Re: [Evolution] error in sending mail

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

On Sun, 2013-09-01 at 12:40 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > Please could you help me Thanks?
> > I'm a beginner to all this Linux (ubuntu)
> > and evolution, I keep getting an error
> > that saying "Could not connect to smtp.gmail.com: Input/output error"
>
> Make sure you have the correct port number (587) set.

[private reply]
> just did that and came up with the same error
> "Could not connect to smtp.gmail.com: Input/output error"
>
>
>
> any other ideas thanks

Make sure you have "STARTTLS" enabled for encryption.

If you have it set to SSL then you need to set the port to 465.

P.