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Old 05-18-2005, 04:20 PM   #1
Bowman
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For some reason, I can't send mail.


I wish I had more information, but this is a rather mysterious problem. When I first started using Linux, I could send mail just fine in Firefox, Evolution, Mozilla Messenger, whatever. Now, for some reason, whenever I try to send email, nothing happens. No error message, no connection, nothing. I have been using webmail for the time being, but this is rather irritating.

The only thing that I can think of is that I use Gkrellm to notify me of when I have mail. I don't remember if my problem started when I started using Gkrellm or not.

Can anybody think of what the problem might be? Thanx.
 
Old 05-18-2005, 04:51 PM   #2
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Are you sending thru your ISP's mail server or your own? If its your own mail server.. well, is it running even?
 
Old 05-19-2005, 12:41 PM   #3
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Hmmm. I guess that might be my problem right there. I honestly hadn't thought about how SMTP works. Perhaps I should should get Sendmail working? Can Thunderbird even use Sendmail?
 
Old 05-19-2005, 03:00 PM   #4
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Hmmm. I guess that might be my problem right there. I honestly hadn't thought about how SMTP works. Perhaps I should should get Sendmail working? Can Thunderbird even use Sendmail?
Thunderbird is an email client.. Sendmail is a MTA.. Thunderbird wouldn't use sendmail directly... as in using a sendmail command, but instead connect and use it as if it was setup to be an smtp server to send mail.. etc.
 
  


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