Deleting the message and resending did the trick! Thank you so much for the help. Laurie
> I'm guessing here you have previously sent messages in your outbox. > > Each message placed in the outbox has a header stored in it which > references the outgoing server. So if you still have messages in your > outbox, they will keep using the old setting. > > In 2.0 (versions which work), we store an indirect reference to the > account instead, so changes fix up queued messages too. > > Try: > opening the mail in the outbox and resending it with the right > 'from' > account > editing the mailbox and removing the headers X-Evolution-Transport > deleting the mail/resending it > > > > On Tue, 2005-05-10 at 12:50 -0400, Laurie J. wrote: > > > I am using Evolution 1.4 running redhat enterprise > > edition on my laptop. I am having a problem changing > > my smtp outgoing server settings. Despite changing > > the setting, applying the change, exiting evolution, > > forcing evolution to terminate with evolution-1.4 > > --force-shutdown and restarting, it continues to use > > the previously set smtp settings I have tried disabling > > and reenabling the account to no avail. > > > > I get a message :Error while performing operation: > > MAIL FROM response error: Authentication required - > > probably because it is still trying to go to the > > previously associated server. (tcpdump verifies this.) > > This smtp server name that is definately NOT in the > > settings configuration any longer. (At least from the > > evolution settings interface). > > > > Does anyone have suggestions for how I might force > > evolution to accept this change or what might be the > > cause of this problem? > > > > Thank you in advance for any help. > > > > [Another triage point: After changing the server and > > going through all the steps mentioned in paragraph > > 1 above, the send/receive mail message still indicated > > that it was going to the old.smtp.server. > > > > I had another account set up that also was configured > > to go to old.smtp.server. I deleted this account, and > > the send/receive mail message (for the problem account) > > then indicated that it was going to the new.smtp.server. > > HOWEVER, tcpdump shows that it is still trying to > > connect to old.smtp.server.] > > > > _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
