[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Sending Email in Linux Problem

[Chuck]

> Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 13:15:08 -0600
> From: Stuart Johnston <sjohnston at vaultranet.com>
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> A couple of thoughts:
>
> Are you using SMTP Authentication?  I believe swbell requires this.
>
> Can you send mail from Mozilla or other apps in Windows?
>
> You might try setting up an smtp server on your linux machines and using
> the swbell server as a smarthost.  I don't know if swbell allows this or
> not though.
>

I do have smtp authentication set up, with the password saved.  I tried it 
without it and it just asks for it.  This is the same as on the Windows box.

Making an smtp server will require some Googling.  I have never had to do that 
before.

> Chuck wrote:
> > I am having a problem sending email in Linux.  The distro is Mandrake
> > 9.1, and it has worked fine for months.  This is over a DSL account 
> > (SBC) from an address that has worked flawlessly for years
> > (cfgraf at swbell.net).  The account works fine from a Windows 98 box on the
> > same LAN, but it exhibits the same error when i send from the laptop,
> > over the same lan from the same address.  The laptop uses Vector Linux
> > (Slackware).  I use Kmail on the Mandrake box, but the problem also
> > occurs in the Mozilla email client on that box.  I use Sylpheed and
> > Mozilla on the laptop, and it exhibits this behavior in that also.
> >
> > The problem is that when I send an email from the Mandrake Linux box in
> > Kmail, the message shows up in the Outbox, and the progress bar at the
> > bottom of the screen goes to 88 to 97%.  The message never disappears
> > from the Outbox, and blocks any other messages from being sent.  Now this
> > is wierd.  The Monitor in GKrellm (or the chart on the taskbar in ICEwm)
> > shows that the CPU is running at 99-100%, with pulses of data going out
> > over eth0.  If I kill the transmission with the button next to the
> > progress bar, the message stays in the Outbox, and the CPU goes back to
> > normal.  Letting it run an hour makes no difference.
> >
> > In Mozilla when I send a message from either Linux box, it first says it
> > has sent, then gives me an error saying it could not contact smpt server
> > mail.swbell.net and I should check my configuration settings.  This I
> > have done many and varied times, with no success.  Sometimes the message
> > arrives at the destination, sometimes it does not, and sometimes only
> > part of the message arrives.
> >
> > The account works perfectly in Windows through the same network and
> > router. Swapping connections makes no difference.  I was trying to set up
> > another email account about the time this started, but I have abandoned
> > that and put everything back like it was.  Any ideas would be much
> > appreciated.  Thank you.
> >
> > Chuck Graf
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From: Tom McDonald <mickeyd at compuclaim.com>
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>>On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 13:24:00 -0600
>>Chuck <cfgraf at swbell.net> wrote:
>>
>> I am having a problem sending email in Linux.  The distro is Mandrake
>> 9.1, and it has worked fine for months.  This is over a DSL account 
>>(SBC) from an address that has worked flawlessly for years
>> (cfgraf at swbell.net).

<snip>

>> In Mozilla when I send a message from either Linux box, it first says
>> it has sent, then gives me an error saying it could not contact smpt
>> server mail.swbell.net and I should check my configuration settings. 
>> This I have done many and varied times, with no success.  Sometimes
>> the message arrives at the destination, sometimes it does not, and
>> sometimes only part of the message arrives.  

>You might want to verify the server names.  I have a swbell.net account
>and the POP3 server at swbell.net is postoffice.swbell.net not
>mail.swbell.net also the smtp server is smtp.swbell.net for my area (Ft
>Worth,TX) I would imagine that they would have similar naming schemes
>for the other areas they cover.

Yes, you are right.  The POP3 server is postoffice.swbell.net, which is what I 
am using.   The smtp server name I am using is mail.swbell.net.  I even tried 
switching them, and that realy did not work.
 
>> The account works perfectly in Windows through the same network and
>> router.  Swapping connections makes no difference.  I was trying to
>> set up another email account about the time this started, but I have
>> abandoned that and put everything back like it was.  Any ideas would
>> be much appreciated.  Thank you.
>> 
>> Chuck Graf
>> 
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