RE: [Evolution] Problems sending smtp mail in Evo 1.4.5 and 1.5.0

["Rade Trimceski" <rtrimces mtu edu>]

Jeff --

Thanks for the reply. According to the system administrators of the
email server and the directions they give online the smtp server doesn't
require SSL authentication when accessed from within the network but
_does_ require SSL authentication when accessed from outside the
network.

According to the server admins:
                                 port  from mtu.edu   from elsewhere
SMTP server name: email.mtu.edu  25    SSL optional   TLS/SSLv.3
required and password authentication required

So, if I trust what they say then the server not only supports but
requires SSL from outside the network. Now there is no mention of
another port for SSL enabled trafic, does that mean that both SSL and
non SSL trafic go on port 25? I'm lost, clueless and frustrated :))).

Regards,
Rade

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Stedfast [mailto:fejj ximian com] 
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 2:28 PM
To: Rade Trimceski
Cc: evolution lists ximian com
Subject: Re: [Evolution] Problems sending smtp mail in Evo 1.4.5 and
1.5.0


Sounds like from outside the network, your server doesn't support SSL
(eg. perhaps the high port is only accessable from within the network).

Jeff

On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 08:21 -0400, Rade Trimceski wrote: 
Hello all --

I've been working at this problem for quite some time and I can't get
anywhere so any help I can get will be greately appreciated.

My setup:
Redhat 9 + Evolution 1.4.5. Evolution accesses a pop3/smtp email server
that requires authentication and SSL support. (the email server resides
on
my university's campus).

Problem:
When I'm at school where the dhcp server recognizes my MAC address I
have
no problem sending or receiving email.

When I'm at any other place I cannot send an smtp message through my
mail
server but under windows using Outlook I can (so I know it's not a
server
problem). When I try to send an email off campus I get the following
error
from Evolution:

Error while performing operation:
Failed to connect to SMTP server email.mtu.edu in secure mode: server
does
not
appear to support SSL

Interestingly, if I try to send an email from offcapus location (and I
can't) the message is left in Outbox. Next time I'm on campus, when i
try
to send the message I get the following warning message from evolution
and
the message is sent (when I hit ok):

SSL Certificate check for email.mtu.edu:

Issuer:            OU=Secure Server Certification Authority,O="RSA Data
Security, Inc.",C=US
Subject:           CN=email.mtu.edu,OU=Distributed Computing
Services,O=Michigan Technological University,L=Houghton,ST=Michigan,C=US
Fingerprint:       93:d8:d8:f7:08:2f:6b:ed:8d:a9:5d:05:2d:4f:22:39
Signature:         BAD

Do you wish to accept?

---

This same thing happens with Evolution 1.5.0 so I have a feeling my
distribution is involved in causing the problem as much as Evolution is.

Any help will be greatly appreciated (Cc me on reply, I'm not subscribed
to the list).

Thanks,
Rade
P.S. If there is any other useful info that I can provide I will be
happy
to do so.

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