Re: [gentoo-user] Re: authorization faliure when sending email [SOLVED}

2005-09-08 Thread Matthew R. Lee
On Tuesday 06 September 2005 13:20, Mike Williams wrote: > Was the greeting otherwise what you expected? > If you tell us what server you're trying to access, and the output you see, > perhaps someone else can check. Sorry for the hiatus I had to go to Santiago for some meetings. The problem is s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: authorization faliure when sending email

2005-09-06 Thread Mike Williams
On Tuesday 06 September 2005 17:10, Matthew Lee wrote: > Ok telnet works, both the gentoo server and the > btinternet server I want to connect to, though it > didn't give me the date and time > My fault, left the 25 off the end, I've never used > telnet before > But that still doesn't explain why i

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: authorization faliure when sending email

2005-09-06 Thread Mike Williams
On Tuesday 06 September 2005 16:41, Matthew Lee wrote: > I've tried using telnet, to more than one server, and > no joy.  The connection did nothing then timed out > after a few mins. > Everything worked fine last week and I haven't > knowingly changed anything.  But somewhere a setting > has chang

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: authorization faliure when sending email

2005-09-06 Thread Nagatoro
Matthew Lee wrote: I've tried using telnet, to more than one server, and no joy. The connection did nothing then timed out after a few mins. Did you telnet to the right port (SMTP - 25, POP - 110, IMAP 143)? If so does your ISP block connections to that port (like *many* does with port 25 to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: authorization faliure when sending email

2005-09-06 Thread Mike Williams
On Tuesday 06 September 2005 15:55, Matthew Lee wrote: > I've tried every combination of kmail settings > available, no joy.  I've reemerged all the software > that --depclean removed, no joy.  I've reemerged > kmail, no joy.  I've reemerged ssmtp, no joy. > However, I think ssmtp, or something ass

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: authorization faliure when sending email

2005-09-05 Thread Joe Menola
On Monday September 5 2005 2:56 pm, Matthew Lee wrote: > I tried reemerging kdepasswd, it didn't solve the > problem. > In answer to the other question the SMTP server does > require authentication.  The settings I have now > worked fine last week, which is why I'm sure it's > something on my lapto

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: authorization faliure when sending email

2005-09-05 Thread Matthias Krebs
Am Montag, 5. September 2005 21:56 schrieb Matthew Lee: > I tried reemerging kdepasswd, it didn't solve the > problem. > In answer to the other question the SMTP server does > require authentication. The settings I have now > worked fine last week, which is why I'm sure it's > something on my lapt