I have a mail account on charter.net and have been trying to send an email to the account through Evolution (version 10, I think)
on my Redhat Linux 8.0 box (through a wireless network using Charter's cable modem). When I try to send a message, I get the following message from (I'm assuming) Charter's mail server:
From MAILER-DAEMON@roc.mn.charter.net Tue Aug 26 07:06:32 2003
Return-Path: <MAILER-DAEMON@roc.mn.charter.net>
Received: from localhost (localhost) by roc.mn.charter.net (8.12.5/8.12.5)
id h7QC6Wdt001723; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:06:32 -0500
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:06:32 -0500
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@roc.mn.charter.net>
Message-Id: <200308261206.h7QC6Wdt001723@roc.mn.charter.net>
To: <root@localhost.localdomain>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status; boundary="h7QC6Wdt001723.1061899592/roc.mn.charter.net"
Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure)
X-Evolution-Source: mbox:/var/spool/mail/root

This is a MIME-encapsulated message

--h7QC6Wdt001723.1061899592/roc.mn.charter.net
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

The original message was received at Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:06:31 -0500
from localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<krell@charter.net>
(reason: 572 root@localhost.localdomain host name is unknown)

----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to mail.charter.net.:
>>> MAIL From:<root@localhost.localdomain> SIZE=458
<<< 572 root@localhost.localdomain host name is unknown
554 5.0.0 Service unavailable

--h7QC6Wdt001723.1061899592/roc.mn.charter.net
Content-Type: message/delivery-status

Reporting-MTA: dns; roc.mn.charter.net
Received-From-MTA: DNS; localhost.localdomain
Arrival-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:06:31 -0500

Final-Recipient: RFC822; krell@charter.net
Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 572 root@localhost.localdomain host name is unknown
Last-Attempt-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:06:32 -0500

--h7QC6Wdt001723.1061899592/roc.mn.charter.net
Content-Type: message/rfc822

Return-Path: <root@localhost.localdomain>
Received: from roc.mn.charter.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by
roc.mn.charter.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h7QC6Vdt001721 for
<krell@charter.net>; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:06:31 -0500
Received: (from root@localhost) by roc.mn.charter.net
(8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id h7QC6UAl001719; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:06:30 -0500
Subject: testing evolution
From: root <root@localhost.localdomain>
To: Krell <krell@charter.net>
Content-Type: text/plain
X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-11)
Date: 26 Aug 2003 07:06:30 -0500
Message-Id: <1061899590.1565.16.camel@speedy>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

I'm still testing Evolution.



--h7QC6Wdt001723.1061899592/roc.mn.charter.net--

I can send an email through Mozilla, so I'm assuming that something is set up wrong in the Account Manager in Evolution.
Any ideas?

Phil M.

Well it appears your trying to send your mail thru root@localhost.localdomain or something along those lines. Do you have the correct outgoing mail servers specified for your ISP to use on your connection to send mail?

Yes, I think you are right. I had the hostname instead of the
name of the mail server. Thanks.