Author Topic: Mac email help (Read 4794 times)

baxty · « **on:** April 19, 2008, 08:23:03 PM »

Well when I try to sign in to my Mail account I type in my password and then it just says do it again and the window just keeps popping up. Please Help Me if that makes sense.

grimcity · « **Reply #1 on:** April 20, 2008, 08:29:45 PM »

By Mac mail, are you talking about your preinstalled Mac mail client, or a .Mac account?

baxty · « **Reply #2 on:** April 20, 2008, 09:06:56 PM »

I wish I was as smart as you guys, it always says .Mac account because I got the email with the trial of .Mac

kilgore. · « **Reply #3 on:** April 20, 2008, 09:12:01 PM »

probably expired.

baxty · « **Reply #4 on:** April 20, 2008, 09:40:58 PM »

Well shit, how the fuck do you just have email on your god damn computer.

baxty · « **Reply #5 on:** April 20, 2008, 09:42:48 PM »

This mother fucker.

kilgore. · « **Reply #6 on:** April 20, 2008, 09:49:09 PM »

i payed for a years worth of .mac, which gives you a [email protected] name. as well as other shit, like being able to make a blog from your computer and also having a back up. but i never used any of that shit. my shit expired 2 weeks ago and i was going through the same shit as you. wondering why the hell i couldnt log in when i was typing my shit in correctly. then it came to mind that my shit was expired. go to mail, then go to preferences and then go to Accounts and try and add another account and see if that works.

kilgore. · « **Reply #7 on:** April 20, 2008, 09:49:53 PM »

damn i just realized how many times i just said "shit"

baxty · « **Reply #8 on:** April 21, 2008, 12:07:10 AM »

Well I always get this shit when I try to make a new one.

Trying to log into the .Mac server “mail.mac.com” has failed. Please make sure the username and password are correct. If you continue, you may not be able to receive any email.

And if this makes any difference and Im sure it does but when it shows account type .Mac or POP or Exchange is there a difference? What should I do?

grimcity · « **Reply #9 on:** April 21, 2008, 09:54:55 AM »

If your account is .Mac, leave it as .Mac.... Pop3 and Exchange are different mail protocols.

baxty · « **Reply #10 on:** April 21, 2008, 03:43:33 PM »

What should I do?

Mail was unable to verify the identity of this server, which has a certificate issued to "smtp.mac.com". The error was:

There is no root certificate for this server.

You might be connecting to a computer that is pretending to be "smtp.mac.com", and putting your confidential information at risk. Would you like to continue anyway?

The SMTP server “smtp.mac.com” rejected the password for user “baxter13”

Please re-enter your password, or cancel.

grimcity · « **Reply #11 on:** April 21, 2008, 07:09:05 PM »

Can you log into into your web based .Mac mail account? If you haven't tried, try it and see if it works. If it does work, try opening your mail with your mail program.

baxty · « **Reply #12 on:** April 21, 2008, 08:14:40 PM »

Yeah, I can't log into my .Mac account. The Mail program is all Ive been using to log in.

crackrazor · « **Reply #13 on:** April 21, 2008, 11:22:35 PM »

I've been having the same problem man. so fucking annoying.

baxty · « **Reply #14 on:** April 21, 2008, 11:43:16 PM »

Quote from: crackrazor on April 21, 2008, 11:22:35 PM

I've been having the same problem man. so fucking annoying.

Can we start the biggest quote train ever tight now? I think so.

clarkie · « **Reply #15 on:** April 22, 2008, 01:02:32 AM »

I've always used Eudora http://www.eudora.com/ and never had any problems. Most of the businesses I've worked and freelanced for use it too. It handles large size files. I really love it, it's very straight forward and is separate from your Mac mail or browser mail applications.

