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Outgoing email 'offline' and won't send. Incoming emails all fine

Suddenly the outgoing emails from my MacBook Pro won't send due to SMTP being 'offline'. Nothing I have tried has solved this. Emails arrive. From my iPhone I can send replies. My laptop is m y main office/business tool. I cannot find any simple to follow instructions on how to resolve this. I can see from previous threads that this problem is. created by Apple auto update to my MacBook but not how to sort it out


MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 2, 2023 3:16 AM

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Posted on Oct 2, 2023 9:48 AM

isobel202 wrote:

Suddenly the outgoing emails from my MacBook Pro won't send due to SMTP being 'offline'. Nothing I have tried has solved this. Emails arrive. From my iPhone I can send replies. My laptop is m y main office/business tool. I cannot find any simple to follow instructions on how to resolve this. I can see from previous threads that this problem is. created by Apple auto update to my MacBook but not how to sort it out


If it is a SMTP server issue, I would simply try a bit later...hrs/days and try again.


Server issues are out of your control and known issues tend to get resolved fairly quickly.


If in doubt query your mail provider for known issues.


further ref: If you can't send emails in Mail on Mac


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Oct 2, 2023 9:48 AM in response to isobel202

isobel202 wrote:

Suddenly the outgoing emails from my MacBook Pro won't send due to SMTP being 'offline'. Nothing I have tried has solved this. Emails arrive. From my iPhone I can send replies. My laptop is m y main office/business tool. I cannot find any simple to follow instructions on how to resolve this. I can see from previous threads that this problem is. created by Apple auto update to my MacBook but not how to sort it out


If it is a SMTP server issue, I would simply try a bit later...hrs/days and try again.


Server issues are out of your control and known issues tend to get resolved fairly quickly.


If in doubt query your mail provider for known issues.


further ref: If you can't send emails in Mail on Mac


Outgoing email 'offline' and won't send. Incoming emails all fine

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