I can receive mail but can not send mail

Check with frontiernet's web site to see if they configuration information for Mail. Sounds like you have a problem with either the SMTP server, its port, or authentication protocol.

Ron,

Edit the list of SMTP to remove all that currently exist for Frontier, and then set it up again, being sure to follow the instructions in their support link at:

http://www.frontierhelp.com/usertools.cfm?qstid=637&catid=306

Mail is not the only email client with problems with the Frontier SMTP -- see:

http://forums.techarena.in/windows-vista-mail/1041257.htm

I doubt that there is actually a problem with the Mail application despite their pronouncement.

Ernie

Message was edited by: Ernie Stamper

Can I get that number? Or, can you please post what the solution was?

I'm having the same problem (can receive on all but one account, can send on all) not getting anywhere with Time Warner (in Los Angeles). Interesting thing is, one of my other accounts is on the same physical server as the one that isn't working (just a different domain name).

Had the same trouble in Washington DC (lived there last year) with Comcast -- it's very common. Wish I could remember what the fix was, although I doubt it's a "one size fits all" thing -- each ISP will take different measures in the name of protecting their outgoing mail servers.

Ugh.

Hi,

Not sure the fix for Ron's issue with Frontier would be the same as for your situation. What message, if any, results when you try to Get Mail from this one account? Do you have web mail access to this account?

Ernie

I'm not sure what did it, but the problem went away. I tried sending mail through webmail and it worked fine. So I started playing with ports, and using authentication.. the settings aren't any different now than when it wasn't working (although, now I'm specifying to use only use 25; was using the "25, 4xx, or 587" setting before), but suddenly it works.

Thanks, for checking in on it, though! 🙂

The default list of those three ports was not added to Mail until 10.5.5, and Mail 3.5 that resulted from that update. If something, like a temporary problem with the server, caused Mail to lose connection, then it might have reconfigured in an attempt to adapt, using the new default ports.

Ernie