>I had much the same thing until I played around with the ports and with >the >security settings - i.e. whether the server requires encryption and >what >authentication method. Clicking to check what the server required - >which >sounds like a pretty sound notion - didn't help at all (!) so I had to >try >out different combinations till I found one that did work. If it's of >any >help my smtp now works perfectly with no encryption and LOGIN >authentication. >The port I'm using is 587. So far no luck. But doesn't the "Unrecognized transport protocol..." message and the fact that this wasn't a problem until the upgrade suggest that the problem is in kmail, not a server authentication or port problem? Where did you look to trouble shoot? Paul ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.