kmail doesn't work after new update.

[Nils Kassube]

Steven Vollom wrote:
> On Sunday 16 August 2009 06:25:18 pm Nils Kassube wrote:
> > Derek Broughton wrote:
> > > Possibly all of the above :-)  But I balk when seeing a line like:
> > > >> Received: from unknown (HELO yeshua.localnet)
> > > >> (stevenvollom at 76.250.189.87
> > >
> > > That sure looks to me like Steven is using a local smtp, which is
> > > operating in smarthost mode (and giving an improper HELO, at that
> > > - really, your system should identify with a genuine FQDN, and
> > > not *.localnet) forwarding to yahoo.
> >
> > No, it is not from a local smtp but from Kmail. You should see a
> > similar header in my message. Kmail uses $HOSTNAME.localnet as
> > default but you can change it in the settings.
>
> Would that fix the problem, Nils?  Just tell me what to do, please.

Oh well, actually I'm not sure what your current problem of this thread 
is. There have been so many replies with suggestions that I can't tell 
what is left.

Probably you want to know if it would help to change the hostname used 
for the HELO command but I don't know the answer. I have 3 different 
email providers and none of them complains about the hostname. But I 
don't know what settings your provider may not like. OTOH if you never 
changed this specific setting with your previous installations and it 
has worked before, then it is unlikely that you should change anything 
here. If you can't send mails it is usually a wrong server, wrong 
password or wrong security settings (authentication and / or 
encryption).


Nils