Hi List- I'm having a problem using evo to send mail using tls. A similar problem was reported on this list in:
http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2004-October/040131.html and Not Zed stated that this problem was fixed in 2.0.3. I'm running 2.0.3 and I'm still seeing a problem (although it may not be identical). Specifically, When I have account settings as follows: Evolution Account Editor: "Sending Mail" tab: Server Type: SMTP Server Configuration host: myhost:26 Server requires authentication [checked] Security Use Secure Connection (SSL): Always Authentication Type: DIGEST-MD5 Username: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember password [checked] and when I attempt to send, the send process hangs until it times out or I terminate it by hand. I have the port set to 26 vice 25 to avoid ISP filtering, but I wonder if this could have anything to do with the problem? When the account setting for Security (Use Secure Connection (SSL)) is changed from "Always" to "Whenever Possible" then everything works as expected. The server box is running Gentoo Linux with latest releases of software in Portage. The smtp server is Postfix 2.1.5-r1 and I'm also using Cyrus IMAPd 2.2.10 and Cyrus SASL 2.1.20. Authentication is done against an openldap LDAP directory [and the mechanism chosen does not seem to influence the problem (I'm using DIGEST-MD5, GSSAPI, CRAM-MD5, NTLM)] using the ldapdb plugin to connect sasl with openldap. When I do the same thing in two other clients (Sylpheed and Thunderbird), I get no problems. Is this a bug in evo or a configuration problem on my part? If the former, how do I report it in a bugzilla or something (or is this message enough)? My apologies if this is a faq, but I'm relatively new to the evo community and it looks like all the Ximian web pages are Novell web pages and in searching through them, all I seem to find is commercial software information; no bugzilla or some such. And while I'm on that subject, what is the latest stable (and development) version of Evo, and where do I download it from? The latest ebuild in Gentoo is 2.0.3. Is that the latest release of Evo? Sometimes Gentoo ebuilds in Portage lag the software package by a little bit, so I just thought I'd ask. The Novell website seems to go to great lengths to avoid providing this kind of information; perhaps because they wish to sell the product instead of providing it for download? I also have two other problems that I'm pretty sure are evo bugs: 1) Evo refuses to retain an auth mech other than Password in the Receiving Mail tab of the Evolution Account Editor. When I created the account, it was with these settings: IMAP, hostname, [EMAIL PROTECTED], SSL: Always, Auth Type: DIGEST-MD5, remember password. When I clicked "Apply" at the end of the account creation wizard, I was prompted for the password, entered it, and Evo went and checked mail with no problems. But when I went back to look at the settings, it had changed auth type to Password. I changed it back to DIGEST-MD5 and clicked "Ok" and then looked at it again and it was back to Password. I've done this at least 10 different times in several different ways (sometimes quiting evo after making the change, sometimes not), and it's still a problem. I even deleted the account and then added it again. The same problem exists for some other accounts in evo too. I checked on this because I noticed in 2.0.2 there was a similar (but not identical problem) with evo remembering settings chosen for the Sending Mail tab, but that problem seems to have been fixed. In any case, there are some definite problems in the code for creating and modifying accounts that still exist in 2.0.3. So far, none of the problems have led to me sending credentials over the wire in cleartext (AFAICT), but if I choose a certain set of account parameters like authmech and SSL, those should definitely stick, and they're not sticking and it seems like it could lead to a user sending credentials in cleartext over the wire (if the server permits it) by silently changing a chosen DIGEST-MD5 authmech to Password in a case where SSL is not checked. Seems like a big problem to me. 2) Evo won't remember a zero-length password (associated with anonymous IMAP account at cmu). There is no password on the account, and that's what I've entered in Evo, and I've asked evo to remember this password, but it asks me to re-enter it every time I start up. If anyone would like server log entries for the hang when sending just let me know and I'll provide them. Thanks very much for making and maintaining Evo. I think it's probably the best OSS GUI mail client out there and I'm very happy with it in most ways. I'm hoping this message will help you folks improve it still more. Regards, Kevin http://www.gnosys.us _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
