Morning all, I've gotten into the habit of using the FQDN, fully qualified domain names, of any email provider rather than the "shortcut" that many of them use such as "mail", "shawmail" etc. As pointed out, but not defined, Shaw's FQDN for POP and SMTP is shawmail.cg.shawcable.net. More than once I've got mail working using the shortcuts which resolve without a problem most of the time and then had it fail with a "server not found" at some time later. This is especially true when behind a "router" (read NAT box). Or when posting FROM another provider's network on a valid account.
Cheers, Dave Watkins Calgary, Alberta, Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.davewatkins.net Voice: 403-701-5746 Fax: 403-266-0626 Hardware/Software Sales, Service & Support Electronics Restoration Specialists -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Camroux Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 11:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [clug-talk] Setting up KMail for a shawmail account.... Hello, I just wonder if anyone out there has set up KMail using a shawmail account. I can't seem to get it going; granted, there's nothing to tell me what to do. All I have to go on is that POP3 and SMTP are "shawmail" -- which I have entered into the "host" field in KMail's setup. If anyone could give some pointers, it would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Brad Camroux Student - Geophysics University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta ===== "Even the smallest person can change the course of the future" -- From the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
