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Mail not sending

I am using Mail version 10.3 for my gmail account. At the moment, I am able to receive emails but not send them. I have tried inputting an updated password but emails just sit in my outbox and don't send.

MacBook Pro 13″, OS X 10.10

Posted on Jul 21, 2020 6:21 PM

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Posted on Jul 22, 2020 2:05 PM

It.s Mail's penchant for not seeing or allowing you to change the password, but try this...


Hi, have you changed your eMail password lately?


Works sometimes even if you haven’t


Open Keychain Access in Utilities, then either check the Password under that item, change it, or delete it and start over.


Enter the part after the @sign in the search bar.


You may have duplicate or more entries in Keychain Access.


If using a browser to login via WebMail works it's not Name or Password, but likely old passwords interfering.


There''ll be at least 2 entries, maybe more.


The trouble is that Mac Mail almost always chooses the old Passwords if you don't change or get rid of the old ones.



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Jul 22, 2020 2:05 PM in response to dod3321

It.s Mail's penchant for not seeing or allowing you to change the password, but try this...


Hi, have you changed your eMail password lately?


Works sometimes even if you haven’t


Open Keychain Access in Utilities, then either check the Password under that item, change it, or delete it and start over.


Enter the part after the @sign in the search bar.


You may have duplicate or more entries in Keychain Access.


If using a browser to login via WebMail works it's not Name or Password, but likely old passwords interfering.


There''ll be at least 2 entries, maybe more.


The trouble is that Mac Mail almost always chooses the old Passwords if you don't change or get rid of the old ones.



Mail not sending

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