remove blank lines and comment blocks from /etc/hosts it's a glibc bug in gethostbyaddr_r which randomly sticks a \n into your hostname string. (in your case it seems to be at the end, which means that the SMTP server gets a empty command after EHLO)
Jeff On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 12:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My Evolution 1.4 (on Redhat 9) has been unable to send via the SMTP server > for the last month or so after working perfectly for months. At first I > blamed the SMTP server or the ISP, but I have now tried a second SMTP server > and a second ISP. I have also tried the extra SMTP ports that the SMTP > servers support, by adding :theportnumber after the SMTP address. > > So, the problem: Evolution shows an error dialog that says: > " > Error while performing operation: > MAIL FROM response error: Unknown > " > > When I do this, > export CAMEL_VERBOSE_DEBUG=1;/usr/libexec/evolution/1.4/killev;evolution > > I get this output when pressing send/receive. It doesn't seem to mention > SMTP at all: > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(56): '+OK NetAddress-POP vC8.MAIN.3.13E; > cmsapps02.cms.usa.net' > POP3_STREAM_WRITE(6): > CAPA > > sending : EHLO localhost.localdomain > POP3_STREAM_LINE(17): '-ERR Syntax error' > POP3_STREAM_WRITE(23): > USER murrayc//usa.net > > received: 503 Polite people say HELO first - noop received > sending : MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > POP3_STREAM_LINE(41): '+OK Password required for [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Got + response > POP3_STREAM_WRITE(13): > PASS xxxxxxxx > received: 503 Polite people say HELO first > sending : QUIT > POP3_STREAM_LINE(37): '+OK mailbox for [EMAIL PROTECTED] ready' > Got + response > POP3_STREAM_WRITE(6): > CAPA > > received: 221 Goodbye > POP3_STREAM_LINE(17): '-ERR Syntax error' > POP3_STREAM_WRITE(8): > UIDL 1 > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(17): '-ERR Syntax error' > POP3_STREAM_WRITE(6): > LIST > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(14): '+OK 0 messages' > Got + response > POP3_STREAM_LINE(END) > POP3_STREAM_WRITE(6): > QUIT > > POP3_STREAM_LINE(57): '+OK NetAddress-POP server signing off, 0 messages > deleted' > Got + response > > > Murray Cumming > www.murrayc.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
