My partner has a G4 with OS X 10.3.9. Recently lots of messages have refused to send from her Mail Outbox,resulting in the App beachballing/having to be ForceQuit. Sometimes she gets the following error message:- This message could not be delivered and will remain in your Outbox until it can be delivered. Verify that you have addressed the msg correctly.Check smtp settings in Mail preferences and verify any advanced setup with your system administrator. Ive tried the following things:- Repair permissions Zap PRAM Rebuild Mailboxes Tried trashing Mail prefs but when she tries to log in again with the correct details,she gets an unable to connect msg,so we have to drag the old prefs back out of the Trash Any ideas? -- Posted at author's request, using moderated http://www.MacForumz.com interface Thread archive: http://www.MacForumz.com/Problem-Mail-mail-won-ftopict198962.html
In article , zzzuppp wrote: > My partner has a G4 with OS X 10.3.9. > Recently lots of messages have refused to send from her Mail > Outbox,resulting in the App beachballing/having to be ForceQuit. > Sometimes she gets the following error message:- > This message could not be delivered and will remain in your Outbox > until it can be delivered. > Verify that you have addressed the msg correctly.Check smtp settings > in Mail preferences and verify any advanced setup with your system > administrator. > > Ive tried the following things:- > Repair permissions > Zap PRAM > Rebuild Mailboxes > Tried trashing Mail prefs but when she tries to log in again with the > correct details,she gets an unable to connect msg,so we have to drag > the old prefs back out of the Trash > > Any ideas? A silly question, perhaps, but did you try verifying the settings? Is it possible that the ISP involved has recently increased the security on their mail server, as Comcast did to me without warning earlier this year? -- "Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ... burning?" - Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix
Not to suggest in any way that you aren't welcome here :-) but this issue isn't related to MS product at all. Not only is this a MS product related newsgroup, but it's one of the least frequently visited - note the scant number of messages - so you really aren't likely to find a solution here... At least not in a very timely fashion. I agree with Gregory that this is almost definitely an email service issue. You'd be better off to address something like this to the mail service provider/ISP involved. They should be far more likely & properly equipped to resolve the issue. There may also be some useful information in Apple's Discussions or Support site regarding their Mail application: http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa http://www.apple.com/support/ HTH |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 7/28/08 7:22 PM, in article 824699_a9933958fc0b7a99216f0c88d0ab37a4@macforumz.com, "zzzuppp" wrote: > My partner has a G4 with OS X 10.3.9. > Recently lots of messages have refused to send from her Mail > Outbox,resulting in the App beachballing/having to be ForceQuit. > Sometimes she gets the following error message:- > âThis message could not be delivered and will remain in your Outbox > until it can be delivered. > Verify that you have addressed the msg correctly.Check smtp settings > in Mail preferences and verify any advanced setup with your system > administratorâ. > > Iâve tried the following things:- > Repair permissions > Zap PRAM > Rebuild Mailboxes > Tried trashing Mail prefs but when she tries to log in again with the > correct details,she gets an âunable to connectâ msg,so we have to drag > the old prefs back out of the Trash > > Any ideas?
Dumb mail related question.How do you change preferred email provider settings,and get rid of the one Apple has built into the computer? Roger Kulp
On 2008-09-10 15:48:06 -0400, Roger Kulp said: > Dumb mail related question.How do you change preferred email provider > settings,and get rid of the one Apple has built into the computer? > > Roger > Kulp In Mail, go to the Mail drop down menu and click on Preferences. Open the Accounts tab and change the info to your settings. -- John Gentile Newsletter editor Rhode Island Apple Group
Roger Kulp wrote: > Dumb mail related question.How do you change preferred email provider > settings,and get rid of the one Apple has built into the computer? > > Roger > Kulp What's with your punctuation? Not being rude (or maybe I am anyway, but oh well), just curious. -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
Roger Kulp wrote: > Dumb mail related question.How do you change preferred email provider > settings,and get rid of the one Apple has built into the computer? > > Roger > Kulp If you are referring to your Apple *Mail* client that's built into OS-X, I'm not really sure it has a "preferred" email provider? Perhaps, you mean by "preferred" Apple's $99 dot-mac (.mac) service that has been recently changed to MobileMe? If so, instead of paying Apple $99 for MobileMe, you can instead open a free Gmail acct and configure Gmail's servers to work with your Mac's Mail client for FREE - here are Gmail's directions for POP: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=12805 The other protocol you can use is IMAP: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=12806 IMAP is probably the better protocol to use. Ken
