Lion Mac Mail will not send

What does Connection Doctor report? (Mail->Windows->Connection Doctor)

In Mail Preferences, Accounts, check your STMP server (Select [edit] in Outgoing Mail Server)

Hi i get the same kind of erros. After installing lion some mails arn't send properly. Suddenly mail or mayby lion has changed the smtp server .

choosing some other smtp servers and keeps popping up with error alerts that it can't find the proper server or can't connect to server of mobile me.

Deleting some of the used smtp servers but the problem keeps coming back after restarting the mac.

mac pro

I have the same problem in both Lion and Snow Leopard (2 computers). I've tried deleting the account and nothing works.

i had the same problem. I went into my server list and deleted all of them and then removed my account from mail and added it again and it seems to be working now. all my messages are going out.

Has anyone foud a permanent fix to this yet? I have been trying everything I can think of all day. It had been workinf fine since I bought the laptop and upgraded to Lion the first of the year but it just stopped sending any mail from any account this morning.

I have 2 accounts and do not want to loose any email by deleting the accounts and starting over, from what I have read this was only a temp fix.

I have tried many different configurations in the mail account preferances and the smtp configuration edit

Still can't send emails. Seem to be receiving emails ok.

I have OUTLOOK Mac and hated it and went through all the hassle and many hours of changing all my emails over to mail and importing them

I also have an old G5 iMac with Entourage and it is working fine???

Please help me

Thanks

Experienced something similar last week after changing my email password. Tried everything - nothing worked till I looked under the mailbox tab while in the mail application. The "take all accounts online" was not active. I clicked it to activate and tried again and it worked! Hope the fix is as simple for you. Good luck.

Pmurdock Thanks for the reply, I wish it would of been so easy but a no go, I have tried taking both accounts on and off line to no avail.

I tried replacing the Keychain passwords and that didn' work either.

Mail Connection Doctor keeps trying and failing the send and making connections on the receive side.

Here is a sample of what Connection Doctor says:

CONNECTED Jan 11 09:30:14.554 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:cdaconsultants.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd464aece40 -- thread:0x7fd464d2afb0

READ Jan 11 09:30:14.585 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:cdaconsultants.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd464aece40 -- thread:0x7fd464d2afb0

+OK Dovecot ready.

WROTE Jan 11 09:30:14.609 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:cdaconsultants.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd464aece40 -- thread:0x7fd464d2afb0

CAPA

READ Jan 11 09:30:14.667 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:cdaconsultants.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd464aece40 -- thread:0x7fd464d2afb0

+OK

CAPA

TOP

UIDL

RESP-CODES

PIPELINING

STLS

USER

SASL PLAIN

.

WROTE Jan 11 09:30:14.692 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:cdaconsultants.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd464aece40 -- thread:0x7fd464d2afb0

AUTH PLAIN

READ Jan 11 09:30:14.735 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:cdaconsultants.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd464aece40 -- thread:0x7fd464d2afb0

+

WROTE Jan 11 09:30:14.763 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:cdaconsultants.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd464aece40 -- thread:0x7fd464d2afb0

************************

READ Jan 11 09:30:14.806 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:cdaconsultants.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd464aece40 -- thread:0x7fd464d2afb0

+OK Logged in.

WROTE Jan 11 09:30:14.832 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:cdaconsultants.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd464aece40 -- thread:0x7fd464d2afb0

STAT

READ Jan 11 09:30:14.874 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:cdaconsultants.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd464aece40 -- thread:0x7fd464d2afb0

+OK 61 25974512

WROTE Jan 11 09:30:14.900 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:cdaconsultants.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd464aece40 -- thread:0x7fd464d2afb0

UIDL 1

CONNECTED Jan 11 09:30:14.979 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.comcast.net -- port:995 -- socket:0x7fd4648ad4d0 -- thread:0x7fd464bd4910

READ Jan 11 09:30:14.985 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:cdaconsultants.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd464aece40 -- thread:0x7fd464d2afb0

+OK 1 000067d94b5b09df

WROTE Jan 11 09:30:15.027 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:cdaconsultants.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd464aece40 -- thread:0x7fd464d2afb0

UIDL 61

READ Jan 11 09:30:15.117 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:cdaconsultants.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd464aece40 -- thread:0x7fd464d2afb0

+OK 61 000068154b5b09df

WROTE Jan 11 09:30:15.144 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:cdaconsultants.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd464aece40 -- thread:0x7fd464d2afb0

QUIT

READ Jan 11 09:30:15.215 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:cdaconsultants.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd464aece40 -- thread:0x7fd464d2afb0

+OK Logging out.

