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My email will not send messages

My email was working perfectly well, and then I decided to change my email address to avoid all the junk email I was receiving. Now I can only receive emails and not send them. I've tried the connection doctor. I've tried changing the port to 25, 465, and 587 and I selcted the use SSL option. NOTHING WORKS. Please help.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)

Posted on Jan 19, 2013 11:17 AM

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Jan 23, 2013 7:52 PM in response to Linc Davis

INITIATING CONNECTION Jan 23 21:31:22.632 -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x7ff996c70d30



INITIATING CONNECTION Jan 23 21:31:22.633 -- host:glaserdc.gmail.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x7ff994056d90



CONNECTED Jan 23 21:31:22.813 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7ff9956dcf00 -- thread:0x7ff996c70d30



READ Jan 23 21:31:22.987 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7ff9956dcf00 -- thread:0x7ff996c70d30

* OK Gimap ready for requests from 97.88.111.156 n9if24756579ict.46



WROTE Jan 23 21:31:22.994 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7ff9956dcf00 -- thread:0x7ff9954a73a0

1.715 CAPABILITY



READ Jan 23 21:31:23.047 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7ff9956dcf00 -- thread:0x7ff9954a73a0

* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN X-GM-EXT-1 XYZZY SASL-IR AUTH=XOAUTH AUTH=XOAUTH2

1.715 OK Thats all she wrote! n9if24756579ict.46



WROTE Jan 23 21:31:23.061 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7ff9956dcf00 -- thread:0x7ff9954a73a0

2.715 ID ("name" "Mac OS X Mail" "version" "6.2 (1499)" "os" "Mac OS X" "os-version" "10.8.2 (12C60)" "vendor" "Apple Inc.")



READ Jan 23 21:31:23.101 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7ff9956dcf00 -- thread:0x7ff9954a73a0

* ID ("name" "GImap" "vendor" "Google, Inc." "support-url" "http://support.google.com/mail" "remote-host" "97.88.111.156" "connection-token" "n9if24756579ict.46")

2.715 OK Success n9if24756579ict.46



WROTE Jan 23 21:31:23.112 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7ff9956dcf00 -- thread:0x7ff9954a73a0

3.715 LOGIN glaserdc *********



READ Jan 23 21:31:23.190 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7ff9956dcf00 -- thread:0x7ff9954a73a0

* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN X-GM-EXT-1 UIDPLUS COMPRESS=DEFLATE

3.715 OK --email address--Daniel Glaser authenticated (Success)



WROTE Jan 23 21:31:23.203 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7ff9956dcf00 -- thread:0x7ff9954a73a0

4.715 LIST "" ""



READ Jan 23 21:31:23.244 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7ff9956dcf00 -- thread:0x7ff9954a73a0

* LIST (\Noselect) "/" "/"

4.715 OK Success



WROTE Jan 23 21:31:23.260 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7ff9956dcf00 -- thread:0x7ff9954a73a0

5.715 LOGOUT


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Jan 24, 2013 3:34 PM in response to Linc Davis

Dear Linc,


I'm having similar problems to glaserdc. Mail in is all good. SMTP out is offline and I can't get it to come online. I've tried revisiting SSL on and off, ports, and deleting keychains then re-establishing. Nothing is working. It did work and now it doesn't. I tried to reconfigure my outgoing mail server as listed above but it didn't work either. I know very little about what I'm trying to do and would really appreciate some help. My connection doctor details are as below:


CONNECTED Jan 24 22:49:05.839 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33ea9d730 -- thread:0x7fa33ee20570



READ Jan 24 22:49:06.180 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33ea9d730 -- thread:0x7fa33ee20570

* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE QUOTA SORT SORT=DISPLAY AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN AUTH=CRAM-MD5 AUTH=DIGEST-MD5] Dovecot ready.



WROTE Jan 24 22:49:06.188 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33ea9d730 -- thread:0x7fa33ea67ba0

1.87 AUTHENTICATE PLAIN (*** 52 bytes hidden ***)



READ Jan 24 22:49:06.236 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33ea9d730 -- thread:0x7fa33ea67ba0

1.87 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS QUOTA SORT SORT=DISPLAY QUOTA] Logged in



WROTE Jan 24 22:49:06.245 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33ea9d730 -- thread:0x7fa33ea67ba0

2.87 ID ("name" "Mac OS X Mail" "version" "5.3 (1283)" "os" "Mac OS X" "os-version" "10.7.5 (11G63)" "vendor" "Apple Inc.")



READ Jan 24 22:49:06.267 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33ea9d730 -- thread:0x7fa33ea67ba0

* ID NIL

2.87 OK ID completed.



WROTE Jan 24 22:49:06.281 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33ea9d730 -- thread:0x7fa33ea67ba0

3.87 LIST "" ""



READ Jan 24 22:49:06.303 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33ea9d730 -- thread:0x7fa33ea67ba0

* LIST (\Noselect) "." ""

3.87 OK List completed.



WROTE Jan 24 22:49:06.314 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33ea9d730 -- thread:0x7fa33ea6cd10

4.87 LOGOUT

Jan 24, 2013 4:02 PM in response to Linc Davis

If I change the server back to what it was before ( the same as my iphone - which does send mail) this is the connection doctor note:



CONNECTED Jan 24 22:49:05.839 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33ea9d730 -- thread:0x7fa33ee20570



READ Jan 24 22:49:06.180 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33ea9d730 -- thread:0x7fa33ee20570

* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE QUOTA SORT SORT=DISPLAY AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN AUTH=CRAM-MD5 AUTH=DIGEST-MD5] Dovecot ready.



