If it comes to it, you could always send from www.gmail.com in safari. Make sure to find and click the "basic html" link or you'll not have much luck with the page, but once you are on basic html it is easy to use. I know it does not solve your problem, but at least there's no rebooting.
On 8/24/12, Veronica Elsea <veron...@laurelcreekmusic.com> wrote: > Yes, yes, yes I am certain of my settings. I save the message to drafts > and use a windows computer to send with the same settings. Sometimes I > reboot the Mac and then it sends. The Mac is inconsistant and has been > all along. I went to one apple store when I was visiting someone in > Kansas City and was told that they were noticing everyone from their > local cable company having trouble so they just set everyone up with a G > mail account. It's an apple problem, not mine. I have redone this > account way too many times and will not do that any more because it's > pointless. There's a bug somewhere and it's just frustrating because I > can't count on it. It's a pain to have to reboot right in the midst of > just sending a quick message. Like I said, frustrating! > > Veronica > > > Watch and hear Veronica Elsea's Prayer for a Soldier at > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFoIhWrBHFI > Then find more music from Veronica Elsea and The Guide Dog Glee Club at: > http://www.laurelcreekmusic.com > Veronica Elsea, Owner > Laurel Creek Music Designs > Santa Cruz, California > Phone: 831-429-6407 > > > On 8/24/2012 9:57 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: >> Likewise, I have never had any issues sending messages from Mail in >> Lion or Mountain Lion. I use gmail with IMAP to receive and of course >> SMTP to send. The only thing I have ever experienced is I usually >> hear a swush sound when messages are being sent and sometimes, I'll do >> the send with Command-Shift-D and not hear the sound; makes me wonder >> if the message didn't get sent but yet no errors popped up either. I >> just chock those up to flukes or something. >> >> On 8/24/12, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Are you certain of your settings? Sometimes, an isp will change port >>> numbers or security settings and you may miss the memo, which can >>> cause previous settings to stop working. I know this isn't quite the >>> problem you are having, but it's all I can think of. Tripple check >>> your pop and smtp ports, security, authentication, and even username >>> settings (that is, does the username need to be just the first part of >>> your address or the whole thing). Hope this helps somewhat. For what >>> it's worth, I use gmail via imap and have no trouble at all. >>> >>> On 8/24/12, christopher hallsworth <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I can't say I am. I use Gmail via Pop. I also use my ISp's own e-mail >>>> service via Pop3. All are working great so far. This is under Lion. >>>> On 24 Aug 2012, at 05:11, Veronica Elsea wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi everyone! >>>>> I can't believe this issue is back. I'm so not happy right now. When I >>>>> first got this Macbook air, I was using pop mail. I had a ton of >>>>> trouble >>>>> sending mail. It would come up and tell me it couldn't use the current >>>>> sender. Everything pointed to a bug in apple mail that they said they >>>>> couldn't duplicate consistantly enough to fix. The fix was to change >>>>> to >>>>> imap. So I put the macbook awy till I learned about imap and made the >>>>> switch. It worked great for awhile. And now tonight, it's back to not >>>>> being able to send again. I actually had to save my last message in >>>>> drafts >>>>> and go to my windows computer in order to send it. I know it's not a >>>>> problem with my provider or my settings because I went through this >>>>> way >>>>> too many times. How can I count on this thing for email use when I'm >>>>> traveling if this old buggaboo is back? It makes me very sad in a way. >>>>> Is >>>>> anyone else here having this experience. Thanks a bunch. >>>>> Veronica >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Watch and hear Veronica Elsea's Prayer for a Soldier at >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFoIhWrBHFI >>>>> Then find more music from Veronica Elsea and The Guide Dog Glee Club >>>>> at: >>>>> http://www.laurelcreekmusic.com >>>>> Veronica Elsea, Owner >>>>> Laurel Creek Music Designs >>>>> Santa Cruz, California >>>>> Phone: 831-429-6407 >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >>> mehg...@gmail.com >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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