When I upgraded I had problems sending e-mail with Evolution at first... then I checked my firewall configuration, and sure enough, smtp hadn't been checked for, "allow". I don't think that's a problem here, just my .02. -brandon On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 22:07, Craig White wrote: > On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 21:45, Robert L. Cochran wrote: > > > > I recently installed 8.0 on a friend's computer. He is fascinated with > > Evolution and wants to connect to his employer's IMAP server as the > > incoming mail server. (Yes he is allowed to do so. Actually he already > > does it with Outlook 2000 on his Windows machine.) He specified the > > server type as IMAP and added the correct server string as the imcoming > > mail server: > > > > mail.example.com > > > > But, he cannot download his incoming emails. > > > > Should he have written the incoming mail server as: > > > > mail.example.com:143 > > > ----- > No - the port number is understood > > Depending upon the type of imap connection, you may need to check the > 'use ssl' box and sometimes server systems offer self-signed > certificates which aren't readily accepted by various mail softwares. > > There is a cool button that you can try...check for supported types of > connections but generally, I would suggest that you try the plain > password first. > > note that you can always check these things from the command line > (telnet is your friend)... > > telnet mail.example.com 143 > > this will tell if you mail.example.com resolves thru dns > if there is a server at mail.example.com listening to port 143, it is > likely to give a response... > > Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1). > Escape character is '^]'. > * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LOGIN-REFERRALS STARTTLS AUTH=LOGIN] > localhost.localdomain IMAP4rev1 2001.315rh at Mon, 7 Oct 2002 22:01:20 > -0700 (MST) > > this offers some interesting information such as STARTTLS & AUTH=LOGIN > which means that this imap server will accept STARTTLS encryption or > plain logins > > lastly...with imap, you typically have to get a full download of folders > and indicate which ones you wish to subscribe to. See tools > menu...subscribe to folders... > > Craig > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
