Wireless Network - Mail Issue

[lundpk]

I have two Macs at home, one iMac and one MacBook. The iMac is attached via its Ethernet port to a hardware router - a D-Link unit. The iMac shares its Internet connection via AirPort to the MacBook at my home.

The iMac works great with no issues using any Internet service. The MacBook connects via the iMac and I can use Safari, but Mail will not work. I get an error message stating that I can not connect to the mail server.

I take the MacBook to a local Internet cafe and Mail works fine again.

Any ideas?

[MisterMe]

It sounds like an SMTP issue. At home, do you have selected your ISP's SMTP server for outgoing mail?

[Kees Buijs]

Originally Posted by MisterMe

It sounds like an SMTP issue. At home, do you have selected your ISP's SMTP server for outgoing mail?

I presume the mailserver stays the same for any location for retrieving mail (not for sending mail unless the provider is the same on different locations). Try to ping the mailserver (like entering in terminal "ping mail.provider.com").

This should give the result like this:
PING mail.vevida.com (213.19.161.175): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 213.19.161.175: icmp_seq=0 ttl=57 time=49.132 ms
64 bytes from 213.19.161.175: icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=95.924 ms

If this fails, try this on the imac. If that works, your network is not setup properly.


Good luck, Kees