SEND MAIL PROBLEMS

Donald,

The applicability of that advice -- mine I think -- of course depends upon your ISP or provider of the SMTP you are using. Who is that provider? Those instructions do not apply to every situation.

More info, please.

Ernie

Donald,

With Cox, it seems from most reports that Authentication of None and Use Custom Port 25 should work, when and if at your home venue where Cox is your ISP. However, some people report having to use Password Authentication to get Cox to work. I think the former is probably the best, but your failures on-and-off may be related to interaction between the Incoming and Outgoing for establishing trust. There is a known issue with Cox's implementation of SSL, which is from time-to-time it gets hung up. Typically, when a SMTP works without authentication, connection to the Incoming must be in place.

Try switching off SSL on the Incoming, then quitting and relaunching Mail to see if ability to send returns. Then resume using SSL on the Incoming.

Ernie

Donald,

Have you updated to 10.6.1?

Ernie

Is the name of the SMTP really “pop.west.cox.net” ?

Ernie

I asked the original question because the message you pasted in had the “pop.west.cox.net” presented on Port 25 which is for use with a SMTP? Was your post the only thing in error?

Could it be that Cox has a temporary outage? Does Connection Doctor report them as not able to connect?

Ernie