[TriLUG] kmail cannot send mail

Mike Mueller mjm-58 at mindspring.com
Thu Sep 19 13:29:47 EDT 2002


On Thursday 19 September 2002 13:21, Mike Mueller wrote:
> On Thursday 19 September 2002 12:07, H Brett Bolen wrote:
> > How do i get kmail to send email?
> >
> > I can receive fine, but I cannot send it.
> >
> > I've entered my smtp server ( smtp-server.nc.rr.com), but I cannot
> > find where I enter my username and password.  I can send
> > and receive fine in mozilla.
>
> A quick read through SMTP suggests 3 ways to fail sending:
> 1. HELO exchange: server does not recog. you (I am changing from
> smtp.mindspring.com to smtp-server.nc.rr.com to see if I can get in to the
> rr's smtp server)
> 2. MAIL
> 3. RCPT

Wow!  I just sent using an rr smtp server even though I am an Earthlink cable 
client.  Now I'll try smtp.mail.yahoo.com.
-- 
mueller, mike

The larger purpose of the economic order, including Wall Street, is to 
support the material conditions for human existence, not to undermine and 
destabilize them.

-Editorial, The Nation, August 19, 2002



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