Re: [Evolution] Cannot check auth for outgoing mail

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> What I tried is to get connected to the server via telnet that works
> perfectly:
>
> $ telnet  <mailserver-fqdn> 143
> Trying <mailserver-ip>...
> Connected to <mailserver-fqdn>.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE
> IDLE AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready

That's an IMAP server for retrieving mail, not an SMTP server for
sending mail.  Try using port 587 on an SMTP server.

P.