I cannot get my email to send from the iPhone. They work on the computer, but I get 1 of 2 erros... "The username: xxxxxx@comcast.net was not verified by the host." (or something similar) or just "The host 'smtp.comcast.net' could not be found." What is going on here????
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either or. What outgoing server is that? Any certain ports/security problems with this server? I'll try it in a second cause this is driving me nuts haha
Thanks!
Are you trying to use Comcast's SMTP server for sending mail? They may only allow IP addesses in their IP range to send SMTP. Otherwise it could open them to become a spam relay. Since you're connecting to AT&T network, I would guess they have an SMTP server you can use. This would only pertain if your not sending from your home WiFi router.
i'm not able to do this either 
except mine is a .mac account... i tried to default .mac account and using it on both WiFi and EDGE, but was unable to send email. I set up another .mac account so I could do the whole port thing, too... 3 different ports on both WiFi and EDGE and still was unable to get it to work.
i don't know what's going on I'm not good with this email imap thing.
oh, and the errors I'm getting are like "failed to connect to smtp.mac.com" and something about the recipient being rejected by the server?
bah. this is giving me a headache. anyone have any ideas?
EDIT- I got it to work, so nevermind
except mine is a .mac account... i tried to default .mac account and using it on both WiFi and EDGE, but was unable to send email. I set up another .mac account so I could do the whole port thing, too... 3 different ports on both WiFi and EDGE and still was unable to get it to work.i don't know what's going on
I'm not good with this email imap thing.oh, and the errors I'm getting are like "failed to connect to smtp.mac.com" and something about the recipient being rejected by the server?
bah. this is giving me a headache. anyone have any ideas?
EDIT- I got it to work, so nevermind
need help to
i have a .edu email account, and if your not on campus you have to use your ISP's smtp server for outgoing. so i can send email from this account on my iPhone while i'm on my home WiFi, but not when i'm on Edge.
is there a way around this? my gmail account works fine, will i have to have my edu account forwarded to my gmail account, or is there another way?
i have a .edu email account, and if your not on campus you have to use your ISP's smtp server for outgoing. so i can send email from this account on my iPhone while i'm on my home WiFi, but not when i'm on Edge.
is there a way around this? my gmail account works fine, will i have to have my edu account forwarded to my gmail account, or is there another way?
i'm not able to do this either
i don't know what's going on
oh, and the errors I'm getting are like "failed to connect to smtp.mac.com" and something about the recipient being rejected by the server?
bah. this is giving me a headache. anyone have any ideas?
EDIT- I got it to work, so nevermind
How did you get it to work? I can't send either with my .mac as default.
I had the same issue yesterday with my Roadrunner e-mail accounts(.mac worked fine). Not sure what happened, but mine seems to be working fine now.
UPDATE!!!
I went to the Apple Store yesterday, and now it all works!! The problem is simple....In the mail settings, where the outgoing server is "smtp.comcast.net", the username and password is blank. It is blank because from your computer, it does not need to authenticate but since this is a diff IP address, you MUST put in the username and password! It now works fine on WiFi AND EDGE, so check those settings. I saw that before but never tried it because I assumed the computer transferred the correct settings upon syncing. Anyways, good luck!
I went to the Apple Store yesterday, and now it all works!! The problem is simple....In the mail settings, where the outgoing server is "smtp.comcast.net", the username and password is blank. It is blank because from your computer, it does not need to authenticate but since this is a diff IP address, you MUST put in the username and password! It now works fine on WiFi AND EDGE, so check those settings. I saw that before but never tried it because I assumed the computer transferred the correct settings upon syncing. Anyways, good luck!
Password remains 'optional'
No matter how many times I enter my password in outgoing mail, it keeps returning to "optional", even though in advanced it is set to 'password'.
I keep getting 'address rejected by server' along with ahost of other annoying pop up messages when trying to use my POP email.
No matter how many times I enter my password in outgoing mail, it keeps returning to "optional", even though in advanced it is set to 'password'.
I keep getting 'address rejected by server' along with ahost of other annoying pop up messages when trying to use my POP email.
I don't believe this solution is for the problem most of you are having but if you can send thru EDGE but *not* WiFi...
A friend of mine figured this out on his iPhone and it worked for me as well:
Add a ":465" to the end of the outbound server address if using authenticated SSL for sending.
Example: smtp.server.com:465
That specifies the outbound port and all I know it for some reason that worked for my WiFi connections thru AT&T DSL and Roadrunner cable *and* EDGE mail sending without setting up separate accounts.
A friend of mine figured this out on his iPhone and it worked for me as well:
Add a ":465" to the end of the outbound server address if using authenticated SSL for sending.
Example: smtp.server.com:465
That specifies the outbound port and all I know it for some reason that worked for my WiFi connections thru AT&T DSL and Roadrunner cable *and* EDGE mail sending without setting up separate accounts.
Setting up Cox email account?
I know Cox requires that you use it as the smtp when sending emails out from accounts other than Cox (my domain-associated account is that way: mail.domainname.com but smtp.east.cox.net) So how do I set up things with my iPhone so that when I'm out and about, away from the Cox ISP network, I can not only receive, but send email?
I have tried reading all the various posts and threads and have only managed to get thoroughly confused! Some help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I know Cox requires that you use it as the smtp when sending emails out from accounts other than Cox (my domain-associated account is that way: mail.domainname.com but smtp.east.cox.net) So how do I set up things with my iPhone so that when I'm out and about, away from the Cox ISP network, I can not only receive, but send email?
I have tried reading all the various posts and threads and have only managed to get thoroughly confused! Some help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I'm having the same problem. Anyone know how to fix this. It is really annoying...
OKAY, figured it out! I have no idea why this worked. For the username for the outgoing SMTP, enter your username with the @domain appended to it. For example johnappleseed@mac.com. THEN enter a password. It should keep, but your mail server won't like the full username. Now remove the @domain, and the password should still remain?!?!? I don't get it, but it worked for me.
Perhaps deleting the account and re-adding it might have worked as well...
Thank you!
I just tried to send an email for the first time (dumb for not trying earlier) and It didn't work.
This fixed it. Thanks!
For all of you still having problems, see the thread below. I hope this helps for now.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/325837/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/325837/