[Lancaster] Problems in getting KMail to work

[Martyn Welch]

Hi Ken,

It sounds like it could be one of a few things:

1) Kmail's configuration is done separately for sending and receiving, they 
are separate tabs under "Accounts" in the config. It sounds like you may have 
missed the "sending" tab. I think this will default to trying to send 
directly (or with sendmail) and will most likely need to be configured to 
work with your ISP's SMTP server.

2)Kmail allows a number of  "Identities" to be setup. This allows the user to 
quickly switch the behaviour of the mail client between a number of different 
configurations. This can be very useful on laptops used for both work and 
pleasure. It allows the "from" email address, name, signature, sending 
account, PGP keys (for encryption and digital signing) , default sent-mail 
and draft folder to be switched quickly. 

The default identity is generally OK for simple use, however I have found that 
it is sometimes best just to check that the "from" email address is setup 
correctly (got to Configure Kmail -> Identities, select default identity, 
click "Modify", Check "Email Address")

Hope that helps.

Martyn

On Wednesday 17 May 2006 13:47, Ken Hough wrote:
> Help! I've just been upgrading from SuSE v9.1 to v10.0 and figured that
> I should start using latest browser and email apps (ie Firefox + KMail).
> No problems with installation and all seems to work OK so far, except
> for KMail.
>
> KMail will receive mail, but won't send it. I'm pretty sure that account
> details are correct.
> I've tried running with root privilages and still no success with KMail.
>
> Until now I've used the old Mozilla (v1.6) + Mozilla Mail without any
> problems. Mozilla/Mozilla  Mail also work OK after installation on the
> new SuSE v10.0 system.
>
> I've check on an old SuSE v9.1 installation on my laptop and the same
> applies (ie I use Mozilla/Mozilla Mail OK, but KMail won't work), so I
> don't think it is peculiar my latest installation.
>
> Does KMail work differently from Mozilla Mail. If so how? I must be
> missing something.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ken Hough
>
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Martyn Welch (welchm at comp.lancs.ac.uk)

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