evolution

[Paul Howarth]

Edward Beranek wrote:
> Howdy,
>   Was trying to configure Evolution to use port 587,
> which is the messaging port ESMTP, for TLS SMTP.
> Could not locate anything in the Documentation,
> except for pop which indicated just using a colon
> and typing in the port number after the address.
> Tried this for sending, it did not seem to work.  Checked the
> firewall (iptables) and that was not blocking.
> Tried mail on macos x, eudora, thunderbird, and
> outlook express.  All worked for that port from
> these other systems, same subnet.
>   Tried to use bug buddy to see if there was anything
> about this, but it reported that it did not have
> any information about evolution or mail.
> 
> Anyone have any luck specifying the messaging port
> for this software?  (for TLS)
> I must be missing something here, but so far
> I cannot find what it is.

It's what I use at home and at work, without problems, by specifying 
"smtp.example.com:587" as the server, and "Whenever Possible" for "Use 
Encrypted Connection".

Which authentication mechanism are you trying to use?

Paul.