Well…Finally I am able to send mail again. I ended up having to remove the account entirely and re add it. That was a last resort, but the only thing that worked. I have no idea what caused it in the first place, but I’m happy it’s fixed. Cheers, Nicole > On Nov 12, 2014, at 12:37 AM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Same problem came up for me during my recent issues staying connected to my > WiFi router. One way to check this is to cycle your WiFi on and off when you > know you have messages stuck in the cue to go out. Go to your menu extras bar > with VO M twice, and click on turn WiFi off in the appropriate menu. Turn it > back on, and if you hear the sound effect for mail sending right away this is > a pretty good sign it is something with the WiFi settings. For me it was an > IP address conflict with another device, probably my iPhone. I don’t know the > particulars of why, but something was blocking mail from sending without > blocking receiving email. First step is to cycle your router on and off by > unplugging it for a few minutes and then plugging it back in. This refreshes > the router settings, which should be sent fresh to your computer. No, it > seems like they havne’ come up with anything better than physically > unplugging to do this in the last 10 years. There isa complicated but good > reason for this. If cycling your router doesn’t work, there are steps you can > try next, there is a good article about it that somebody helpfully sent to > the list a week or so ago in response to my cry for help. Making the effort > to find it in my bookmarks now…there we go. > > http://www.macissues.com/2014/10/31/fix-or-help-stem-wi-fi-connectivity-problems-in-os-x/ > > Ian > > >> On Nov 11, 2014, at 2:33 PM, Tuscia-Falconer <tusciafalconer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >> I have had this only when my internet connection is broken. >> In my case my router/modem was failing. >> >> TF >> >> On 12/11/2014, at 9:16 am, Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> I have been attempting to send mail messages from the mail program on my >> Mac. I am able to receive mail but every time I try to send a message it >> brings up a dialogue telling me to put in my password but when I do the >> messages just stay in my outbox. I'm also getting a dialogue that brings up >> an option to click on connection doctor, a table to choose The mail server >> to send the message from which my email address is the one that is selected, >> and a try again later or send message now button. Does anyone know what is >> going on here? Obviously my password is correct or would not be able to >> receive mail in my inbox. I'm only not able to send. >> >> Nicole >> Sent from my iPhone> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >