iPhoto email - "Your email did not go through because the server did not reply. "

richsadams,

Good idea. It did let me copy and paste the individual captions, so that would have been a way. I'll remember that for next time. And I guarantee there will be a next time. I have found that if I import photos (from a camera, or CD, or whatever), if I try to compose a message with any of those photos, without first closing and reopening iPhoto, it will come up with this error, every time, without fail.

This most recent occurance was when I flagged a bumch of photos that were NOT new imports, but then tried to compose a message out of the Flagged Photos "smart folder". It acted the same as it does on new import photos. So, I am sure it has something to do with the database not being updated, and nothing at all to do with the Internet connection, or the operation of the email accounts themselves, since testing proves that both of those work independent of the issue in iPhoto, with no problem, even while iPhoto is saying that there is a problem with one or the other.

Thanks for the encouragement. I guess it just SEEMS like that is an unmonitored box. I'm sure they get tons of responses over it all the time.

Where do you store your Library?

I don't store the Library anyplace special (such as an external drive or anything like that). I just let it put it wherever it automatically puts it when you install iPhoto (which appears to be in the ~/Pictures based on choosing to open one of the photos in an external app and then seeing Command+clicking on the top bar of the opened photo).

Easiest solution for me: iphoto/preferences/general/email photos using... change toggle choice from iphoto to mail

Exactly

from my original reply

IMHO the best solution is not to use iPhoto as the e-mail client and use Apple Mail - set it in your iPhoto general preferences

LN

You're missing the whole point, though, and that is that iPhoto has some nice template for mailing photos, rather than just mailing the raw photos themselves (which is what mail will do). When it works, it's really nice. And I still maintain that this is a bug, though a predictable one, and one that can be avoided with a few simple steps.

No - you are missing the point

Mail has nice templates (called stationairy) too - and if it works and iPhoto does nto then users shoud use mail

This forum is not about what could be or what should be but only about what is

LN

"richsadams"

You are KING for me !!! 😉

Solution was stupid, but absolutely works well !

How did you do ? I absolutely loss hope for resolving this problem on my own.

THX so much once again on behalf of all users iPhoto 11'

Peter_OS wrote:

"richsadams"

You are KING for me !!! 😉

Solution was stupid, but absolutely works well !

How did you do ? I absolutely loss hope for resolving this problem on my own.

THX so much once again on behalf of all users iPhoto 11'

Thank you very much for the kind words. Glad I could help!

the steps I used to solve my gmail/iPhoto issue:

1. delete the gmail account in iPhoto
2. close iPhoto
3. reopen iPhoto
4. <revoke> the 2 step application-specific password for my PowerBook
5. create a new application-specific passwords for my PowerBook
6. use that same password for both my general laptop settings and iPhoto setting (e.g., create a new gmail account in iPhoto using that same password)

This has never been an issue for me - have been able to send photo's from iphoto using the share email option - until this morning. Have recently upgraded to Mavericks and also updated to the latest version of iphoto. This morning I got this "your email did not go through" message. I deleted my account from iphoto preferences, shut down iphoto and then re-added it. All worked perfectly after that.

2-step verification process worked! Thanks to Thanks to "wtobiasjr" too!!

Thanks richsadams, you are a godsend!

This issue has been annoying me for so long, since I had gotten used to emailing from iPhoto and then couldn't any more when this bug developed. Not unworkable, but it took more steps and was less elegant than doing it all within iPhoto.

I followed your instructions exactly for removing then adding back my one account. Though it is iCloud, I clicked "other" in the window where we get a choice of email services. Then in the next step where it asks for "description" I typed in iCloud. Not sure if that was necessary but it worked.

Thanks for the kind words...it's my pleasure.

Enjoy!