kitts@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > I could have thought so but then i have checked those settings and then > cross checked with the service provider. The settings appear to be correct. > > Besides, as i have mentioned previously; it used to be working and then > from one fine day it is dead... ? > > In fact, the GMail account i mentioned about uses port 587 and it works > fine. I could have thought that the server may be experiencing some > problems but then a service such as mail2web also uses the same server to > send my mail. so that cannot be it. > > Another possibility is that my service provider is blocking port 25 but > that > again cannot be true as another windows machine on my local network, which > > shares the internet connection with my machine, can send mail over port 25 > > (but differrent server) without any trouble. > > I just set my GMail server to port 25 and sent a test mail. It works > fine... > -- > Cheers! > kitts > At this point my Linux technical know-how falls over! You're ahead of me. Anyway I hope you get it sorted. These things can be incredibly frustrating. Best, Jeff -- Jeff Grant London UK Les Rorgues France ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.