I have found that even simple things like the addition of a mail account require Evolution to be restarted. I have a feeling it only reads its config when its initializing. And the last (prior to todays, which works) nightly snapshot wouldn't go past the splash screen for me.
--Christopher On Thu, 2001-11-15 at 10:19, Justin Bengtson wrote: > i use my @home e-mail address so that shouldn't be a problem. > i'll give that a try but i have the sistinct feeling that i've tried that > already. > > thanks, tho! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dexter Graphic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 10:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [EUG-LUG:59] RE: 8-bit MIME and Evolution > > > I couldn't get Evolution to send mail through Prodigy at first either > but after fiddling around with my settings and giving up, the next time > I rebooted it worked. > > Here are the settings that worked for me on Prodigy: > In Tools / Mail Settings / Edit Account / Sending Mail, I have SMTP > selected as the server type, secure connection is turned off, and > requires authentication is turned off. > > The only other thing that may be a factor is on the identity tab: > are you using you @home e-mail address under required information? > Many services check this before they will allow you to send mail. If > you put some other e-mail address in there (like [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > ATT may not allow you use their smtp server. > > Hope this helps, > Dexter > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > >Justin Bengtson > >Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 09:06 > >To: 'euglug' > >Subject: [EUG-LUG:56] 8-bit MIME and Evolution > > > > > >i'm having a great time with evolution. wonderful program, good set of > >features. it looks way too much like outlook, though. > > > >anyway, i am having trouble sending mail through it. i checked their > >support documents and followed their instructions to capture the commands > as > >they were sent out. @home says they don't support the authentication type > >"Plain". it wants 8-bit MIME. what exactly is 8-bit MIME and does anyone > >know if it is supported by evolution? i checked google for a good hour and > >found a couple of misleading documents. > > > >
