your .mac account. > > Mail > Preferences > Accounts: - .Mac Under 'Account Information' > Incoming Mail Server: mail.mac.com > Outgoing Mail Server SMTP) - mail.westnet.com.au > > Server Settings: mail.westnet.com.au > Server Port: 25 > NO TICK in 'Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) > > Under 'Advanced' > Port 143 > Authentication: Password > > Cheers, > Ronni > >
