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Evolution - I cannot send or receive emails

Asked by Brian Phillips

I am very new to Linux. I use Firefox to connect with Webmail including tpg my ISP, but I cannot use Evolution at all. I received a ' welcome' email from Evolution when I started but thereafter - nothing. I have 4 emails in my Outbox but - nothing out and nothing in.

Mu send/receive button is greyed out and I am online.

I need to change something but I don't know what or how. I use POP3 and SMTP. Perhaps I should use IMAP what ever that is ( how ? ). Can you advise please ? Thank you. Brian Phillips

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Arnaudus (a-lerouzic) said : 		#1

Hi,

Generally, you need information about 1) the mail server (POP or IMAP) and 2) the outgoing server (SMTP). Do you have this information, including login/passwords?

You can have a look at http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/08/11/how-to-set-up-evolution-for-email/ for instance to get visual clues on what to type in the different fields. Most of the time, it is pretty simple to do.

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Best Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#2

"Mu send/receive button is greyed out and I am online"

Open the Evolution screen, click on "File" and then on "Work Online".

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Brian Phillips (brianp70) said : 		#3

Thanks Andre Mangan, that solved my question.

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Brian Phillips (brianp70) said : 		#4

Hi Arnaudus, Many thanks for the ' simplehelp ' website. That
started me on the road to recovery. Linux is slowly beginning to work
for me.!! Thank you again. Cheers Brian