Removing SMTP servers in Mail.app

[hgreenfi]

Hey folks,

Mail.app has the nifty ability to add and select from multiple outgoing mail servers from within Mail preferences. The question is how to remove a server from the list of outgoing SMTP servers once it has been added. Does anyone know how to do this?

Harrison

 

[gyllis]

You can manually erase them in the file ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist

Find the section of the file which contains your SMTP-server info, for example:

<dict>
<key>AccountType</key>
<string>SMTPAccount</string>
<key>AuthenticationScheme</key>
<string></string>
<key>Hostname</key>
<string>smtp.uuu.com</string>
<key>ShouldUseAuthentication</key>
<string>YES</string>
<key>Username</key>
<string>user</string>
</dict>

Erase all this (including <dict> and </dict>) for each SMTP-account you'd like to remove.

cheers
Andreas

 

[genghiscohen]

Or you can do it more easily by using /Library/Scripts/Mail Scripts/Manage SMTP Servers.scpt.