Cant send email from iCloud account

[John Wolf]

Okay its been a long..... time since I last used Thunderbird and niow I
cannot send email with my icloud account.

Sending of the message failed.
Failed due to unexpected error 80004005. No description is available.
The message could not be sent using Outgoing server (SMTP)
smtp.mail.me.com for an unknown reason. Please verify that your Outgoing
server (SMTP) settings are correct and try again.

My server settings (outgoing/incoming) are correct but there is
something else that is missing.

Please advise thanks..


John
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[😉 Good Guy 😉]

On 24/12/2019 01:14, John Wolf wrote:

My server settings (outgoing/incoming) are correct but there is something else that is missing.

If your settings are correct then at least post them here.  Many times we had people saying the exact same things but it turned out that their settings weren't correct.  For the record, the smtp settings I could find online is this:

iCloud Mail SMTP Settings for Outgoing Mail Server

These outgoing mail server settings are needed for you to send email from your iCloud Mail account through the email program:

• Server name: smtp.mail.me.com
• SSL required: Yes
• Port: 587
• SMTP authentication required: Yes
• Username: Type your full iCloud email address including your name and @icloud.com. An example is john...@icloud.com
• Password: Use the password you set up for the incoming mail server.

For IMAP the settings are:

• Server name: imap.mail.me.com
• SSL required: Yes
• Port: 993
• Username: Type the name part only of your iCloud email address, not including the @icloud.com. johnsmith is an example.
• Password: Type an app-specific iCloud Mail password.

Merry Christmas.

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[John Wolf]

There is something that needs to be done on Apple's website that I am
not remembering to get third party email clients to work with icloud
that I am forgetting. Perhaps the Mac specialists on Mac-rumors will
know better.

On 12/23/19 6:25 PM, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:
> On 24/12/2019 01:14, John Wolf wrote:
>>
>>
>> My server settings (outgoing/incoming) are correct but there is
>> something else that is missing.
>>
>>
>
> If your settings are correct then at least post them here.  Many times
> we had people saying the exact same things but it turned out that their
> settings weren't correct.  For the record, the smtp settings I could
> find online is this:
>
>>
>> iCloud Mail SMTP Settings for Outgoing Mail Server
>>
>> These outgoing mail server settings are needed for you to send email
>> from your iCloud Mail account through the email program:
>>

>> * Server name:*smtp.mail.me.com*
>> * SSL required: *Yes*
>> * Port: *587*
>> * SMTP authentication required: *Yes*
>> * Username: Type your full iCloud email address including your name
>> and @icloud.com. An example is /john...@icloud.com/
>> * Password: Use the password you set up for the incoming mail server.

>>
>
> For IMAP the settings are:
>

>> * Server name: *imap.mail.me.com*
>> * SSL required: *Yes*
>> * Port: *993*
>> * Username: Type the name part only of your iCloud email address,
>> not including the @icloud.com. /johnsmith/ is an example.
>> * Password: Type an app-specific iCloud Mail password.

>>
> Merry Christmas.
>
>
> --
> With over 1.2 billion devices now running Windows 10, customer
> satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows.

[John Wolf]

Got it fixed. I had to create a app specific password on Apple's icloud
website and use that in Thunderbird. Calling Apple would have been a
waste of time since many of those agents would think I was using an IOS
device when I am using a Mac.

On 12/23/19 6:25 PM, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:

> On 24/12/2019 01:14, John Wolf wrote:
>>
>>
>> My server settings (outgoing/incoming) are correct but there is
>> something else that is missing.
>>
>>
>
> If your settings are correct then at least post them here.  Many times
> we had people saying the exact same things but it turned out that their
> settings weren't correct.  For the record, the smtp settings I could
> find online is this:
>
>>
>> iCloud Mail SMTP Settings for Outgoing Mail Server
>>
>> These outgoing mail server settings are needed for you to send email
>> from your iCloud Mail account through the email program:
>>

>> * Server name:*smtp.mail.me.com*
>> * SSL required: *Yes*
>> * Port: *587*
>> * SMTP authentication required: *Yes*

>> * Username: Type your full iCloud email address including your name
>> and @icloud.com. An example is /john...@icloud.com/
>> * Password: Use the password you set up for the incoming mail server.

>>
>
> For IMAP the settings are:
>

>> * Server name: *imap.mail.me.com*
>> * SSL required: *Yes*
>> * Port: *993*
>> * Username: Type the name part only of your iCloud email address,
>> not including the @icloud.com. /johnsmith/ is an example.

>> * Password: Type an app-specific iCloud Mail password.

>>
> Merry Christmas.
>
>
> --
> With over 1.2 billion devices now running Windows 10, customer
> satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows.