Re: [SLUG] Evolution - how does it send the mail?
On Tue, Aug 05, 2003, Mary wrote: The first thing to check is to dig around in the settings of Evolution and KMail and make sure they're set to use the same mail relay/SMTP server/mail server (different names for the same thing) to send mail. Sorry, missing solution: set Evolution's mail relay/SMTP server/mail server to whatever KMail has it set to, since Evolution's is probably wrong, and KMail's evidently works. -Mary -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Evolution - how does it send the mail?
quote who=andrew fries Could someone tell me whether Evolution is self-sufficient when sending mail, or does it rely on some other daemon to perform this function? You can choose to use the local sendmail, or SMTP. Just change it in the account settings. You've probably got it set to sendmail, without having a complete MTA setup on your system. - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2004: Adelaide, Australia http://lca2004.linux.org.au/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Evolution - how does it send the mail?
On Tue, Aug 05, 2003, andrew fries wrote: Could someone tell me whether Evolution is self-sufficient when sending mail, or does it rely on some other daemon to perform this function? Evolution, like most mail clients, talks simple SMTP -- enough to send mail to a relay. I have this problem on a freshly installed Arch Linux system: Evolution will not send my mail (though it will receive OK), responding to all attempts with this message: error while performing operation: MAIL FROM response error: command unrecognized: A very simple SMTP (mail protocol) session looks like this (client.example.com is connecting to relay mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] via the mail relay relay.example.com). The numbers (220, 250, 354, 221) and the commands in capitals (HELO, MAIL, RCPT, DATA, QUIT) are the important parts of the protocol. client.example.com connects to port 25 of relay.example.com relay.example.com says: 220 relay.example.com ESMTP Postfix (Debian/GNU) client.example.com says: HELO client.example.com relay.example.com says: 250 relay.example.com client.example.com says: MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] relay.example.com says: 250 Ok client.example.com says: RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] relay.example.com says: 250 Ok client.example.com says: DATA relay.example.com says: 354 End data with CRLF.CRLF client.example.com says: This is the mail. client.example.com says: . relay.example.com says: 250 Ok: queued as 867CC1018C client.example.com says: QUIT relay.example.com says: 221 Bye relay.example.com closes the connection. The bit of this you should recognise is MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED], because you're getting an error message about MAIL FROM. This looks like one of the following: - this version of Evolution can't talk basic SMTP (very unlikely) - whatever mail relay Evolution is trying to use is having some problems (most likely: it isn't actually a mail relay) The first thing to check is to dig around in the settings of Evolution and KMail and make sure they're set to use the same mail relay/SMTP server/mail server (different names for the same thing) to send mail. -Mary -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Evolution - how does it send the mail?
Is it possible that your mail from address is set to be nothing? And the smtp server wont send on the mail unless there is some thing set? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of andrew fries Sent: Tuesday, 5 August 2003 5:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SLUG] Evolution - how does it send the mail? Could someone tell me whether Evolution is self-sufficient when sending mail, or does it rely on some other daemon to perform this function? I have this problem on a freshly installed Arch Linux system: Evolution will not send my mail (though it will receive OK), responding to all attempts with this message: error while performing operation: MAIL FROM response error: command unrecognized: because my understanding of just how mail really works is very hazy at best, I'm not sure where the problem might be - on Suse, Libranet and even Slackware Evolution always just worked, but this is Arch Linux - it won't do anything unless you tell it to :) So it could be I need to start some other process. Someone suggested Exim, so I started Exim but its logs didn't show any activity when Evo was trying to send. BTW, I'm sending this message from that same Arch system, using Kmail. It's only Evolution that's having problems... any suggestions? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
