Email not able to send

Did you get this resolved? I'm dealing with the same problem; just started this morning.

I'd try going here:
http://www.apple.com/support/dotmac/

and checking the system status before changing anything on your system.

.Mac has been going through some issues over the last few days, and the system has been going up and down. Right now it says "All .Mac services are online and fully operational." But the status is reported when changes occur.

Me too ... can receive not send ... on our MacBook Air ... have tried various combinations in Mail Preferences, and no joy ... the iMac & MacBook Pro work fine, with the same settings, so I'm puzzled ... all three are connected together wirelessly & to an old G4 PowerBook for connection to the 'net ... hmmm ... check System Preferences, too, but all seems OK there ...

All four are used by wife & self, with separate accounts, and the problem affects both of us ... for receiving, the 'Air connects, for sending it fails to connect !

IIUC, it wasn't .Mac, but Pop 'mail that was the problem ... certainly, it's Pop 'mail that's giving me this issue !

'know the feeling ... big fan, but there are moments when something like this comes-up ... my feeling is that the heart of the problem lies in something to do with permissions, and maybe networking & sharing, too - all of which can be a bit obscure !! - because, in our case it's only one machine that's has the problem, the others seem fine ...

Hi. I'm having the same problem. I can only sen through my .mac account, not any of my pop accounts. All accounts show as connecting correctly in connection doctor. I've checked all the settings to no avail. I can send from my pop accounts on the same macbook through Outlook on Windows (using VMFusion). I'm a new mac user, having bought my first macbook about a week ago. All the hype that macs "just work" seems a bit difficult to justify when I read some of the threads here!

Anyone got any further thoughts on this problem.

Message was edited by: vitalforce

This remains a source of bafflement to me I can recieve but not send e mails.I have followed all steps and nothing seems to work.I'm at my wits end with it!

I tried to repair the disk this problem was occurring on and it would no longer boot. I've since backed up, reinstalled, updated to 10.5.2, reinstalled my mail folder and I'm up and running again. It cost about 12 hours, though.

Last time I accept an update without investigating its problems first...

yep - we're using 10.4 on our G4s & 10.5.2 on our newer Macs ... we have 10.5.3 ready to install, but I've put it to one side, pending news of any problems !!

Still, our inability to send e-mails (from just the 'Air) is with 10.5.2 ...

My tuppence worth:

I have what sounds like the same issue on my brand-new iMac and my BMB. 10.5.2 Mail worked just find. 10.5.3 just doesn't want to send anything. We've got three IMAP accounts on our server (office environment, using Macs only).

Before anyone else weighs in with "check your settings" or "it must be an ISP issue" - we have, and it's not. We've had our Apple consultants in, and they're as baffled as we are.

The work-around that works for me at the moment when I've sent a mail (and it hasn't been sent!), is going into "Mailbox", clicking "Take All Accounts Offline", waiting for the squiggly horizontal S to appear next to my mailboxes and for the mailboxes to be greyed out, then going back into "Mailbox" and clicking on "Take All Accounts Online".

The email I have just sent (which didn't go) then promptly goes.

To my mind - albeit limited - this smacks of a bug in Mail.

JFB

Yes, I spoke too soon.

I thought the email was going to go through but even on 10.5.2 by reinstating my files I am still stuck.

I'm sending email through the web interface my host provides, but that is sub optimal.

Aye ... must say, I'm pretty impressed by Leopard & the new Macs (iMac, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Time Capsule), in many ways, but I'm getting close to sending them all back ... battery life on the Pro & the Air is pretty awful, Mail on the Air works one-way only - what use is that? - I've had to completely reload the iMac & the Pro ... and I daren't try the Time Capsule a second-time ... I'm a big fan, but my patience & confidence is running out !!

This whole thread has become so confused with mixed details that is impossible for anyone to help.

It's .Mac, not it's POP, no wait it's IMAP. It's on 10.5.3 no wait it's on 10.5.2.

Many many people are not having any of these problems, and the posters in this thread are not dealing with the same problem, just the same result. You guys are in a feeding frenzy of possibly unrelated problems. The posts are now complaining about totally unrelated issues with other hardware that has nothing to do with emails at all. What are you trying to fix in a post that's titled "Email not able to send".

Why don't each of you start again by asking or posting a question that relates to just your systems' and configurations? More details on the email type, ISP, settings you are using would be a great help for anybody that has a similar setup and solution.