Re: Apple Maill won't send

Barry Margolin <barmar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> In article 
> <lybanon-C02F46.08414415052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  Matthew Lybanon <lybanon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> > In article 
> > <92705e5b-ae57-4aff-a971-d87ec6fc7f48@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> >  GGSA <guntherabrahamson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > 
> > > I am using Apple Mail  3.2 and OS 10.5.2.  Mail worked like a charm
at
> > > the beginning but I suddenly can't send.  All the settings are by
the
> > > book. However, the SMTP setting indicates "off line" but I am on a
DSL
> > > connection. I have clicked "Take All Accounts On Line" and Take All
> > > Accounts Off Line" but nothing works. Where do I look?
> > > 
> > > I am sending this with Eudora.
> > 
> > I don't know whether this is related, but recently (since the last
Mail
> > update?) I have started getting "unable to send  . . ." messages, with
a
> > suggestion to switch to a different SMTP server.  If I say "forget it"
> > and then resend the message, it usually goes with no hitches.  Mail
> > 2.1.3 running under OS X 10.4.11, on a dual-processor G5.
> 
> Are either of you using smtp.mac.com as your outgoing SMTP server?  It
> has been having problems today.

My mother has been having that problem for the last couple months. If
she presses "try again" it will always go by the 2nd or 5th time.
Happens on every 3 or 4 outgoing messages, and has been driving her
crazy.

She is using AT&T as her outgoing, since she has DSL.

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