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having trouble with evolution

Asked by thehandicapspot

I get an error message when trying to use evolution to send and receive emails.

Error while Fetching Mail.

Could not connect to 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
my email address is hotmail.com please give me step by step guidelines how to install evolution and set up similiar to microsoft outlook.
I would like to click on someones email address on certain websites and be able to send an email.

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Bernhard (b.a.koenig) said : 		#1

Did you look at some how-to's, like for example this one?

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/send-and-receive-your-hotmail-messages-through-evolution.html

If you want the "mailto:" links on websites direct you to evolution, I think it's enough to go to "System -- Preferences -- Preferred Applications" and choose evolution as standard mail client.

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thehandicapspot (johnjfranco) said : 		#2

that link did not work. error 404 not found. thanks anyway.

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> Did you look at some how-to's, like for example this one?
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> http://www.ubuntugeek.com/send-and-receive-your-hotmail-messages-
> through-evolution.html
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> If you want the "mailto:" links on websites direct you to evolution, I
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Bernhard (b.a.koenig) said : 		#3

Strange, the link works for me. You can also type "how to set up hotmail in evolution ubuntu" into google and see if you get some useful information.

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thehandicapspot (johnjfranco) said : 		#4

Well that link did not do anything. Could you cut and paste directions to somehow figure out how to configure how to get evolution to work with either yahoo or hotmail email accounts?

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Best Bernhard (b.a.koenig) said : 		#5

The link definitely works, maybe there is some restriction on your internet. Anyway, the following was posted by the admin on ubuntugeek.com, hope I'm allowed to copy and paste this from their website:

If you want to use you Evolution mail client to send and receive your hotmail messages use the following procedure.

First, make sure your system is up to date. Open up a terminal and type

sudo apt-get update

First You need to install the inet daemon

sudo apt-get install inetutils-inetd

This takes care of all of our dependencies.

Next You need to install pop3 server and hotsmtp

sudo apt-get install hotway hotsmtp

This will install hotway, which allows you to read hotmail e-mails by simulating a POP3 server, and hotsmtp, which allows you to send e-mail through hotmail using SMTP.

By default, however, only hotway gets installed properly to your inet daemon, so let’s fix this.

sudo gedit /etc/inetd.conf

Look for the following line

pop3 stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/bin/hotwayd

By default, hotway leaves a copy of each message it downloads on the server but if you don’t feel like filling up your hotmail box, change the line to add “-r” to the end, complete line looks like below

pop3 stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/bin/hotwayd -r

And we also need to add a line to get hotsmtpd working, just paste the following line at the bottom of the file

2500 stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/bin/hotsmtpd

This will set the inet daemon to listen to incoming calls on port 2500, and forward the connection to the hotsmtp daemon. Now, save your file, exit gedit, and restart your inetd server using the following command

sudo /etc/init.d/inetutils-inetd restart

If everything is working properly, you’ll see the following pop up on your screen

* Restarting internet superserver inetd [ ok ]

Now, close out of your terminal and start up Evolution. It may pop up the first-time use wizard, you can use that if you like. Or, you may have to go to Edit->Preferences and hit the Mail Accounts button on the left. However you choose to do it, here’s your information:

Email Address: <email address hidden> (fill in your normal e-mail address that you use to login to hotmail)

Receive Server type: POP
Server: 127.0.0.1
Username: <email address hidden> (same as above)
Security: No encryption
Authentication type: Password
(Remember password checkbox is up to you)

Send Server type: SMTP
Server: 127.0.0.1:2500
[X] Server requires authentication (check this box)
Use Secure Connection: No encryption
Authentication Type: PLAIN
Username: <email address hidden> (same as above)
(Optional Remember password checkbox)

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thehandicapspot (johnjfranco) said : 		#6

Thanks Bernhard Koenig, that solved my question.