I think it may cost something for now, or there is a free version but the Mozilla people are perfecting it and it will soon be free.

grimcity · « **Reply #16 on:** April 22, 2008, 07:23:39 AM »

Quote from: baxty on April 21, 2008, 08:14:40 PM

Yeah, I can't log into my .Mac account. The Mail program is all Ive been using to log in.

http://www.mac.com/WebObjects/Welcome.woa/wa/login?cty=US&lang=en
See if you can login here first.
If you can, try logging in through your mail program again.

baxty · « **Reply #17 on:** April 22, 2008, 05:56:55 PM »

Yeah, I can log into that but when I try to log into my Mail program it always messes up when it searches for the server and says this.

Trying to log into the .Mac server “mail.mac.com” has failed. Please make sure the username and password are correct. If you continue, you may not be able to receive any email.

chesticles · « **Reply #18 on:** April 22, 2008, 06:35:42 PM »

Here's what you do...

1. Go to the Mail menu, then Preferences. Click on the Accounts tab. Select your account and click the delete account button(a minus sign) at the bottom left hand corner of the Preferences window.

2. Click the add account button to the left of the delete button to set your account back up.

3. When prompted, choose .Mac as account type and fill in the rest of the info that is required.

4. When completed, click the red close window button to save your changes and close the Preferences window, returning you to your Mail viewer window. It helps to quit Mail and relaunch it. That's it. .Mac accounts are actually the easiest to set up, so you should be all set after you complete those steps. Let me know.

grimcity · « **Reply #19 on:** April 22, 2008, 06:44:55 PM »

^
Definitely try that first.

If it doesn't work, go into your settings and change your SMTP port (smtp.mac.com) from 25 to 587. Port 25 might have been blocked by your internet service provider to stop or reduce spam on its servers.

baxty · « **Reply #20 on:** April 22, 2008, 06:48:22 PM »

Im going to kill myself.

Now Ill try the port thing.

chesticles · « **Reply #21 on:** April 22, 2008, 06:55:50 PM »

Quote from: baxty on April 22, 2008, 06:48:22 PM

Im going to kill myself.

Now Ill try the port thing.

Have you logged into http://webmail.mac.com with that info successfully?

Not to seem strange, but the send email link below your avatar says your email address is [email protected]

baxty · « **Reply #22 on:** April 22, 2008, 06:55:54 PM »

Thanks for all the continuing help but..........

Then

chesticles · « **Reply #23 on:** April 22, 2008, 06:59:52 PM »

Keep trying dude, you'll get it. Make sure you can log into http://webmail.mac.com first successfully and I'll help you from there.

baxty · « **Reply #24 on:** April 22, 2008, 07:03:15 PM »

It was but then I just started trying new shit so I tried about five different names but this is the last one.

It says I need like a VP name to log into that link and I don't have that to get onto the site.

chesticles · « **Reply #25 on:** April 22, 2008, 07:05:34 PM »

Sorry about that, I fixed the link to take you directly to .Mac mail. Try it again.

clarkie · « **Reply #26 on:** April 22, 2008, 07:11:15 PM »

Maybe you'd have better luck just using your POP account instead of .Mac. All i did was configure my incoming mail server, outgoing mail server, chose a password and that's it. Your provider can tell you what to enter it will be something like mail.earthlink.com and mx.earthlink.com as an example.

baxty · « **Reply #27 on:** April 22, 2008, 07:11:37 PM »

Yeah, I can but the first thing it says is that my .Mac membership expired.

chesticles · « **Reply #28 on:** April 22, 2008, 07:15:07 PM »

Quote from: baxty on April 22, 2008, 07:11:37 PM

Yeah, I can but the first thing it says is that my .Mac membership expired.

If your .Mac account membership expired, then the only solution is to pay for/renew your account. If your account expired, what email service do you use on a daily basis?

clarkie · « **Reply #29 on:** April 22, 2008, 07:19:58 PM »

I am using Mail 2.1.1 that came with the computer. Open that and go to preferences and select Add Account. Under Default Email Reader select Mail 2.1.1. Under account type, select POP. Then continue and add your incoming mail server, outoging, etc. Don't click on anything that refers to .Mac.

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