KMail Unable to send mail...

[Gerard Samuel]

Kent Stewart wrote:

>On Sunday 09 May 2004 07:30 am, Remko Lodder wrote:
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>>Hey Gerard
>>
>>Gerard Samuel wrote:
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>>>I just upgraded to KDE 3.2.2 from ports, and installed kdepim3 from
>>>ports, to get kmail.
>>>Kmail, never gave me problems before, but now, Im unable to send
>>>mail, but I can
>>>receive mail with kmail.
>>>Whenever Im sending mail, I usually get ->
>>>-------------------
>>>Sending failed:
>>>Your SMTP server doesn't support authentication.
>>>The server responded: "Error: command not implemented"
>>>      
>>>
>>Perhaps the new version enabled SMTP AUTH,
>>Is there a option to turn it off (in your settings)
>>I think that that should solve the initial problem, and perhaps the
>>whole problem.
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>Kmail has a configuration > network setting for smtp that has the choice 
>of authentication or not. I am guessing that you have "Server requires 
>authentication" checked.
>
>Kent
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Turning off "authentication" got it working again.
Could have sworn that it was on, in the previous version, but
thanks for the tip....