Alex, I had the exact same problem you have described. I never figured out how or why it happened but, with the help of Jon Cohn from this list, I got it fixed. First, he asked me to see what I found under “Connections Doctor” Go to the Mail menu with VO M, then down arrow to the Connections Doctor under the Window tab In my case it showed the following information. Of course, yours may differ. Mail is able to connect to the internet Network diagnostics dimmed Table with 4 rows: 1. Status; account name Gmail; Details Connection and log-in to server succeeded 2. Status; Account name SMTP.gmail.com: Linda Adams; details Trying to log-in to this SMTP account failed. Verify that the user name and password are correct 3. Status; Account name SMTP.gmail.com:lladams...@gmail.com; Details connection and log-in to server succeeded 4. Status; Account name SMTP.gmail.com; Details Trying to log-in to this SMTP account failed. Verify that the user name and password are correct. Here was Jon’s response. 1. You have 1 e-mail reading account setup. 2. You have 3 e-mail sending accounts setup and only one is correctly working. (#3 in your list). I was mistaken about where the configuration for the outgoing mail server is located. Here are the steps you need to follow to remove the extra accounts. I suggest you read over the entire dialog box about the "null" account before attempting this, it might be that there are one or more outgoing messages that are trying to get sent but are stuck. If this is the case, then the dialog should give you the option to change the SMTP server that the messages are being sent from. 1. Open your mail preferences (command-comma). 2,. Select the accounts tab if it is not selected. 3. Find the pop-up button just to the right of "Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP):" 4. At the bottom of the list in this pop-up button is "Edit SMTP Server List …" Select this and a new window should open. 5. Select the SMTP accounts that don't belong, and click the "minus" button to remove the account. Once I followed his instructions, the Null account password dialog did not occur again. Thanks again to Jon and all the others on this list who have solved our many problems. Linda On Aug 19, 2011, at 6:05 AM, Alex Hall wrote:
> Hi all, > Using a gmail account with outgoing mail set to smtp.gmail.com, I cannot send > mail. When I try, it asks for the password for user "null". It sounds like, > somehow, my username is not set for outgoing mail, yet I can receive just > fine. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from BrailleNote > mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
