On Sun, 2005-03-20 at 11:14 -0700, Vaughn Treude wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 21:22, Craig White wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 12:49 -0700, Vaughn Treude wrote:
> > > Hello all:
> > > I'm trying to switch from KMail to Evolution 1.4.6.
> > > I configured it with all the same POP and SMTP server settings from KMail.
> > > I have no firewall on the machine in question (it connects to a gateway which
> > > runs a filewall.)
> > > Email receiving works fine, but I encounter the following error when sending:
> > >
> > > Error while performing operation:
> > > DATA termination response error: Requested action not taken: mailbox
> > > unavailable
> > >
> > > The explanations I've found via Google haven't helped me. Any ideas what
> > > might be wrong?
> > ----
> > smtp - the only reason that it would say that would be if the 'sent'
> > folder - the one in 'settings' for your account to put sent mail into
> > wasn't available. I haven't used 1.4.x in a long time and POP3 in a
> > longer time...
> >
> > does the mail go through? send an email to yourself.
> >
> > does the SMTP require authentication? Do you have to check before send?
> >
> > is there a problem with $HOME/evolution/local/pop/ACCOUNT_NAME/Sent ?
> >
> > privileges?
> >
> > Craig
>
> Craig,
> Thanks for the help. I don't know why, but something I did got it to
> work. I deleted and recreated the empty "mbox" file in the Sent
> folder. That didn't work at first, so I tried configuring KMail. (I
> forgot to mention that I was trying to get this to work on a newly
> upgraded machine - on which I had the browser and receive mail both
> working.) Sends through KMail failed, too. But somehow when I started
> Evolution again, it worked!
----
deleting and re-creating an empty mbox file could be a source of the
problem. The permissions...that I was speaking of.
Generally, mail programs will create the mbox/maildir stuff that it
needs as long as it is possible. If you need to create one yourself,
it's always better to cp -r ANOTHER_MBOX NEW_MBOX so it has the right
privileges.
Then of course, there really is no standard for naming these
things...one program may use 'Sent' another may use 'SENT' and we all
should know by now that Microsoft Mail clients all use 'Sent Items'
Lastly, you specifically mentioned 'POP' but on an IMAP server - the
'namespace' can be significant. Many IMAP servers do not allow a 'Sent'
folder at the root level but only as a 'sub-folder' of INBOX.
Craig
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