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Mail sometimes won't send messages...

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in2themystik2

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Nov 28, 2005
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I have been using Mail as my e-mail client and I generally like it. Although sometimes when I try to send e-mails, it says it is unable to send them for some reason, and I leave it in outgoing mail, but it never will send them and I have to send it from my other e-mail server. I don't really know what types of e-mails it won't send vs. those it will send. Does anyone else encounter this problem or know why this occurs? Thanks! :)
 
in2themystik2 said:
I have been using Mail as my e-mail client and I generally like it. Although sometimes when I try to send e-mails, it says it is unable to send them for some reason, and I leave it in outgoing mail, but it never will send them and I have to send it from my other e-mail server. I don't really know what types of e-mails it won't send vs. those it will send. Does anyone else encounter this problem or know why this occurs? Thanks! :)
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Your outgoing mail server address may be your ISP server, e.g. snmp.comcast.net, which will send mail OK when your connected to the internet via a Comcast connection. If you're somewhere else with your iBook connected via another (non Comcast) ISP connection, then your email will not be sent as it will not find your outgoing mail server.
 
Well, this all happens while I'm at home, using the same connection. It's like it will send to some e-mail addresses and others it won't. I don't notice anything major that I am doing different regarding the different outgoing e-mails. It's just kind of annoying because each time (pretty frequently) I have to open my mulberry client to send from there (same e-mail address as the one I'm using in Mail). I also tried quitting Mail and restarted, and it still won't send the e-mail. Additionally I just started an e-mail account where I am going to graduate school, and have added that account to mail, and it still does the same thing. Peculiar...

This is what it says when it happens:
This message could not be delivered and will remain in your Outbox until it can be delivered.

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.
 
I have a solution, but it's kind of annoyin

I've had this problem as well. But I use my gmail as my outgoing server. The way I've gotten around this is by opening the outgoing email and retyping the recipients address.

Not a fun way of doing it but it works.
 
yeah this happened to me too with GoogleMail... apparently it wouldn't send the message until I quit Mail... I think it's fixed now hehe I'll try I have two important papers due tomorrow for english let's see if they arrive properly!
 
jds3266 said:
I've had this problem as well. But I use my gmail as my outgoing server. The way I've gotten around this is by opening the outgoing email and retyping the recipients address.

Not a fun way of doing it but it works.
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I tried that, but it still didn't sent. :confused:

I can send things to myself, and I can send things to some other people. It really just depends.
 
in2themystik2 said:
I tried that, but it still didn't sent. :confused:

I can send things to myself, and I can send things to some other people. It really just depends.
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A toughie. I can only think of a couple of things to try.

1) Create a new account on your Mac and try Mail from there
2) Try Thunderbird and see if that works better
 
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