No Outgoing Mail for IMAC G-4

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Scottindsm

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I have an IMAC g-4 using mac mail version 1.311. I have no problems receiving mail however I am having a horrible time trying to send mail. I have tried everything-from deleting the apple/mailplst and reinstalling my account. Nothing seems to work. I keep getting the same either "the SMTP server mail.mchsi.com doesn't support authentication-please check your setting or "the message could not be delivered becuase your smtp setting are not set" The SMTP setting are correct and it still won't work. One odd thing is in outgoing mail server setting I have a smtp.mac account that I never used-but signed up for when I first got the compter. I cannot delete this-it will not going away. However my mchsi server is checked so I am not sure this is the problem. I have really worked hard at trying to overcome this and can't seem to solve the problem. Any help would be appreicated! Thanks!
 
Have you made sure that your SMTP is not authenticating? (Click on "server settings" underneath Outgoing Mail (SMTP) setting in the Accounts tab in Mail Preferences, and set "Authentication" to None.

Also, your ISP may have a block on all port 25 traffic (SMTP's port). All SBC Yahoo! accounts do this, for example. Contact your Internet Provider and make sure they don't have an outgoing mail block.
 
Hey Ra3ndy--it worked!! I can't beleive it was that simple-I simply changed my STMP authenticating to none and it worked!! I could not find this tip from anyone else and I sure appreciate it! You're a genuis!! Have a great weekend!!
Scottindsm
 
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