I'm still stuck here, folks, and hoping for help.
Dan suggested (interlarded with my original questions):
*snip*
I just tried resending a message to folks about this email change but
got an error
message saying something about configuring Mail to use authentication.
But I don't
see anything about that in Mail's prefs; I have stuck in the various
servers and
passwords but maybe that's not enough? Individual messages work fine
but distribution
lists seem to do this. What's up there? Actually, I am in fact sending
this message
from the Earthlink webmail page since I cannot send anything right now
using Mail,
though I can receive.
There's a checkbox to turn on authenticaton.
Similar to #2, when someone gets an email from me from here on, will
they see the
Earthlink address or the accommodation address? And if they reply, will
it go to
the accommodation address, which is what I would like to have happen?
Again, that's
the point of the accommodation address, it seems to me.
The message will have the From address you set.
The headers will reflect where it actually came from.
*snip*
I don't see this checkbox, unfortunately (I'm also at the office right
now rather
than at home so I can't double-check). And do I set the "From" address
just in Prefreences? That's won't confuse Earthlink if it's not my
Earthlink address
but the alumni accommodation address?
Here's some more on status.
1) Mail only sends email occasionally. Here's my earlier message that
includes the
error messages and my attempt to fix same:
*snip*
Someone else mentioned I need to set up Mail to conform to Earthlink's
settings,
which I have gone in and verified. Based on this page:
http://kb.earthlink.net/case.asp?
s=st%3D53%2Ce%3D0000000000732786135%2Ck%3D6525%2Csxi%3D8&article=8973
I have done everything they say, and still I can only send email
sometimes, not
others. For example, I sent a test message to my parents, and it went
through fine.
I sent a second one to them and it didn't, giving me the authentication
error message.
I stuck that message in Drafts, and just tried again now after an hour
or two wait,
and it went fine.
So, I just tried to send a distribution-list message to some people
telling them
about my new email, and got this error:
Sending the message content to the server failed.
The server response was: Your message does not conform to RFC2822
standard
You can try to send using a different server. All messages will use
this server
until you quit or change your network settings.
It also seemed to be saying I am trying to use the Comcast server (my
old ISP),
so I manually switched the drop-down to the EarthLink server, and got
this error:
Verify that you have addressed this message correctly. Check your SMTP
server settings
in Mail Preferences and verify any advanced settings with your system
administrator.
The server response was: Please configure your mail client to use
authentication.
You can try to send using a different server. All messages will use
this server
until you quit or change your network settings.
This is the usual one I have gotten, although it still seems to think I
want to
use the Comcast server even though I told it to use the EarthLink
server. The advanced
pane in preferences says I am using port 110 and password
authentication: "use
SSL" is not checked.
*snip*
Suggestions on changing the port to 587 also did nothing, though I
changed port
25 to 587, not port 110.)
My phone call to EarthLink proved not terribly helpful, but there's
more to work
out there before I feel completely let down.
2) How do I set Mail so that when someone replies to a message of mine
it goes to
my alumni accommodation address rather than to EarthLink directly? Or
does Mail
not do this?
3) Since going to Panther Classic will not launch, even though I have
rebuilt the
desktop and repaired permissions. Sad to say I still need it at least
once more.
This is a biggie for me, along with email distribution lists.
4) Thinking of Classic, since I have two HDs, both with OS9 system
folders on them,
does it matter which one I use to run Classic (or 9)? I seem to
remember something
about multiple OSes on a single HD but don't know anything about it.
5) Is Earthlink's "Total Access" software necessary? I can't figure out
what it does yet...but of course it's only been a couple of days. I
installed it
the other day, hoping it would configure Mail automatically but there
has been no
change in status.
6) Some have suggested I should abandon Mail for another email client.
Is there
received wisdom on this point?
Hoping somebody knows que pasa...
***************
Bill Spencer in NH
B&W G3/400mhz/rev.2/896mb/12G + 14G dual HDs/Panther! (10.3.9)
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