In Mail, the only way I know how to review and edit SMTP settings is when the mail doesn't send. Then up comes a box and it's now been freezing when I try to fix anything. There has to be a way that doesn't lead to force quit? It recently got so messed up that I had to restore from a snapshot to get my outgoing mail settings that worked.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS High Sierra (10.13.4), actually 10.13.5
Apple doesn't share my entire inventory. I own three macs, two desktops and one MacBookPro -- the source of the post asking for assistance. I reached out to Spamarrest, my spam filter, for assistance, since it was their SMTP I was editing, and we came to the conclusion that two of the email addresses that Spamarrest was filtering for me, were trying to access the same SMTP. Mail in MacOS doesn't even like that a little bit, so every time I tried to type the second one in, it would disappear without a trace or an error message. At one time, on my 27" late 2013 machine I saw flash by an error message about trying to do two SMTP addresses but it didn't linger. It never appeared on 10.13.5. But deleting one of them allowed me to enter the correct address on both Macs where that specific email address lives.
Thank you to each of you who shared your thoughts.
Apple doesn't share my entire inventory. I own three macs, two desktops and one MacBookPro -- the source of the post asking for assistance. I reached out to Spamarrest, my spam filter, for assistance, since it was their SMTP I was editing, and we came to the conclusion that two of the email addresses that Spamarrest was filtering for me, were trying to access the same SMTP. Mail in MacOS doesn't even like that a little bit, so every time I tried to type the second one in, it would disappear without a trace or an error message. At one time, on my 27" late 2013 machine I saw flash by an error message about trying to do two SMTP addresses but it didn't linger. It never appeared on 10.13.5. But deleting one of them allowed me to enter the correct address on both Macs where that specific email address lives.
Thank you to each of you who shared your thoughts.
Don't recall seeing any mention of running the macOS Beta. If you are:
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Van-D wrote:
It recently got so messed up that I had to restore from a snapshot to get my outgoing mail settings that worked.
Van-D wrote:
No, it's not unique to my beta.
Van-D wrote:
It seems you're assuming i only own one Mac.
I think that is a pretty good assumption from what has been posted so far.
Why be so coy and withhold information, if indeed you are trying to resolve your issue.
Van-D wrote:
High Sierra (10.13.4), actually 10.13.5
If this is unique to your Beta, you might be better served in the Welcome | Apple Developer Forums
Open Mail preferences. Click on Accounts button in the toolbar then click on Server Settings in the navbar. This is where you can edit the Outgoing Mail Server or SMTP.
No, it's not unique to my beta.
I have found that editing SMTP settings doesn't always work that well. Deleting them and then adding them back again generally works best.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS High Sierra (10.13.4), actually 10.13.5
It was in his tag.
It seems you're assuming i only own one Mac.
I want to review and edit SMTP settings.
