This sounds like the connect timeout problem? Are you a decent ping-time from your smtp server, or on a busy link?
On Sat, 2002-07-06 at 02:22, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > On Fri, 2002-07-05 at 12:06, Bram Mertens wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Whenever Evolution tries to send my messages I get the following error: > > Error while performing operation: > > Could not connect to smtp.wanadoo.be (port (465): Resource temporarily > > unavailable. > > Seems your server does not support SSL. > > > > > But this temporarily has been for the last 3 days... > > I haven't heard from my ISP yet, but I could send messages without a > > problem using Eudora under Win98SE, so I gues that's not the problem. > > > > Before you ask: yes I have read the faq, yes I have the message about > > authentication, but I tried all different settings: with and without SSL, > > with and without authentication. So is there some other setting I have > > missed? Is it a strange error of my ISP? I'm lost... > > Are you trying to send a *new* message? or one sitting in your Outbox? > The messages sitting in your Outbox havbe saved information about which > server and what SSL/AUTH/etc options you wanted to use to send that > message in an X-Evolution-Transport header, so if you edit > ~/evolution/local/Outbox/mbox and remove all the X-Evolution-Transport > headers, it will use the account's config settings rather than the > hard-coded settings that were set when you first tried to send the > message. > > > > > BTW how does Evolution determine the port? Is this a standard port used by > > SMTP servers (like the 8080 port for http) or has Evolution already > > contacted the server in some way? > > It uses port 25 for normal SMTP or port 465 for SSL/SMTP (these are > standard ports). > > > In summary: > > - change your settings to not use SSL and to not use any type of > authentication. > > - shut down evolution > > - edit ~/evolution/local/Outbox/mbox and remove all > X-Evolution-Transport headers. > > - start up evolution > > - hit Send & Receive > > - all done > > > Jeff > > -- > Jeffrey Stedfast > Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
