Laptop email sending problem

[tom bell]

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> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:08:05 -0400
> From: Steven Vollom <stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Laptop email sending problem
> To: Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> I recently purchased a used Compaq Ivo N620c laptop.  I configured the 
> email client the same as my desktop.  Both have Kubuntu 8.04 and KDE 
> 3.5.9.  Both run Firefox and Thunderbird as default.  When I attach my 
> DSL cable moden to the laptop, I am able to surf the internet, as well 
> as receive emails, however when I attempt to send an email, a window 
> opens asking the password for my email server.  I type in the password 
> an click enter and the selfsame window opens again and again.  I get an 
> unable to connect to the server also.  I have tried to get help from 
> att.yahoo, but they are not helpful because I am not using their mail 
> program or their browser and am using Kubuntu Hardy instead of Microsoft 
> or Apple.  I have used Kubuntu for 3 years with Firefox and Thunderbird 
> on my desktop with no problems.  The fact that I receive emails but 
> cannot send suggests that at least part of the program is working.  Help 
> please.
>
> Steven Vollom
Sounds to me like you are attempting to send out email using a secure
login.  Check your desk settings and see if it is set for a secure login
when using SMTP to send email.  You do need a login for receiving email
via POP, but most of the time unless the ISP requires it you don't need
a password for using SMTP.  I have had serveral ISPs over the years and
have never had to enter a password for secure login with SMTP. 
For background, I have been using the internet since the days of telnet,
gopher, archie, and File Transfer Protocol, before HTML was even
invented.  I have used dialup, ISDN, DSL and now cable.  I ran a BBS for
eight years out of my home. 
So, I would say check "Edit->Account Settings->Outgoing Server->Edit"
and seed if "Use secure connection" is checked (or ticked).  To send
outgoing email make sure it is. 
If you plug into another internet connection (i.e., your friend's or
work) that is not your ISP then you cannot send email by SMTP.  You can
use a browser to login to your ISP's homepage and go to their email
login and compose email online and send it that way.
That is my fifty cents worth (inflation on 2 cents).
Good luck!

Tom

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