How do I get rid of "the email server didn't recognize your username/password combination" message. I probably entered wrong password now. How to reset share email.

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How do I get rid of "the email server didn't recognize your username/password combination" message. I probably entered wrong password now. How to reset share email.

Tried to send a few shots via iphoto's email share feature. May have entered wrong password when asked. Received message: "The email server didn't recognize your user name/password combination." I tried a reset by cancelling email and closing iphoto. Opened iphoto again and tried to send email same shots to a different email address. Received the same message: "The email server....." How can I reset the email share function?or Is there another way to solve this issue?

iPhoto '11, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Jun 4, 2011 11:03 AM

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MadisonP

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Jun 4, 2011 11:13 AM in response to SalvadorL

Greetings,

If you think you may have entered the email account information incorrectly:

1.) If you aren't 100% sure about the settings for your email account, contact whomever handles your email for you and get the following information:

email address
outgoing email server address
outgoing email server port number
outgoing email server user name and password

2.) Go to iPhoto > Preferences > Accounts, click on the email account in question and then hit the "-" minus sign to delete it. You can then re-add it with the correct settings from your email provider.

Hope that helps!

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SalvadorL Author

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Jun 4, 2011 11:38 AM in response to MadisonP

I think your solution would have worked too but the problem was not as complicated. As it was, I just had to make sure my gmail account and the account in the iPhoto were exactly the same. Once I did that everything worked just fine.

I'll save your suggestion for a bigger mess some time in the future.

Thanks

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