I found a pretty got test to check the address settings: When installing the account, or after installation, using the edit and receiving tab, there is a button at the right side of the "password" button called "check for supported types" Click on that one and if it works, the connection is usually ok.
On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 16:25, Aaron Weber wrote: > Felix: > > My guess is that you have set your POP or SMTP server to something > like "http://myserver.isp.com"; and it should be set to > "myserver.isp.com" (skip the quotation marks). > http:// is not part of the host name; Mozilla is probably ignoring > that, but Evolution seems to be interpreting it as though your server > were named "http" and the port number it wanted to connect to was > //myserver.isp.com, which is obviously not a number. > > Cut out the http:// bit and it should work. > > Yours, > > Aaron. > > On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 18:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am running Evolution 1.2 on Red Hat 9 and trying to use it to > > send/receive mail. Upon correct POP/SMTP configuration when I try to send an > > email(receiving is OK) I get the following error message: > > > > Error while performing operation > > Host lookup failed: http: host not found > > > > The identical configuration in Mozilla Mail works flawlessly! I do not know > > what is the problem!! > > > > Thanks, Felix > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution -- Best Regards Thomas J Spuhler All Tusonix outgoing e-mail has been scanned for viruses
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