I have problems connecting on Mail with the notice "Connections to the server “imap.gmail.com” on the default ports timed out." While this query has come up before, none of the answers are able to guide me how to solve the problem. Surely lots of people have this problem so there must be a solution that is simple enough to follow. Thanks for your time.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.6
When your Mac's email app attempts to connect to the email server to send or receive emails, your information must be correctly sent within a specified window of time or the server disconnects and sends back that message. The information the server is looking for is your account name, your account ID and your account password. If for some reason any of that data has gotten changed or corrupted a successful connection cannot happen. You need to open Mail's Preferences and carefully correct any incorrect data. If that doesn't work then do the following.
When your Mac's email app attempts to connect to the email server to send or receive emails, your information must be correctly sent within a specified window of time or the server disconnects and sends back that message. The information the server is looking for is your account name, your account ID and your account password. If for some reason any of that data has gotten changed or corrupted a successful connection cannot happen. You need to open Mail's Preferences and carefully correct any incorrect data. If that doesn't work then do the following.
Are these your settings?
Gmail IMAP settings
OptionDescriptionIMAP
Host:imap.gmail.com
IMAP Port:993 Requires SSL:Yes
IMAP Username:Your full email address (name@domain.com)
IMAP Password:Your email account password
Thanks for your reply. I did delete the account but when I reinstall I get the same problem with the triangular warning. I even installed Canary mail and even that does not pick up any mail from Gmail.
After you have tried all of the steps you can take, if the problem still resists, why not contact Gmail and work with them? As to your settings, they are set up in the email app's Preferences. Please take some time to review this and teach yourself about it. The you will know. We cannot do this for you since it is in your computer.
Thanks BD Aqua and Ronasara, I did get the problem resolved but not exactly certain how. It was a combination of reviewing the settings and rebooting that seemed to work. Thanks for your great support and as you say, I have learnt something in the process. Thanks again
Thanks for reply. I am sure it is an IMAP problem but I dont know how or where to find these settings
Outgoing server...
Mail>Preferences>Accounts>Your Account>Mailbox Behaviors>Server Settings>Outgoing Mal Server>Edit SMTP list.
Or follow Ronasara's advice.
You are most welcome my friend.
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