Hi Pedro Thank you for your response and for looking into my problem. I can ping the host auth.smtp.1and1.co.uk
PING auth.smtp.1and1.co.uk (212.227.15.163) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from auth.smtp.oneandone.co.uk (212.227.15.163): icmp_seq=1 ttl=59 time=31.0 ms 64 bytes from auth.smtp.oneandone.co.uk (212.227.15.163): icmp_seq=2 ttl=59 time=29.7 ms 64 bytes from auth.smtp.oneandone.co.uk (212.227.15.163): icmp_seq=3 ttl=59 time=30.0 ms 64 bytes from auth.smtp.oneandone.co.uk (212.227.15.163): icmp_seq=4 ttl=59 time=30.2 ms 64 bytes from auth.smtp.oneandone.co.uk (212.227.15.163): icmp_seq=5 ttl=59 time=30.3 ms etc Trying "auth.smtp.1and1.co.uk" ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 61336 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;auth.smtp.1and1.co.uk. IN ANY ;; ANSWER SECTION: auth.smtp.1and1.co.uk. 6891 IN A 212.227.15.163 auth.smtp.1and1.co.uk. 6891 IN A 212.227.15.179 i think the trouble i am having is that it doesn't matter what i type in the smtp host address, evolution always tries to connect to smtp.auth.1and1.co.uk is there anyway i can manually delete this host from evolution config file? thx viv -- cannot change smtp settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267152 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
