evolution mail

[Derek Broughton]

Philip Wyett wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 22:32 -0700, John Heinen wrote:
>> To get started with evolution mail instead off Thunderbird's, evolution
>> is asking for my smtp password for smtpauth.earthlink.net.
>> It won't accept my regular password with my internet provider, what kind
>> of password is it looking for. Appreciate your comment
>> 
> 
> Have you tried smtpauth.earthlink.net:587 as earthlink do not use the
> standard port 25.

Strictly speaking, I believe earthlink _do_ use the standard port.  587 is 
the SMTP _submission_ port.
-- 
derek