(Was) Trouble sending email

W. E. Brooks plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
07 Nov 2001 08:50:10 -0700 

I use Ximian Evolution for email. It works great and looks like Outlook.
It is currently at v0.15(Beta5), but it is stable. I don't use Ximian's
desktop,just Evolution and KDE.I switched to Evolution after trying
KMail.

W. E. Brooks



On Wed, 2001-11-07 at 01:29, James Durham wrote:
> I think you have covered nearly everything. Call Earthlink and speak with a 
> level2 tech and pass along your results. If Outlook Express works they will 
> point the problem as being on your computer.
> 
> I have been having allot of hassles with Kmail just the same and have been 
> thinking of changing to something else. Does anyone know other GUI mail 
> clients that run under X(KDE/GNOME) that may be worth consideration for home 
> use?
> 
> On Tuesday 06 November 2001 05:35 pm, you wrote:
> > O.K.  I have tried almost all suggestions that were posted.  Telneting via
> > "telnet mail.mindspring.com 25" worked - said it connected and all.  THe
> > ping -c 4 worked fine, as did the nslookup command.  No jams anywhere.  I
> > have included the /etc/resolv.conf file if this helps.  I have also changed
> > my email address to borgking@mindspring.com rather than
> > rick@rickrosinski.com to see if that would help, but it failed also.  The
> > only things I haven't done yet was to try it through outlook express.  I
> > will try that before calling the techs back.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > BTW:  Thanks for all of the response!
> >
> >
> > From: "John Albee" <guesswho911@home.com>
> >
> > >Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > >To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> > >Subject: RE: Trouble sending email
> > >Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 18:33:19 -0700
> > >
> > >I am not sure as to your level of computer experience, but you may want to
> > >try a manual smtp connection to mail.mindspring.com using telnet.  There
> > >are
> > >several tutorial on the net showing how to do this.  This may give you
> > > some insite to your problem.
> > >
> > >John Albee
> > >
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> >
> > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> >
> > >[mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Rick
> > >Rosinski
> > >Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 5:50 PM
> > >To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > >Subject: Re: Trouble sending email
> > >
> > >
> > >James,
> > >
> > >I try over and over again, resending the same message through the outbox.
> > >I
> > >called customer suppport, and they gave me a new dial-up number, saying
> > >that
> > >the old number wouldn't allow people to send email.  That didn't work.  He
> > >told me to keep mail.mindspring.com since I am a mindspring subscriber.  I
> > >receive mail just fine, but I can't send the mail no matter what.  I tried
> > >many combinations of smtp - smtp.mindspring.com, mail.smtp.mindspring.com,
> > >smtp.mail.mindspring.com, smtp.earthlink.net, mail.earthlink.net, every
> > >damn
> > >thing.
> > >
> > >Any more ideas?
> > >
> > >Thanks for the help.
> > >
> > > >From: James Durham <helody@jps.net>
> > > >Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > > >To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > > >Subject: Re: Trouble sending email
> > > >Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 13:28:06 -0700
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Rick,
> > > >     I have that same problem. I go to the outbox open the mail and try
> > >
> > >to
> > >
> > > >send again. The problem is Earthlink has filters in place so you can
> > > > only use
> > > >there mail servers. So if you try to use another mail server it would
> > > >continuely fail. I found that it fails for me the first time because it
> > >
> > >has
> > >
> > > >to do all it's crap to verify the mail server I am connecting to. Then
> > >
> > >the
> > >
> > > >second time I try to connect it works.
> > > >
> > > >    Allot of companies have started to take this same approach to
> > >
> > >stopping
> > >
> > > >spam. It is getting very annoying.
> > > >
> > > >On Saturday 03 November 2001 04:25 am, you wrote:
> > > > > I just found out that I can't send email through kmail anymore.  It
> > >
> > >says
> > >
> > > > > that the smtp host couldn't be found.  I am an earthlink (formerly
> > > > > mindspring) subscriber.  My "real" email address has mindspring.com.
> > >
> > >I
> > >
> > > >was
> > > >
> > > > > using mail.mindspring.com for smtp.  That worked until recently (the
> > > > > error). So, I checked the help pages on the web, and they want
> > > > > smtp.earthlink.net. I tried that, and got the same error.  Nothing on
> > >
> > >my
> > >
> > > > > system has been changed (especially KDE).  I kept the smtp port at 25
> > >
> > >as
> > >
> > > >it
> > > >
> > > > > was before.  I also tried smtp.mindspring.com, mail.earthlink.net.
> > > > >
> > > > > And, I don't *DARE* try earthlink technical support - they always
> > >
> > >assume
> > >
> > > > > they know more than you, and when you try asking them questions, like
> > > >
> > > >"What
> > > >
> > > > > SMTP port does your system use?", they'd answer the question with a
> > > > > question, like what system and software am I using? - evading my
> > > >
> > > >question,
> > > >
> > > > > instead of them saying that "they don't know" - and they do not
> > >
> > >support
> > >
> > > > > Linux (only Windows and Mac.)
> > > > >
> > > > > Please help!
> > > > >
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