iOS5 Cannot Send Mail

Hi, I had the same issues..what I did...Rebooted both Mac & iPhone..Reset Passwords in iCloud..

Then I sent an email to myself..it took a few minutes to go thro but after that emails ran ok..

I'm just posting this as I did for all these threads for the same issue:

Ok I think this problem here is Apple... It's a DNS problem. You get this problem depending on what smtp server you are registered on.

I always get the message that "p06-smtp.mail.me.com" failed...

But according to the nslookup command there are only the servers "p01, p02, p03, p04"... no p05 and p06 or p07 and p08 ...

What I did to get it to work (only considered as workaround):

first I tried to add a second SMTP server with the address "smtp.mail.me.com", it seemed that the mail went through... but never arrived... then I configured "p01-smtp.mail.me.com" as second server and it worked!!

What is the problem with this workaround?

When you change the password! As it doesn't accept the Apple Token you must configure your Apple ID credentials manually... however when you change them, you have also to change the manually configured second SMTP server!

Are you trying to send it using a @me.com account or some other email ?

@me.com

This works great. Whats the difference between using password and token ? I had been getting the p08 error message and since changing to P01 I can now send emails from my .me address on my 3gs. I could receive but not send before this fix. Maybe they just don't have P08 running yet.

Thanks

There is a new solution, working better:

ahariri

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Re: Unable to send email through iCloud on my iPhone

Oct 13, 2011 2:32 PM ( in response to Barrettj6)

I did fix it on my iPhone, but with no additional SMTP servers, no delay, and instant recieve and send, I will tell you how:

Go to Settings > mail > contacts > calenders > icloud > account > mail > SMTP > Add Server... (Make sure to delete any other SMTP Servers first, or disable them)

Add the following details:

Host Name: smtp.me.com

User Name: your full email account, including domain (Ex: john@me.com)

Password: type your email password

After a moments, the dialog will disappear as if nothing changed, but it will be fixed.

Enjoy...

This worked perfectly well. Thanks.

But I am still facing problems with the mac i.e. I am able to recieve mails in the mac but I am unable to send it from mac.

I tried adding smtp.me.com in the mail preferences but did not work.

This is not working for me. I can not disable the default outgoing mail server and when I enter the new server, it says the username and password is incorrect. I know its correct because when I log in via a browser, it works fine.

this worked for me too....

Thanks for sharing.

dude you ROCK I just fixed it!

can you help me now with my mail from my macbookpro? it doesn;t work either 😟 I fixed ipad and iphone thanks to you!

Hi all, seems to be an ios5 update issue.

Simple solution: delete email account. Then re add the account back. Worked on 2 of 3 phones and I will do the wife's phone once she is off it

Thanks, The TikiMan of York beach me

For my iPhone MiColT post solve my problem. But for my HP Touch pad ...that was endless tries and finaly i got it. Maybe it can help somebody else to.

outgoing mail is

smtp.mail.me.com

username without me.com

TLS on (not SSL)

port 25