On Tuesday 01 May 2001 07:05 am, Jay needs a Guinness wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 May 2001 03:41 am, you wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I use this list as a last resort,preferring to struggle in
> > solitude,hopefully learning more in the process.
> >
> > Ok..I'm in root,goto the control center...work my way down to the e-mail
> > section.Bring up the settings tab,enter my personel info,then the smtp
> > server(I can send,just can't receive). Click "new" to enter the pop
> > address(called incoming host). I know this info is correct because I
> > copied it from eudora(in the windoze section). Thing is..I get the
> > message"unknown host" giving out the pop info. I've tried rebooting
> > between entries,closing then re-opening..a bit lost for a moment.
> > I tried to do this while not in root but the results are the same. What
> > am I missing here ? I think I have got the right idea,just the wrong
> > place...I think :)
> >
> > Thank you all very much for your time. I feel like I might be a shady
> > character posting to a linux list on a 98se machine :)Hava great week
> > everyone.
> >
> > Lee
>
> First of all, do not configure your mail in root. Each user has their own
> separate mail settings. NEVER USE ROOT UNLESS YOU ARE DOING ADMINISTRATIVE
> TASKS!!! Did you enter the pop host correctly. It may be pop."ISP mail
> server".com/net. If all else fails call your ISP for the correct settings,
> they can provide them for you.
Rather than use the KDE Control Panel, try entering your Kmail settings from
the Confirugre... menu (under Settings on the KMail menubar).
To elaborate a bit on Jay's information: When you configure your POP settings
from KMail, remember that "Name" means the name you give this account so you
can identify it (you can have multiple accounts). In the case of the account
I'm using now i chose the obvious-if-not-especially-clever moniker Earthlink
Mail. "Login" is your account name on the ISP's mailserver, which for me is
wluffman (not [EMAIL PROTECTED]). "Password" is the password you use to
log onto the mail server -- this may or may not be the same as the password
you use to log onto the ISP itself. "Host" is the POP server's name, which
for me is mail.earthlink.net. Unless your ISP tells you otherwise, just use
KMail's defail port number.
As for server names, most POP servers use something like pop.yourserver.net
and most SMTP servers use something like smtp.yourserver.net. But "pop" and
"smtp" are not universal names. For example, Earthlink uses a single server,
mai.earthlink.net, for both incoming and outgoing mail even though its uses
the POP and SMTP protocols. If you aren't certain of the names your ISP uses
for its servers, check the documentation you got when you signed up or call
the ISP's helpdesk.
--
Walter Luffman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Medina, TN USA
Diabetics are just sweet people (Type 2 5/99, d/e/m/motorcycle)
"Sage", purple 1998 Honda VT1100C Shadow Spirit
