I'm not able to send email from OSX Leopard 10.6.8

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luciofromca Author

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I'm not able to send email from OSX Leopard 10.6.8

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jan 13, 2013 11:59 AM

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a brody

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Jan 13, 2013 12:25 PM in response to luciofromca

10.6.8 is Snow Leopard. Your sendmail server settings vary depending on the application for Mail. The built-in application, Mail offers SMTP without password through your internet access provider, or through other providers with password authentication. Whomever gives you e-mail access should have sendmail settings depending on whether or not they give you internet access or not. Who gives you e-mail access? Who gives you internet access?

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luciofromca Author

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Jan 13, 2013 12:34 PM in response to a brody

Brody,

Thanks for your prompt reply. My email provider is Yahoo!, and each time I try to send email through Snow Leopard, I get a prompt stating "Cannot send msg. using server smpt" ... Internet provider is Warner. I've even deleted the account I was using and started another one, but still to no avail. I may be typing in something wrong? Any help is appreciated!

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a brody

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Jan 13, 2013 1:50 PM in response to luciofromca

It appears you might need a Yahoo plus account to utilize it as an SMTP server. The server address is plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com

Other than that, I would contact Yahoo support directly. Ask them if they require password authentication. If they do, usually your e-mail address is your username. Often they require port 587, 2626, or 2662. Only Yahoo would know for certain which one to use.

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