Connection timed out for sending mail with evolution

FrankRhoades · 01-05-2010, 01:15 PM

I am having alot of trouble setting up evolution to work with gmail. I am using pop for recieving mail and it's slow but still works. When I try to send mail with smtp.gmail.com I get the error message that the connection timed out. How can I set this up to send and recieve email?

rweaver · 01-05-2010, 01:31 PM

There are several possibilities, try pulling up a console and typing:

Code:

telnet smtp.gmail.com 587
telnet smtp.gmail.com 465

If both of those connect (eg: it doesn't say timeout) then you likely don't have a firewall issue. If they don't connect you should review your local firewall (iptables -L -n) and your ISPs policy on outgoing connections to SMTP.

repo · 01-05-2010, 01:35 PM

You need to use

Quote:

smtp.gmail.com port 587

and use authentication (login and pass)

FrankRhoades · 01-05-2010, 02:05 PM

I tried both of the two previous suggestions and now my error message is name or service unknown. Any more suggestions please?

repo · 01-05-2010, 02:09 PM

in evolution you need to put

Code:

smtp.gmail.com

and use ssl

What is the output when you type

Code:

telnet smtp.gmail.com 587

in a terminal ?

Take a look at
http://tuxicity.wordpress.com/2007/0...and-organizer/
for a step to step guide

FrankRhoades · 01-05-2010, 02:24 PM

I tried the console idea and it said connected to smtp.gmail.com, but mail still does not work.
I also put smtp.gmail.com port 587 and the new error message said name or service unknown.
Any other ideas?

repo · 01-05-2010, 02:27 PM

Take a look at
http://tuxicity.wordpress.com/2007/0...and-organizer/