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jancici

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From: svk

Registered: 2011-12-04

Posts: 192

[SOLVED] Evolution :: not able to send email

HI

It was working before, but now I am not able to send email over work {office} smtp server.

I have two accounts in Evolution, work and personal. For personal I am using my own debian server with postfix and I can send email over that.
I did contact hosting company who we are using for work smtp server and they are saying that there is no incaming connection for my acount in time when I am trying to send email.

I did install Thunderbird, wow, I can send email from work and personal account and with same configuration as evolution, port 25 with and without security (TLS).

I think it is cleary problem of evolution, can someone explain me what could happen?
Friend visit me today, He is using Evolution too, but he is running MINT, same problem.

thanks for comments

Last edited by jancici (2012-02-03 08:16:48)

uberscientist

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Registered: 2012-01-27

Posts: 84

Re: [SOLVED] Evolution :: not able to send email

Hi jancici,
Try installing tcpdump ($ sudo pacman -Sy tcpdump) -- it's a command line packet capturing tool

and before you attempt to send, run this:

$ sudo tcpdump -A 'tcp port 25'

-A means print the ASCII of each packet, the 'tcp port 25' is a filter to only show you tcp traffic to/from port 25 (SMTP)

maybe you can figure out what is wrong by looking at that information, if not feel free to copy paste the dump here (be sure to censor your username/password and other sensitive data!)

Maybe someone else knows what to do, but this would be my first step.
Good luck!

Last edited by uberscientist (2012-02-03 03:12:07)

jancici

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From: svk

Registered: 2011-12-04

Posts: 192

Re: [SOLVED] Evolution :: not able to send email

Thanks, I was trying to check trafic on router, and I did not see where the problem is, well I did not check IP.

Now, tcpdump show me the problem. I am using OPENDNS and here is output from tcpdump:

08:52:14.287372 IP frodo.49219 > hit-nxdomain.opendns.com.smtp: Flags [s], seq 1810390044, win 14600, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 34963370 ecr 0,nop,wscale 6], length 0
E..<#.@.@.|...TdC.A..C..k.\.......9............
............
08:52:15.288964 IP frodo.49219 > hit-nxdomain.opendns.com.smtp: Flags [s], seq 1810390044, win 14600, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 34963671 ecr 0,nop,wscale 6], length 0
E..<#.@.@.|...TdC.A..C..k.\.......9............
............
08:52:17.292307 IP frodo.49219 > hit-nxdomain.opendns.com.smtp: Flags [s], seq 1810390044, win 14600, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 34964272 ecr 0,nop,wscale 6], length 0
E..<#.@.@.|...TdC.A..C..k.\.......9............

checking again configuration of evolution and there is wrong spelling of smtp server.
well, now I am confused, hot that happen.

okay, thanks for help.