READ Jan 11 09:30:15.243 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.comcast.net -- port:995 -- socket:0x7fd4648ad4d0 -- thread:0x7fd464bd4910

+OK POP3 ready

WROTE Jan 11 09:30:15.268 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.comcast.net -- port:995 -- socket:0x7fd4648ad4d0 -- thread:0x7fd464bd4910

CAPA

READ Jan 11 09:30:15.295 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.comcast.net -- port:995 -- socket:0x7fd4648ad4d0 -- thread:0x7fd464bd4910

+OK Capability list follows

TOP

USER

UIDL

STLS

EXPIRE 31 USER

.

WROTE Jan 11 09:30:15.323 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.comcast.net -- port:995 -- socket:0x7fd4648ad4d0 -- thread:0x7fd464bd4910

USER gregory.vincent

READ Jan 11 09:30:15.351 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.comcast.net -- port:995 -- socket:0x7fd4648ad4d0 -- thread:0x7fd464bd4910

+OK

WROTE Jan 11 09:30:15.375 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.comcast.net -- port:995 -- socket:0x7fd4648ad4d0 -- thread:0x7fd464bd4910

PASS *********

READ Jan 11 09:30:15.439 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.comcast.net -- port:995 -- socket:0x7fd4648ad4d0 -- thread:0x7fd464bd4910

+OK server ready

WROTE Jan 11 09:30:15.467 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.comcast.net -- port:995 -- socket:0x7fd4648ad4d0 -- thread:0x7fd464bd4910

STAT

READ Jan 11 09:30:15.497 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.comcast.net -- port:995 -- socket:0x7fd4648ad4d0 -- thread:0x7fd464bd4910

+OK 70 10505757

WROTE Jan 11 09:30:15.523 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.comcast.net -- port:995 -- socket:0x7fd4648ad4d0 -- thread:0x7fd464bd4910

UIDL 1

READ Jan 11 09:30:15.553 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.comcast.net -- port:995 -- socket:0x7fd4648ad4d0 -- thread:0x7fd464bd4910

+OK 1 168820.cB3qjnHynb73jki8ytc+IeEusCQ=

WROTE Jan 11 09:30:15.578 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.comcast.net -- port:995 -- socket:0x7fd4648ad4d0 -- thread:0x7fd464bd4910

UIDL 70

READ Jan 11 09:30:15.606 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.comcast.net -- port:995 -- socket:0x7fd4648ad4d0 -- thread:0x7fd464bd4910

+OK 70 181520.fwNOGezui7Qe+vmWFunB2Ndg0nE=

WROTE Jan 11 09:30:15.631 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.comcast.net -- port:995 -- socket:0x7fd4648ad4d0 -- thread:0x7fd464bd4910

QUIT

READ Jan 11 09:30:15.689 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.comcast.net -- port:995 -- socket:0x7fd4648ad4d0 -- thread:0x7fd464bd4910

+OK sz0070.wc.mail.comcast.net Zimbra POP3 server closing connection

It pretty much just repeats the same "wrote" PASS or QUIT.

I would just delete the accounts and start from scratch again but I don't want to loose all my emails.

Do I just export everything out and then import back into a new account?

Really Frustrating!

Jerry,

Apple addresses this and how to fix it in the Mail Can receive email, but not send email advice letter. Follow the trouble shooting instructions and your issue should resolve.

It doesn't!!

But here's the fix:

The issue stems from changing your MobileMe password.

Change it back to the OLD password in Mail/Preferences/Outgoing mail server

Apple Mail then begins to send (or sometimes actually sends) the message.

But then you get a dialogue box that you have inputted the wrong MobileMe password.

You then input the new (correct) password as instructed.

This generates a new MobileMe server line in the smtp server list -- and it is not grayed out as it was previously.

Mail works fine after that.

I have not changed my MobileMe password and I still can't send from Mail.app. Can you explain this?

Thanks

Steve

MobileMe is shutting down, Apple has been pretty vocal about that so you should probably look into another account. MobileMe will go away 100% by June 30th!! Please look over:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4597?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

same here, not the settings, I just quit and reopen mail, and the it can send. it's annoying, after a while I have to quit again and reopen again... any thoughts ???