[Evolution] Server unexpectedly disconnected: Input/output error [Was: evolution-list Digest, Vol 59, Issue 31]

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 08:59 +0530, vijay singh wrote:
> Hello,
> Do you have any idea about below error while connecting with gmail or
> yahoo account :

Is it gmail or yahoo?  Those are two different services. AFAIK, you
*cannot* use Yahoo, *because of Yahoo*, unless you specifically have a
POP enabled account.

> Server unexpectedly disconnected: Input/output error

What are your settings?

GMail
-------------------
Receiving:
Server Type: IMAP
Server imap.gmail.com
Username: {you gmail addess}
Security: SSL encryption
Authentication Type: Password
Sending:
Server type: SMTP
Server: smtp.gmail.com:465
Server requires authentication: checked
Use Secure Connection: SSL encryption
Authentication Type: PLAIN
Username: {your gmail address}

It works.

> > Message: 4
> > Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:32:21 -0400
> > From: Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>
> > To: evolution-list gnome org
> > Subject: Re: [Evolution] (no subject)
> > Message-ID: <1277209941 7694 1 camel linux-yu4c site>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> > On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 12:07 +0200, Miles wrote:
> > > Greetings. I am a new ubuntu user and mainly use gmail. I have now a
> > > need to use yahoo on evolution as well but there is a problem about not
> > > being able to use pop unless you use the premium account.
> > That is a limitation of Yahoo, not of Evolution.  So there is probably
> > no work around [if you use POP then you don't use their site and thus
> > don't see their adds; hence they want you to pay for the account].
> > >  Is there a
> > > workaround to this please as pop works for me on gmail, hotmail and live
> > > mail.  I have got all the settings that I could find and it just seems
> > > to be the pop bit. I use a cellphone as a modem so dont know if there is
> > > another way to get yahoo mail working.
> > > Thanks for evolution. It works great on all other mails. Just the yahoo
> > > thing.
> > If your evolution application can communicate with GMail I don't know
> > why you'd have to rebuild evolution.
> > I also don't understand why you'd think a pthread assertion would have
> > to do with SSL support.  Is there something else in the stack trace that
> > makes you think that?
> > > If Yes,please suggest me how i can do.

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