I connect to mail.mac.com through port 25 without any problems. Have you tried changing the port? Mark Des Cotes Systems Manager/Graphic Designer Astro Printing Service (Cornwall) Ltd. 3308 Second Street East Cornwall Ontario Canada K6H 6J8 T (613) 932-9281 Ext 106, F (613) 932-1052 www.astroprinting.com On 18-Aug-06, at 3:00 AM, Kurt Streeter wrote: > Hi all, > > I am having trouble accessing my .mac mail account. Since upgrading > my account to a fully paid account (as opposed to the 60 day > trial), I have not been able to access the account. All the other > mail accounts in Mail are fine, but the .mac one gives the > following message: > > There may be a problem with the mail server or network. Check the > settings for account ".Mac Account" or try again. > > The server error encountered was: The connection to the server > "mail.mac.com" on port 993 timed out. > > I'm not too sure if this is something that I have changed while > upgrading the account, but any help would be appreciated. > > Cheers, > Kurt > > > > This mail has been created using Apple Mail on Mary-Lou (Apple Mac > iBook G4), and is intended for the named recipient only. If you are > not the named recipient and you have received this mail in error, > please notify the sender by return and discard. > > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984