On February 5, 2007, parishd wrote: > Apologies for dropping back in so late, but it looks like your problem > has been solved. I, on the other hand, have discovered that although > my incoming mail works fine, my outgoing smtp mail via gmail is not > working. I thought it was, but apparently I'd still been sending it > out via pacbell. So my settings in evolution are as described later > in this thread, with the exception that I can't set the outgoing port, > but I can't connect with the smtp server at gmail. I need to do a bit > more troubleshooting... > > Daniel Yes, the problem has been solved: there never was one (hehehe). I didn't know google doesn't allow downloading of one's own mails to oneself. As for your problem, I have nothing to add, I'm afraid. Andy Roddau spelled it out as clearly as can be (I quote): For POP Username = username@gmail com host = pop.gmail.com port = 995 Encryption = SSL Auth = Clear text For SMTP Username = username@gmail com host = smtp.gmail.com port = 587 Server does require authentication Encryption = TLS Auth = Plain Text The above works for me in Kmail. --- end quote --- It works for me, too. Evolution should be the same. -- Peter Gückel -- http://www3.telus.net/pg56cgy GnuPG/PGP Key: 0x1C204BED
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