Mail in beta 5 doesn't save SMTP setup

App & System Services Core OS Beta macOS

devonhub OP

Created Jul ’15

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After upgrading to El Capitan beta 5, 10.11 Beta (15A235d), Apple Mail 9.0 (3073) is not remembering any SMTP accounts for non-iCloud accounts. For example, I have gmail and other IMAP mail servers. Mail forgot all my SMTP servers after the upgrade to beta 5; and adding the SMTP server then going back into the Outgoing Mail Server setup shows the SMTP server you just added was not saved. When trying to send an email with a missing SMTP account, you can add the SMTP server and the single email gets set OK, *but* that SMTP server you just added is not saved after sending that single email.

The SMTP server for iCloud accounts is saved and used without any problems.

This problem did not occur in previous El Capitan betas.

reported to Apple; radar #22026537

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kdean OP

Oct ’15

Seems this continues to be broken in the Final release as well.

davidfromchicago OP

Oct ’15

I can confirm the release version is doing the same thing. Smtp servers are not syncing to the prefs.

Dave

RaulfromMiami OP

Oct ’15

I did have the same issue. I just open Mail, under the Mail tab I choose Accounts instead of Preferences, choosee the account you having issues with and retype the passwork, voila, everything is working now.