WROTE Jan 24 22:49:06.188 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33ea9d730 -- thread:0x7fa33ea67ba0

1.87 AUTHENTICATE PLAIN (*** 52 bytes hidden ***)



READ Jan 24 22:49:06.236 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33ea9d730 -- thread:0x7fa33ea67ba0

1.87 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS QUOTA SORT SORT=DISPLAY QUOTA] Logged in



WROTE Jan 24 22:49:06.245 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33ea9d730 -- thread:0x7fa33ea67ba0

2.87 ID ("name" "Mac OS X Mail" "version" "5.3 (1283)" "os" "Mac OS X" "os-version" "10.7.5 (11G63)" "vendor" "Apple Inc.")



READ Jan 24 22:49:06.267 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33ea9d730 -- thread:0x7fa33ea67ba0

* ID NIL

2.87 OK ID completed.



WROTE Jan 24 22:49:06.281 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33ea9d730 -- thread:0x7fa33ea67ba0

3.87 LIST "" ""



READ Jan 24 22:49:06.303 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33ea9d730 -- thread:0x7fa33ea67ba0

* LIST (\Noselect) "." ""

3.87 OK List completed.



WROTE Jan 24 22:49:06.314 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33ea9d730 -- thread:0x7fa33ea6cd10

4.87 LOGOUT



CONNECTED Jan 24 23:45:41.547 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33eee2ed0 -- thread:0x7fa33eed0b90



READ Jan 24 23:45:41.942 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33eee2ed0 -- thread:0x7fa33eed0b90

* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE QUOTA SORT SORT=DISPLAY AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN AUTH=CRAM-MD5 AUTH=DIGEST-MD5] Dovecot ready.



WROTE Jan 24 23:45:41.952 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33eee2ed0 -- thread:0x7fa33eab6e50

1.89 AUTHENTICATE PLAIN (*** 52 bytes hidden ***)



READ Jan 24 23:45:42.210 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33eee2ed0 -- thread:0x7fa33eab6e50

1.89 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS QUOTA SORT SORT=DISPLAY QUOTA] Logged in



WROTE Jan 24 23:45:42.216 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33eee2ed0 -- thread:0x7fa33eab6e50

2.89 ID ("name" "Mac OS X Mail" "version" "5.3 (1283)" "os" "Mac OS X" "os-version" "10.7.5 (11G63)" "vendor" "Apple Inc.")



READ Jan 24 23:45:42.239 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33eee2ed0 -- thread:0x7fa33eab6e50

* ID NIL

2.89 OK ID completed.



WROTE Jan 24 23:45:42.251 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33eee2ed0 -- thread:0x7fa33eab6e50

3.89 LIST "" ""



READ Jan 24 23:45:42.396 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33eee2ed0 -- thread:0x7fa33eab6e50

* LIST (\Noselect) "." ""

3.89 OK List completed.



WROTE Jan 24 23:45:42.404 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fa33eee2ed0 -- thread:0x7fa33f4cf3b0

4.89 LOGOUT



CONNECTED Jan 24 23:56:58.790 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x7fa33eecfc10 -- thread:0x7fa33d057fa0



CONNECTED Jan 24 23:56:58.794 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x7fa33f462df0 -- thread:0x7fa33f1e3ec0



READ Jan 24 23:56:58.827 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x7fa33eecfc10 -- thread:0x7fa33d057fa0

220 mail89.extendcp.co.uk ESMTP Exim Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:56:58 +0000



READ Jan 24 23:56:58.827 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x7fa33f462df0 -- thread:0x7fa33f1e3ec0

220 mail89.extendcp.co.uk ESMTP Exim Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:56:58 +0000



WROTE Jan 24 23:56:58.845 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x7fa33eecfc10 -- thread:0x7fa33d057fa0

EHLO unknown-c8:bc:c8:df:03:35.home



WROTE Jan 24 23:56:58.848 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x7fa33f462df0 -- thread:0x7fa33f1e3ec0

EHLO unknown-c8:bc:c8:df:03:35.home



READ Jan 24 23:56:58.872 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x7fa33eecfc10 -- thread:0x7fa33d057fa0

501 Syntactically invalid EHLO argument(s)



READ Jan 24 23:56:58.875 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x7fa33f462df0 -- thread:0x7fa33f1e3ec0

501 Syntactically invalid EHLO argument(s)



CONNECTED Jan 24 23:56:58.910 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x7fa33e8c90c0 -- thread:0x7fa33d057fa0



CONNECTED Jan 24 23:56:58.922 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNegotiatedSSL] -- host:mail.cip-limited.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x7fa33f4214f0 -- thread:0x7fa33f1e3ec0

My email will not send messages

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