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Can recieve but not send emails

Asked by Steve

Strange, I've set up Evolution for email, but run into authentication errors on sending. It recieves fine but won't send. I've tried all avail authentication choices and server doesn't accept. The same set up works on Thunderbird.. Thoughts...

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) said : 		#1

I can only think that there was a typo in the server name, user name or password? I know it's rude to suggest that, but I don't see what else it could be if Thunderbird works on the same machine.

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Steve (steve-joseph) said : 		#2

i would agree with you. but i've checked it over and over. any other thoughts.

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Dmitry Mityugov (dmitry-mityugov) said : 		#3

Hello Steve,

What server type for sending email did you select, SMTP or Sendmail?

Did you enable "Server requires authentication" option?

What authentication error do you get on sending email?

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Steve (steve-joseph) said : 		#4

hello back,

i am selecting SMTP, and yest i enabled "server requires...", the message i get is "MAIL FROM command failed: Authentication is required to send mail as <email address hidden>"

thanks for looking at this.

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Dmitry Mityugov (dmitry-mityugov) said : 		#5

Hello again,

What username did you specify? Is it a full email address, like <email address hidden>, or just myname?

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Steve (steve-joseph) said : 		#6

i'm putting in my user name without it being followed by the @verizon.net

Dmitry Mityugov wrote:
> Your question #11736 on evolution in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+question/11736
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Dmitry Mityugov proposed the following answer:
> Hello again,
>
> What username did you specify? Is it a full email address, like
> <email address hidden>, or just myname?
>
>

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Dmitry Mityugov (dmitry-mityugov) said : 		#7

And the SMTP server you specify is outgoing.verizon.net, correct?

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Dmitry Mityugov (dmitry-mityugov) said : 		#8

In addition, there is an interesting discussion on this subject (and the last message may contain an answer): http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum23/3930.htm

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Steve (steve-joseph) said : 		#9

yes i am sending to outgoing.verizon.net

the strange thing is that i just tried smtp.v.n and it didn't work. i
switched back to outgoing.v.n and it worked. wow.....ghost in the machine.

Dmitry Mityugov wrote:
> Your question #11736 on evolution in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+question/11736
>
> Dmitry Mityugov proposed the following answer:
> In addition, there is an interesting discussion on this subject (and the
> last message may contain an answer):
> http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum23/3930.htm
>
>

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Steve (steve-joseph) said : 		#10

thanks all