In both instances this helped seemed little a first, but after a while the issue was back to where it was before.

deleting the accounts and re-adding them.

rebuilding the accounts as per user Jaume's suggestion.

For Mac and Windows, Postbox works with any IMAP or POP account, including Gmail, iCloud, Office 365, and more. This never used to happen on 10.15 (or other previous versions of Mac OS / OSX for that matter) Postbox (Image credit: iMore) This well-received email app has been designed for professionals, but anyone with more than one email account should consider using it. The problem is most pronounced on the gmail / google apps for business accounts. 1GB - 20GB and there is one large mailbox of c. The accounts / mailboxes range in size from c. Some gmail, some google apps for business, some IMAP provided by 3rd party web host. Ive got multiple email accounts setup in mac mail. Generally everything works, apart from the search tool in macOS's native Mail.app: when I try to search for an email, phrase, contact etc, half the time i get 0 results, or the search query does not impact the results eg nothing changes / is search for. Send yourself a simple message to test both the sending and receiving capabilities.I've recently updated from macOS 10.15 to Big Sur.

Click OK to close the outgoing server settings windowĪpple Mail should ask you whether you want to save the changes be sure to tell it to do so.Īfter having successfully changed the password in both places, your email should work correctly.

Choose the server account used by your email account.

(or similar) from the bottom of the pop-up menu

Find the “Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)” field and click it to get a pop-up menu.

Next, you need to change the password in the outgoing mail server settings: Erase the current value in the password field, then carefully type in your new password. Make sure the Account Information tab is selected at the top of the main area of the window.Select your email account in the list on the left-hand side of the window.Make sure Accounts is selected along the top of the “Accounts” window.Outlook is now available free in Apple’s App Store, and you no longer need a Microsoft 365 subscription or Office license. Open the Mail menu and choose Preferences. Microsoft is making Outlook for Mac free to use today.To update an old version of the Mail app with your new email password:

Older versions have the second password in a different location. But the Blue Mail episode does reflect that Apples App Store is strict about content thats generated at massive scale - either by users (in the case of social media apps, for example), or, more. If you’re using an older version of Apple Mail, such as the version included with Mac OS X “El Capitan” or “Yosemite” Although it doesn’t seem that it should be necessary, we've seen several cases where the Mail program keeps sending the wrong password until you actually quit and re-open it.

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