Can't verify password in Mail

When I try to send an email, I'm asked to give the password, which I do. However, the password is not recognized, and the system reports "Can't verify password" in red. Any ideas?


Thanks.

Mac mini, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2), 2.3 GHz i7, 16 GB RAM

Posted on Aug 23, 2016 1:59 AM

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Aug 25, 2016 1:43 AM in response to Daniel Gold3

Hi,


I have several accounts in Mail (Google, @me.com etc)

All are set to login when I start the app.


I can check whether both Incoming and Outgoing server involved are logged in in the Window Menu > Connection Doctor.


Could you explain further how you set up this email account in Mail so that it requires a Password to Send ?

This may help someone who knows Mail better than I do to suggest a solution.



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9:36 pm Tuesday; August 23, 2016


 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (El Capitan)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 iPhone and an iPad (2)

Aug 25, 2016 12:07 PM in response to Daniel Gold3

Hi,


In Mail > Preferences > Accounts click on the account in question.

In will show you several tabs (these may vary depending on which version you happen to be using).


This is what I see in a Sierra beta version.

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You may have a button suggesting access to all the Outgoing STMP servers.

If so use that and check the tabs there as well and make sure the outgoing server list the correct port, the correct authentication method, and the password if required.


This is an older version Google Mail set up

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As you can see my Goolge mail Out-going server was also handling the out going mail for my Lineone account (that was originally Dial-up and then the ISP was taken over by Tiscali and later became Talk Talk)



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8:06 pm Thursday; August 25, 2016


 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (El Capitan)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 iPhone and an iPad (2)

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