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POP E-Mail account won't accept password

Asked by ReVan

This is the message I get when entering password on Evolution Mail:

Unable to connect to POP server mail.comcast.net.
Error sending password: Operation now in progress

I know the mail server is correct and the password is correct.

another oddity, when I go to the comcast web site and log in it shows no e-mail's, but when I do the same on my Windows Laptop my email's are there.

I'm new to linux, but I know computing very well and I'm stuck.

Thanks

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Please try to temporary install Thunderbird to see if is a server issue...

To install Thunderbird simply search select and add it to your system using the System→Add/remove menu item

To install Thunderbird using terminal

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type:
(if the system ask you a password give your user password, you will not see nothing when you type it, then press enter)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install thunderbird

You will find Thunderbird into Applications→Internet menu

Hope this helps

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nhasian (nhasian) said : 		#2

lets try it with thunderbird:

sudo apt-get install thunderbird

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Huygens (huygens-25) said : 		#3

Can you check if the properties you are using for this account in Evolution are the same to those you set on your Windows laptop?
I mean, the server and password, you said that there were correct. But, there are several other options like "secure SSL connection" and the sort, perhaps on of those is wrongly set...

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