evolution mail

[John Heinen]

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.
>
> Regards
>
> Phil
>   
 Thanks Phil, Sorry for the delay, I did enter
smtpauth.earthlink.net.587, it keeps coming back with the message please
enter the SMTP password for hensandpat on host smtpauth.earthlink.net.
No use asking earthlink, they only understand the window lingo