On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 10:37, Robert Collins wrote: > On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 10:32, Peakg wrote: > > Hi > > > > I am trying to setup Evolution to send mail to optusnet.com.au. All > > settings seem to be correct but when I try to send I get the message > > "server mail.optusnet.com.au does not support requested authentication > > type PLAIN" Mozilla mail does not have this problem. Why is this so > > You may be trying to send via authenticated SMTP, which AFAIK optus > doesn't have setup. > > Go into your mail settings, and edit the optusnet account. Then go to > the 'sending mail' tab and disable 'server requires authentication'.
Delete all mail in your outbox. I had a problem that the mail stroed the authentification and I could not send until you cleared the outbox and reset the permission properly. > -- > Thanks > KenF > OpenOffice.org developer -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
