On Thursday 07 October 2004 08:27 pm, Chris wrote: > On Thursday 07 October 2004 09:53 am, Brandon Rife wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is anyone using using Kmail to send mail through smtp.comcast.net? > > I'm trying out KMail in lieu of Thunderbird because I like the KDE > > integration but I am unable to send email. The error is: > > > > Authentication failed. > > Most likely the password is wrong. > > The server responded: "Authentication failure" > > > > I've re-entered the password 10 times and I'm sure that it, as well as > > the user id, is correct and I do know that smtp.comcast.net requires > > authentication. The same user id, password works fine with pop3 - I > > have no problem fetching mail using KMail. I'm probably mindlessly > > missing something.... > > > > Thanks! > > Brandon > > If comcast is anything like Earthlink, shouldn't it be > smtpauth.comcast.net? Also, the only EL will work for me in Kmail is in the > security setting Encryption is set to TLS and Authentication is set to > "login" In the EL support group they tell me that CRAM-MD5 will work, > however it gives me the same error as you.
Nope, smtp.comcast.net is correct. I need TLS and CRAM-MD5 to authenticate.
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