just delete the first message in the outbox. it has a bad address that does not connect to a valid smtp mail server address
On Friday 30 November 2001 01:42, you wrote: > I'm having a problem sending email in Mandrake 8.1. Today I tried to > send an email with a file attachment (1.8 mb) and I couldn't send in > either Kmail or Mozilla Messenger. When I click on send in either > program it appears to be sending the data and then just aborts. > Kmail gives me this error message: > > Sending failed: > a SMTP error occured. > Command: CONNECT > Response: Error reading socket. > The message will stay inthe 'outbox' folder until you either > fix the problem (e.g. a broken address) or remove the message > from the 'outbox' folder. > > Note: other messages will also be blocked by this message, as > long as it is in the 'outbox' folder. > > The following transport protocol was used: > smtp://shawmail:25 > > Mozilla Messenger gives an error message of: > sending of message failed > > The funny thing is I can send smaller text messages with no problems it > only seems to happen when I try to attach a file. My isp has a limit of > 5 mb so I'm well below that with the 1.8 mb file. > > Can anybody shed some light on what might be the problem and what I can > do to fix it? > > TIA > Steve M.
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