On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Todd Slater wrote: > I'm not sure I understand your setup. Do you have a domain (like a static > ip or an account with dyndns.org)? I'm trying to get at if your mail > account is really local or a POP3 provided by your ISP. Comments below. Yes, a static IP address (tarazed.demon.co.uk) > > > On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Todd Slater wrote: > > > > > > Just go to Configuration > Preferences for Current Account > Basic and > > > under Server Information select None (local) and for SMTP server > > > (send) give your domain. > > Thanks Todd, I was already using None (local). Have tried > > tarazed.demon.co.uk > > and 194.222.69.51 in the server field and sylpheed tries to send; > > "sending from tarazed..." but always comes back with an error. > > If I understand you correctly, you are using an ISP--tarazed.demon.co.uk. > If you try to send using that, it seems like you'd want that to be your > SMTP server. How do you receive mail from tarazed.demon.co.uk? I simply connect to the Demon gateway using kppp and POP3 authentication and the mail comes down the line automatically, then postfix picks it up. I have been using pine to view and send email, now trying sylpheed for the same task. > > There > > seems to be some activity on the line so maybe it is a problem at the > > other end? I have a POP3 account with Demon with the username tarazed > > but in the SMTP authentication have specified the local user lcl with > > the local password. Is that correct? > > No, I think that for account type you want to specify POP3 and give the > server, and the same for send; you should be able to find that out from > your ISP--probably something like smtp.demon.co.uk. Fixed it! All I had to do was switch off SMTP authentication.
> The other thing is - should an > > external program be specified for sending, and if so which? Presumably > > it should be whichever postfix relies on. > > No, don't specify external program for sending. > Thanks for your help, and everybody else who responded. Now to find out why kppp takes nearly a minute to start dialling. -- Len Lawrence
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