iphoto emailing of photo not functioning, recieve notice that my server is down ...which is not the case

in the iPhoto preferences ==> accounts delete your e-mail account and reenter it

OR

IMHO the better solution is to set Apple mail as the email client in the iPhoto preferences

LN

Thanks LarryHN - have tried twice in deleting my e-mail account and reentering but still to know avail.

Not all that clued up on solutions so not sure about your second option of settile Apple mail as the email client in iPhoto preferences

Watford47

When you go to send the emailed photo from iPhoto it partly goes to sending, then hangs fire and eventually just comes up with an explanation mark/iphoto which you just have to click ok on - no explanation.

THis sounds like a totally different problem - this thread is about getting an incorrect message that the server is down

I always get message that my server must be down

You probably need to start a new thread with details about yoru setup, system and your problem

LN

open the iPhoto preferences and set the preference to email using Mail rather than the default of using iPhoto - I personally prefer using Mail - you may like iPhoto' build in email better - I like having more control and having a sent mail mailbox which mail has and iPhoto does not

LN

Ah yes I had already tried this and know that using Mail works. I was just concerned that if using Mail I might have a problem when it comes to sending a book to Apple.

I find it very strange that iphoto will work on one computer and not another - even though I have not changed anything previously and it did work ok. Sometimes computers are a realy mystery to me.

Thanks for your help LN. Suppose will just have to wait and see when I compose a imac book and hope that I can send it.

Watford 47

Books do not use Mail in any way - they created a order file and send it to the Apple servers directly - not using email

and for the book

Before ordering your book preview it using this method - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1040 - and save the resulting PDF for reference - the delivered book will match it.

as to theiPhoto mail issue - there was a recent post about Cloud mail changing servers and iPHoto not being able to follow the change so either finding the correct mail server from time to time and entering it or using Mail which does not seem to have that problem is necessary - I use mail so have no recent experience with the iPhoto email client

LN

Thanks LarryLN - will continue to use Mail and look out just in case for any information on the correct mail server.

Many thanks again for your confirmation on the problem.

Watford 47