Re: [Evolution] Evolution problem connecting

["Dr. John H. Lauterbach" <john lauterbachandassociates net>]

On Mon, 2019-03-11 at 10:25 +0100, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote:
> On Sun, 2019-03-10 at 16:45 -0400, Roger Burgess wrote:
> > Evolution returns error: "cannot send message: service not
> > connected".
> >
> > I have tried everything. I can receive remote mail but not send any
> > using Evolution.  Thunderbird connects just fine with all the same
> > connection data. 
> > I am using Ubuntu 18.04 and Evolution 3.28.5-Obuntu0.18.04.1.
> > What am I doing wrong?
>
>       Hi,
> I do not think you do anything wrong, though I miss some information in
> your query above, like what is the account type you use for sending? Is
> it SMTP or any other (like sendmail, or Exchange Web Service (EWS), or
> ...)? Say it's SMTP, when you open the account Properties, can you
> "Check for supported types" in the Authentication Type section? It
> tries to talk to the server. Is your Edit->Preferences->Composer
> Preferences set to send through Outbox or not? When you run evolution
> from a terminal (and when it's SMTP, then also with `export
> CAMEL_DEBUG=smtp`), will it show anything related there when you click
> the Send button?
>       Thanks and bye,
>       Milan
>
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Evolution is more sensitive to upsets on the major e-mail services than is
Outlook 365, for example.  Within the past day, Evolution (3.30.1-1build1) has
been reporting connection problems on a IMAPX account where another one of my
PCs running Outlook 365 under Windows 10 has been doing fine with the same
account.  Both PCs are Ethernet to my cable modem.  John