Apple Mailed has suddenly stopped

Apple Mail has suddenly stopped working on my 2 iMacs today. Both are running El Capitan. We have tried everything, but because it suddenly stopped working on 2 independent computers it looks as though Apple have changed something???

27" iMac

Posted on Aug 31, 2021 11:44 AM

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Posted on Aug 31, 2021 02:34 PM

The most probable cause has to do with the standard used by your email host.


AOL, Gmail, have better settings on http://mail.aol.com/ and http://www.gmail.com/ which refer to IMAP settings. The built-in host settings when creating a host specific account may not work anymore.

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Aug 31, 2021 05:13 PM in response to David Martin10

In the last day or two incoming IMAP email has simultaneously stopped (could not connect to p10-imap.mail.me.com) on all my older devices:


iPhone 5s (iOS 9.3.5)

iPad mini (iOS 9.3.5)

Mac Pro (OSX 10.8.2)


as well as on all my mother-in-law's devices (other side of the country):


Macbook Pro (OSX 10.9.5)

iPad 2 (iOS 9.3.5)

iPhone 5s (iOS 8.1)


and also many other people's older devices:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac-mail-error-on-osx-el-capitan.2309274/


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