[Leica] OT: Weird e-mail issue

[Nathan Wajsman]

Thanks John. That is a possibility, of course, but I don’t like that it just changed at random.

Cheers,
Nathan

On 7 Aug 2014, at 11:36, John Nebel <john.nebel at csdco.com> wrote:

> Nathan,
> 
> Others likely know a lot more about this, nevertheless, here is a weak attempt:
> 
> If you are using the native e-mail client on OS X, it may be worth trying Thunderbird as a test.  If TB works then you know to try further incantations with the native client based on the TB settings.  I think there may be bad assumptions in the client's design, especially when an upgrade (if that is what you might have done) breaks formerly working e-mail.
> 
> I've had much less trouble with an iPad (just works) than the native client on an OS X laptop, even with full control of the SMTP servers as well as the clients.
> 
> John
> 
> On 8/7/14 8:53 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> Hi Tina,
>> 
>> No, my problem is different, since it is tied to a device and not the
>> location. I have experienced the problem in the past few days at a hotel in
>> Madrid, a motel in NY state, and now at my son’s apartment in Orchard Park,
>> NY—but only on my laptop, not on my iPad. So it is not an ISP issue like you
>> had.
>> 
>> Cheers, Nathan
>> 
>> On 7 Aug 2014, at 10:27, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> It may be the same problem I am having.  My local ISP has outlawed
>>> forwarding e-mails to another account like GMail.  I'm getting around the
>>> problem for now by doing the opposite and having GMail "fetch" my e-mails
>>> from my local ISP.  I didn't find out about this until all of my e-mail
>>> started bouncing.  I'm sure my local ISP will find a way around the fix!
>>> 
>>> Tina
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 5:24 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I'm stumped. For the past few days, basically since we left home on
>>>> Sunday, I have been unable to send e-mail from my normal Frozenlight
>>>> account using my laptop. The computer just tells me that my SMTP server
>>>> is offline. That's why the last few messages I have posted on the list
>>>> have been sent from my Gmail account.
>>>> 
>>>> However, I have no problem sending messages from my Frozenlight account
>>>> using my iPad. The fact that this message made it to the list is proof.
>>>> 
>>>> Now, I have checked and re-checked that the outgoing server
>>>> configurations on my iPad and on my Macbook Pro are identical. Yet, the
>>>> same server, with the same access credentials, works fine on the iPad but
>>>> not on the Macbook. What gives?
>>>> 
>>>> TIA, Nathan
>>>> 
>>>> Nathan Wajsman (sent from somewhere)
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
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