Bruce,
Thanks looks like you may have hit the nai on the head and
yes the gmail looks tempting. I am using the yahoo remote webmail
presently but I do not like the browser, very windowsy.
atb, and compliments of the season J
On Dec 23, 4:22 pm, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>
wrote:
> On Dec 22, 2010, at 4:21 PM, vinman wrote:
>
> > I managed to buy a copy of Leopard, inserted 1gb of memory and have
> > got my emac functioning nicely with it but seem to have a problem with
> > the mail client. Seems not to have recognised the smtp details
> > although they seem correct in "connection doctor". any advice very
> > welcome. i have done a further software update also to incorporate all
> > the most recent non intel updates.
>
> Well, the most common error with this is that Mail will automagically enter
> your username and password, and attempt to use authenticated SMTP; if your
> ISP doesn't support that, then sending mail will fail, even though Connection
> Doctor says it's OK.
>
> Double check with your ISP all the correct SMTP settings (you can edit these
> in Mail > Preferences > Accounts, and select 'Edit' from the Outgoing server
> dropdown menu.
>
> Delete the outgoing server, and re-add it (in the same place you check the
> settings.)
>
> If it still doesn't work, download and install Thunderbird and see if that
> works, if it does, re-apply the latest *Combo* update for your OS. This may
> fix what's broken with Mail. You can delete thunderbird if you want, after
> that.
>
> Finally this is why I love, Love LOVE!!!11!Eleventy!! IMAP mail.
>
> Got a problem with an account on a machine? Just delete it, and recreate it.
> All the mail lives on the server so you don't lose anything.
>
> Also I can always read all my email whether I'm using my work desktop, my
> home desktop, my laptop, my netbook, my iPod, some strangers system (using
> our webmail); this is why Gmail rocks, they let you do this.
>
> --
> Bruce Johnson
> University of Arizona
> College of Pharmacy
> Information Technology Group
>
> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
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