Anyone else noticing this article is not accurate? 10.6 Mail doesn't allow you to specify a mail server once it sees the ".mac" email address - it forces unsupported "MobileMe" and you can't change the server settings.

Yes, they have ignored the fact that the Snow Leopard Mail 'Wizard' helpfully sets you up for MobileMe as soon as it sees an @me.com address, because of course it's never heard of iCloud (and before anyone asks, no, there is no chance of Snow Leopard being updated to handle iCloud).

There is however a simple workaround which is detailed, with illustrations, in my page here:

Entering iCloud email settings manually in Snow Leopard or Leopard

Thanks for these instructions... They almost solved this issue for me. I combined your instructions with those from this Apple Discussion:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4864

After using your instructions, here are the additional things that I had to do get outgoing mail working again:

1) From the "Accounts" pane of Mail's preferences, select "Edit SMTP Server List..." from the drop-down menu.

2) Under the "Account Information" tab, the Server Name should be "smtp.mail.me.com"

3) Under the "Advanced" tab, use your full email address for User Name (ie.g. j_doe@me.com)

4) Ensure that the "Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)" checkbox is checked.

5) Click OK.

6) Close the preferences window. you should be good to go.

I hope that this helps some people; I know I was very frustrated when my Mail just quit working.

1st Gen. Intel MacBook Pro

MacOS 10.6.x Snow Leopard