problem with Ximian Evolution

this is about Ximian Evolution 1.4.5

i used it for about 2 1/2 months with no problems. then one day i
couldn't send mail any longer. on send, i get a message alert:

Error while performing operation:
MAIL FROM response error: Command not implemented

both of the SMTP servers i use present the same problem, so i've
tested with several other mail programs with no errors and the
system administrators have assured me that they've not upgraded
mail software.

i've removed and re-installed the evolution rpm to no avail.

help???

thanks!
jack

Jack E. Wilkinson wrote:[color=blue]
> this is about Ximian Evolution 1.4.5
>
> i used it for about 2 1/2 months with no problems. then one day i
> couldn't send mail any longer. on send, i get a message alert:
>
> Error while performing operation:
> MAIL FROM response error: Command not implemented
>
> both of the SMTP servers i use present the same problem, so i've
> tested with several other mail programs with no errors and the
> system administrators have assured me that they've not upgraded
> mail software.
>
> i've removed and re-installed the evolution rpm to no avail.
>
> help???
>
> thanks!
> jack
>[/color]
I had the same "Microsoftesque" problem. I had to go into the settings
for my email accounts and under the "Sending Mail" tab, change the
server type to Sendmail. Bizarre, but true.

John

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 17:49:30 +0000, Greenmantle wrote:
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> Jack E. Wilkinson wrote:[color=green]
>> this is about Ximian Evolution 1.4.5[/color][/color]
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> I had the same "Microsoftesque" problem. I had to go into the settings
> for my email accounts and under the "Sending Mail" tab, change the
> server type to Sendmail. Bizarre, but true.
> John[/color]

thanks john, but i don't run sendmail, thats why i use an external
SMTP server to handle my outgoing email. :*(

jack

Jack E. Wilkinson wrote:[color=blue]
> On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 17:49:30 +0000, Greenmantle wrote:
>
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>>Jack E. Wilkinson wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>this is about Ximian Evolution 1.4.5[/color][/color]
>
>[color=green]
>>I had the same "Microsoftesque" problem. I had to go into the settings
>>for my email accounts and under the "Sending Mail" tab, change the
>>server type to Sendmail. Bizarre, but true.
>>John[/color]
>
>
> thanks john, but i don't run sendmail, thats why i use an external
> SMTP server to handle my outgoing email. :*(
>
> jack
>[/color]
Neither do I, that's why I called the fix "Microsoftesque". Try it.

John

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 19:46:56 +0000, Greenmantle wrote:
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> Jack E. Wilkinson wrote:[color=green]
>> On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 17:49:30 +0000, Greenmantle wrote:
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>Jack E. Wilkinson wrote:
>>>
>>>>this is about Ximian Evolution 1.4.5[/color]
>> thanks john, but i don't run sendmail, thats why i use an external SMTP
>> server to handle my outgoing email. :*(
>>[/color]
> Neither do I, that's why I called the fix "Microsoftesque". Try it.
>[/color]

ahh... i should have said that i did give it a try and my outgoing mail
disappeared into that never-ending bitbucket of lost email.

On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 22:07:25 -0600, Jack E. Wilkinson wrote:
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> help???[/color]

Ironically, the thing that fixed the problem for me was removing all
comments and blank lines from /etc/hosts

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 23:24:27 +0000, Ori Bernstein wrote:
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> On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 22:07:25 -0600, Jack E. Wilkinson wrote:
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>>
>> help???[/color]
>
> Ironically, the thing that fixed the problem for me was removing all
> comments and blank lines from /etc/hosts[/color]

And burying a frog under the full moon.


--

David L. Johnson

__o | A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems.
_`\(,_ | -- Paul Erdos
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On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 23:24:27 +0000, Ori Bernstein wrote:
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> Ironically, the thing that fixed the problem for me was removing all
> comments and blank lines from /etc/hosts[/color]

well i'll be damned!! you're 100% right on. i had commented out the
last entry in my /etc/hosts file. i removed it and evolution is
working just fine!

thank you **VERY** much Ori!

jack