More frustrating Mail problems

[Fredstar]

Just as it appears that my old problem of not being able to connect to our wireless router via Airport has gone an old problem persists with Mail.
Basically i receive Mail perfectly fine and so does mum on her account, but neither of us can send mail - we both have .mac email addresses and accounts. Well it is a bit more complicated, sometimes i can (changing nothing) but most of the time i can't. The firewall on the router is switched off as is any port blocker of any kind and i get various responses:
1)The Mail just sits in the out Box
2)It tries to get me to use a different server other than smtp.mac.com
3)I get the message pictured below
When i do the ping thing in Network utility smtp.mac.com losses all the packages

 

[neilrobinson]

sounds like a port blocking thing - thou you did say they where all off, i do know some ISP's block people using external STMP servers, other than that i cant really help you.

 

[broken_keyboard]

I agree. Even if you turn all your firewalls off, some ISPs block ports themselves. Try this page to see if any of your ports are being blocked.
https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

Use the "all service ports" option.

 

[Fredstar]

Oh i think i have cracked it, right cheers guys, Wanadoo was blocking every outgoing server apart from their own so i am all sorted now...unless it starts playing up again

 

[Gee]

Oh i think i have cracked it, right cheers guys, Wanadoo was blocking every outgoing server apart from their own so i am all sorted now...unless it starts playing up again

Yeh, in the same situation - I use the wanadoo smtp server when I'm at home, and switch to the .mac server when I'm out and wireless....