Evolution and SMTP

[Jad Madi]

I had same problem, But I have a backup port for SMTP connection so I
switched to 26 instead of 25 and now it works fine.



On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 13:43:35 +0100, Markus Kolb <ubuntu-ml at tower-net.de> wrote:
> Anthony Cunningham wrote on Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 11:38:33 +0000:
> > I'be been trying to use Evolution to send email via by dialup
> > proivder's SMTP service. Whenever I try and send mail the operation
> > fails and I get the following error message (I've delete the email
> > address I was sending to and replaced it with foo at bar.com. It is a
> > valid address):
> >
> > "Error while performing operation.
> >
> > RCPT TO <foo at bar.com> failed: Requested action not taken:
> > mailbox unavailable."
> >
> > Thunderbird has no problem sending email via the same SMTP server so
> > it's not a network problem.
> 
> If it is not a typo in your email-address it could be an authentication
> problem.
> SMTP servers doesn't accept mail relaying to non-local addresses if they
> are configured right. (although there should be another server message)
> Have you tried to receive mail from your mailbox first and then send
> the mail?
> I think Thunderbird does this by itself (pop-before-smtp) and maybe
> Evolution has an option to switch the behavior, but I know Evolution
> only by name.
> 
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