I mean it's in paragraph 1 of the Wikipedia article for IMAP that it's only for receiving email so you'd hope an email provider's tech support would know it ;)
On June 27, 2016 12:38:52 AM GMT+01:00, Pjh42 <[email protected]> wrote: >Thanks. When I tried to use smtp, they sent me an email saying I had to >use IMAP! > > > > >On June 26, 2016 7:31:58 PM EDT, Philip Whitehouse <[email protected]> >wrote: >>On 2016-06-27 00:18, Peter Holsberg wrote: >>> In trying to configure a fastmail.fm account, incoming doesn't say >>> either IMAP or POP (it lets me enter the IMAP server info) but >>> outgoing says "SMTP Server". How can I change it to IMAP for the >>> outgoing server? >> >>IMAP is only for receiving e-mail. IMAP can't and doesn't deal with >>sending e-mail. SMTP is the protocol used for sending e-mail. >> >>Fastmail's documentation is misleading here because it present SMTP >>after IMAP and POP, making it looking it's an alternative to those. >>It's >>not. It's IMAP & SMTP or POP & SMTP. >> >>https://www.fastmail.com/help/technical/servernamesandports.html >> >>- Philip Whitehouse >> >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 >Mail >>> Users List. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >>> To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit >>> http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list [1] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail [2] >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "K-9 Mail" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>> send an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout [3]. >>> >>> >>> Links: >>> ------ >>> [1] http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list >>> [2] http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail >>> [3] https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> >>-- >>-- >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail >>Users List. >>To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >>To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit >>http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list >>For more options, visit this group at >>http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail >> >>--- >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>Groups "K-9 Mail" group. >>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>an email to [email protected]. >>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >-- >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail >Users List. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit >http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail > >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "K-9 Mail" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to [email protected]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. Best regards, Philip Whitehouse -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, email [email protected] To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
