Send email from Iphoto.

What version of iPhoto?

I will assume '11, If you want to use iPhoto as the e-mail client then set up your account(s) in the iPhoto preferences => accounts - SMTP accounts do work

Or better yet (IMHO) in the general section set mail as your e-mail client and use Apple Mail for e-mail

LN

What is "what you have done"?

1 -- I will assume '11, If you want to use iPhoto as the e-mail client then set up your account(s) in the iPhoto preferences => accounts - SMTP accounts do work

Or

2 -- Or better yet (IMHO) in the general section set mail as your e-mail client and use Apple Mail for e-mail

So did you "already do" 1 or 2 or both?

And what is the EXACT error message in each of these two different cases

We can not see your computer and know nothing except what you tell us so to get help you need to be clear and provide enouigh information

LN

I'm sorry but with out information it is not possible to help you

So far you have three posts saying essentially mail does not work how do I fix it and you have not answered a single one of my questions

The most likely solution is to use mail for the e-mail client but only you (or your brother) can actually do that

LN

marie-caro wrote:

I have explained it all.

I / he is using iphoto 11.

He just bught his MacBook Pro.

I/We have tried both ways.

1- Going to Iphoto Preferences/Accounts/and Advances/ setting my email as my email client.

2-We have also tried his apple email.

3-Messages errors occurs:

two different messages errors

"server has not recognized either user ID nor password"

Email works perfectly fine in the Mail Application but does not work into IPhoto when trying to send an email.

Hope this message was clear.

If you had read the other posts, obviously other people have the exact same prob with no answer, and have not written huge explanations on their problem.

I have done my best to be clear enough.

That is not possible - if Mail works then using Mail from iPhoto must work since iPhoto sends te photos to Mail and Mail does the sending - and the solution for the thrid time is to use Mail as your e-mail client - and again you set it in the iPhoto preferences ==> send mail using

LN

I'm having the same (or I think it's the same problem based on what I can understand!)

My Mail app works - sending mail from my @me.com account. But when I set up this account in the iPhoto app, via Preferences - Accounts and add an iCloud account it says that 'the server doesn't recognise the username/password combination'.

It is frustrating the pants off me! 😀

Any help appreciated.

T

I've read recently that the format of the required passwords changed when iCloud ws set up. I believe you need at least one Upper Case letter in there now. So "password" is not going to work but "passWord" might.

Worth a try.

Where is the Iphoto preferences? I cannot find it. I am a new mac user. I open iphoto 11 but i cannot find preferences nor accounts anywhere... trying to update the email account .. it says hotmail but my sympatico email address appears... thanks

All is good. found it.

I had this same problem - iCloud emails (I have several different email addresses) all working fine in Mail and none working from iPhoto, same error messages described above. It has driven me crazy for months, I think since my last OS upgrade to 10.7.5.

I finally fixed it yesterday, by fixing the outgoing SMTP server name in iPhoto; apparently Apple has changed the server name since I first set up my iCloud email address in iPhoto.

The reason Mail kept working is because Mail allows you to choose "iCloud" as your outgoing SMTP server for your iCloud email addresses; that way if Apple changes the server name it must update automatically.

The current iCloud server info is at:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4864?viewlocale=de_de

This gives you the server name, port to use, etc. You only need to enter the outgoing server info in my versions of Mail and iPhoto.

When I checked yesterday, I discovered I had an old server name saved in iPhoto and it was the actual server name, not "iCloud". Once I changed it to the new server name, closed iPhoto and reopened, I could send email with no problem. I didn't restart my computer, just closed iPhoto and reopened.

For new Mac users, find Preferences the same way in all Mac programs: when the program is open and it's name is in the upper left to the right of the apple) you click the program name and drop down to choose Preferences.

To fix email account info, in both Mail and iPhoto, you then choose the Accounts tab within Preferences. Either edit the info for your iCloud account or enter it if you haven't yet done that. You can enter other email accounts there too but iCloud accounts seem to work better to send from.

To find the version of your OS, click the apple (top left of screen) and choose "About".

Hope this helps.

Finally, the response that is the real winner. Thank youTryswitch! Thanks for the link and explanation.