Hello, my KMail will not send emails using SMTP. I have two smtp accounts (2 different smtp servers), and neither one will not work. Both work fine in Evolution and Mozilla Messenger. Whenever I try to send an email I get a dialog to type in my password to the server, and then I get "cannot connect to host ... message will be saved in outgoing blah ...". Also if its of any meaning, when I add the sending servers, and do "Check what server supports" under Security, it autoselects SSL and Login (which it should be), but it never gives me anything like to accept a certificate or something. I read in some other forum posts, that you should get a dialog asking if you want to accept the certificate for this session, forver, or not accept it.

This had always hapened before too, but then I had an older version of KMail so I let it go and just used Evolution. I updated my system this weekend, and now I have KMail 1.7.1 and it still doesnt work. I'd really like to get KMail working.

I am really lost as to what could be the problem. Any input is well appreciated.

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I found Kmail quite buggy. Have you ever tried Mozilla Thunderbid:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

I really like that one. And sylpheed too, if you want something really light.

Whats the exact procedure that you are using to setup the outgoing/smtp servers?

Thanks for the feedback.

This is how I setup my servers.

I have 2 identities, 2 receiving servers, and 2 outgoing servers. I have set up the receiving accounts, and I am able to reveive email fine.
Then I go to set up the sending servers. Here's what I do for the first one:

I do add... in sending tab under network in KMail settings. Choose smtp. For name I put smtp.broadband.rogers.com, for host I put the same address. That is my ISP's smtp server. For port I put 25. I put that the server requires authentication, and just put my username there. not the password, cuz I want it to prompt me for the password. then under security I do "Check what server supports" and it autoselects, SSL and Login, which is what it should be. This also changes the port to 465, from 25. I am not sure exactly what port it should be, so I cant verify this. I press OK. In one of my email identities, under the advenced tab, I check the "Special Transport" and select from the dropdown, the sending account I just set up.

The setup for my other account is pretty much the same. I place a different name, and the other address. I put Server requires authentication, and just put the username. It autoselects SSL and login, and the port stays at 25. I am not exactly sure what the authentication method for this server is, but I know that the port should be port 25. And in my other email identity, I set Special transport to this sending account.

I use Mandrake 10.1 OE.

In /var/log/mail
the errors file is empty.

The warnings file has some warnings. All of them this:

However, these times arent the same as when I tried to send my email. All of them seems to be at bootup only.

and here's my /etc/postfix/main.cf
any input is welcome. But yea I like thunderbird too, so I may end up just getting that. Even though KMail seems like a really nice program as well.

Thanks,

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