Is out of touch for just a little while and asked me to let y'all know. Her Pc bit the dust Wed and she's now the proud owner of a Mac
- imagine that - only weeks after all the discussion about Macs! anyway, if you have tried to contact her - she'll be back online as soon as she learns the ways of a Mac.
Musicmaker
How wonderful! Another Mac person on the list! :D I hope she enjoys it as much as I've enjoyed my various Macs over the years. :)
On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:43:12 -0600, Musicmaker wrote (in article ):
Yippee, Another Mac person. It won't take her long to find her way back on-line.
Maureen
Yes, I found my way back online. Hello I'm a Mac and he's a PC. LOL The two last remaining chores, the most elusive ones, are - set up the email reader, and install two wireless printers. But everything else is wonderfully EASY and PEACEFUL to learn about.
Karen, Queen of Squishies
Congratulations, Karen! :D
Okay, I have a conflict between my incoming and outgoing servers for my email reader. Obviously I do not know what I am doing. Does anyone else know what I am doing??? I can get my email on the web so if you want to email me off group it will still work.
Karen, Queen of Squishies
On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:21:24 -0600, snipped-for-privacy@mchsi.com wrote (in article ):
Karen, what ISP are you using. I ask because I use AT&T and they have a web page somewhere (last time I really had to search for it) that lists the proper mail servers etc. Last time I had problems with email it was because the server names had changed and I didn't know it. Typed in the new ones and everything worked again.
Maureen
I'm using mediacom. I think it's working, at least the diagnostics tell me it is. But - when I compose and hit send, it just goes to my outbox and sits there. No error message or anything like that, but just - nothing seems to happen.
Karen
On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:14:26 -0600, snipped-for-privacy@mchsi.com wrote (in article ):
If you're sure you're using the correct SMTP server, are you using any firewall software. If so, you need to make sure that port 25, 465 and 578 aren't blocked by the firewall.
Also, are you sure your Mail account is online? If you're using Apple's Mail program, go to the mailbox menu and make sure take all accounts online is selected.
Maureen
If iMac comes with a firewall then I am running one. How do I find it to check on those ports?
Karen, Queen of Squishies
On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:21:24 -0500, snipped-for-privacy@mchsi.com wrote (in article ):
If you are using "Mail" go to Windows-Connections in the menu bar. That will at least tell you if you are connected both ways and if you are not connected give you a clue as to why.
A quick glance at the site below might help if you can not get things working.
Lee
rarebirdyatverizondotnet
Park Ridge, NJ
It's quite common for email systems to use different computers for sending and receiving. Demon's in the UK does that. They need to do very different things.
Mail you send might go through an SMTP server on its way out.
Mail you receive might come from an IMAP or POP3 server.
You might need passwords for both in and out, and they might well be different, and different from any other password you have.
That doesn't tell you how to connect but it might help to tell you what to look for in your ISP's documentation and in the configuration steps for your email system.
==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === ==== Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739 557 CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic fonts
When I am using mail, yes, it does show that I am connected both ways. Thanks for showing me that. But here's the really weird thing, at least to me. Send is not an option. I can't click it, it's there but not active, or clickable, or whatever you want to call it.
Karen, Queen of Squishies
On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:32:23 -0600, snipped-for-privacy@mchsi.com wrote (in article ):
That's a whole 'nother problem and easy to fix. Open preferences in mail and go to accounts. In the account pane, look for the "outgoing mail server" pop-up menu. It's probably set to none at the moment. Look at the pull down menu and select your outgoing mail server. That should do the trick.
I used to be able to tell where the firewall settings were, but with newest version of OSX they've been hidden from me. If firewall settings need to be changed, you may need to give the experts at AppleCare a call. You should get free AppleCare for a couple of months with the new computer.
Maureen
Karen, you will have 90 days of free phone support for your new Mac, so I'd recommend the following:
On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:13:55 -0500, Maureen Wozniak wrote (in article ):
System Preferences/Security/Firewall but that panel scares me.
Lee
rarebirdyatverizondotnet
Park Ridge, NJ
On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:32:23 -0500, snipped-for-privacy@mchsi.com wrote (in article ):
If the connection doctor shows that all your connections have succeeded then I do not know what to tell you.
I call Verizon when I have a problem.
One thing I do occasionally that is stupid is forget to address my post. That will leave me with an inactive and grayed out "send".
Lee
rarebirdyatverizondotnet
Park Ridge, NJ
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