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3. From the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) pop-up menu at the bottom, choose Edit
SMTP Server List.
4. In the list at the top, make sure the SMTP server that was selected for the ac-
count is still selected, and click the minus button to remove it (confirming the
deletion if prompted to do so).
5. Click the plus button to add a new SMTP server. Fill in both the Account In-
formation and Advanced views with the information you got from your email
provider.
6. Click OK.
Now, choose Window > Connection Doctor, and wait for it to complete its checks. Next to the
SMTP server you just modified, if you see a green dot (on the left) and the text (on the right)
“Connection and login to server succeeded,” the change worked. If not, go on to…
Pick a Server (Just One)
Mail offers the choice to use a single SMTP server with any given (incoming) mail account,
or to permit multiple servers to be used. In Mail > Preferences > Accounts >
Account Name
> Account Information, you'll see a checkbox Use Only This Server at the bottom:
• If that's checked, then only the SMTP account shown in the pop-up menu will be
used with that account.
• If it's unchecked, as it likely is by default, then the new message window for out-
going messages from that account will display a second pop-up menu, next to
the From menu, showing all the SMTP servers you've configured (
Figure 21
).
(After making any change to this setting, close the Preferences window and save your
changes.)
Figure 21:
If you have more than one email account, you may see this
pop-up menu when composing new messages.
I recommend selecting Use Only This Server for each account (either in the Account Inform-
ation view or using the SMTP server pop-up menu). Likewise, in Mail > Preferences > Gen-
