Thanks, Marlyse. I'm picking up my mail fine now by selecting the dedicated secure port. I'm glad to know that the @ is fine and I've told the tech guy.
I did have authenticate as user checked and filled in. I tried changing my rscj.org account (e-mail provider) to having my 3web account (ISP) info as the sending user, but that didn't seem to make a difference. I'll play around with the possibilities a bit more over the weekend. It would be nice to be able to send without receiving sometimes--especially because I forget sometimes and it just takes time once I realize what I've done--or not done. Anyway, my main problem is taken care of, and I appreciate the detail, too. Thanks, Shell >if the "check first to authenticate and then get mail" is getting old >for you, you can add a setting in your account information which will >then authenticate automatically when sending. For this to happen go to >the menubar - setup - account settings - select the email account - >select the SENDING tab - enable the AUTHENTICATE AS USER checkbox - >enter your user name and password. This now will send this data each >time when you send email. > >If you look at the RECEIVING tab you will see that you have your user >name and password in there and that is what is being sent to the server >when you check email and that is how the server knows it's you checking >your account. Usually when you check your email the server will have a >time window open after authenticating and for this reason it appears >that you first have to check email before you can send. Entering your >authentication data into the sending tab will solve this. > >In regards to the @ in usernames - no, PowerMail has no problem with >that. I also check regulary my Gmail account and other accounts which >use the @ in the address without difficulties. > >The password requested is the password you use to get email from Gmail. > >My Gmail account setup looks as follows: > >IDENTITY tab : >email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >real name : Marlyse Comte >SAVE passwords in Mac OS key chain ENABLED > >RECEIVING tab: >protocol ; POP3 >ID : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Incoming mail server : pop.gmail.com >SAVE password ENABLED and my email password >USE secure connection ENABLED on PORT 995 ENABLED >On a dedicated secure port SELECTED > >SENDING tab: >Outgoing SMTP server : smtp.gmail.com >AUTHENTICATE as user ENABLED (again, my gmail email address) >PASSWORD : same as above >USE secure connecton SSL/TLS on PORT 465 is again ENABLED >On a dedicated secure port SELECTED > >Please NOTE : > >INCOMING PORT is 995 (for checking email) >OUTGOING PORT is 465 (for sending email) > >That might be your problem right there. > >Good luck and let us know if it worked! > >---marlyse > >------------ former message(s) quotes: ------------- > >>This is probably a basic question for most of you... >>I have one mail server from which I receive mail into PowerMail. >>Well, my ISP is a second one, but I don't use it except to receive my >>monthly bill statement. >>My e-mail server recently changed from whatever it was using before to >>using gmail. Now I cannot access my mail from PowerMail. >>I followed the directions I was given for POP access as well as I could, >>but it just keeps "Connecting to pop.gmail.com" and never does. >>The error message is >>Unexpected error on "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:995" >>Class='NetC', what=9,when=6 >>The administrator/tech person of my rscj.org email downloaded PowerMail >>and can't figure it out, either. He wrote that maybe PowerMail won't >>allow the @ in the username. >>Is the "Save password" just the password I use for my e-mail? >>Or is it something else that I have to get from him, as it seems to say >>in the Manual? >>Does someone know what I need to do differently from the directions they >>supplied for Thunderbird, Eudora, and Outlook? >> >>I know there's not a problem with my ISP since I can still send mail >>through it and it will only allow that if I have checked mail first and >>it verifies that my account is legitimate. >>Thanks for anything you can suggest. >>Shell >>iBook G3 OS X 10.4.7 >>PM 5.2.3
