https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=261612
Summary: should tell me that the server address is not an SMTP server Product: kmail2 Version: unspecified Platform: Ubuntu Packages OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: wishlist Priority: NOR Component: commands and actions AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs@kde.org ReportedBy: a.vanl...@alexandervanloon.nl Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.5.90) OS: Linux I'm using KMail 4.6 beta 3 and until just a moment ago I had problems with sending e-mail over my GMail account. KMail would fail to send e-mail through the GMail SMTP server, giving me a pop up with an error message containing text like 'E-mail sending failed: failed to transport message. Socket operation timed out' I also noticed that auto detecting settings for the SMTP server took a very long time. First I took a look at bug #261333 and concluded that KMail was not to blame. Then I verified if my settings were correct and noticed that I had entered smtp.google.com instead of smtp.gmail.com. Silly mistake, but once corrected KMail worked fine with GMail. I assume this also explains why the autodetection took so long, because I had the wrong server. I think KMail itself could improve on this part by communicating clearly that it couldn't find an SMTP server at the wrong address, the autodetect function could have also warned me that it couldn't find an SMTP server there instead of failing silently and doing nothing. An error message like 'Socket operation timed out' isn't going to be understood by users. Reproducible: Didn't try -- Configure bugmail: https://bugs.kde.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. _______________________________________________ Kdepim-bugs mailing list Kdepim-bugs@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kdepim-bugs