[netbsd] can't send (neither smtp, nor local)

[Jan Schaumann <jschauma netmeister org>]

HI all,

first of all:  what's up with the archive?  A search for the word "smtp"
did not reveal any results, even though there are (obviously) plenty of
articles?  As a matter of fact, I could not get a search-result for
_any_ keyword...

Anyway, so I'm sorry to have to bug you with this problem, which may or
may not have been answered/solved already ;-)

I installed balsa-1.0.0 for NetBSD 1.5 from the official NetBSD package.
Everything seems peachy, except, I can't check nor send mail.  When I
open the inbox ($HOME/.mail), it shows the messages correctly.  If I
send myself a new message using mail(1), change the folders and come
back to Inbox, it shows up fine, but when I hit "Check mail", the dialog
pops up and it sits there forever checking mail.

Similarly, when I try to send a message, the dialog pops up and it sits
there, trying to send the message.  This happens when I enter
"localhost", the real hostname, "localhost:25", another smtp-servername,
any "servername:25" or when I say "use local agent".  I just can't send
mail.

Curiously, the message gets put into the Outbox as well as into the
"Sent" folder, even though the sending never succeeds.

Ok, so I build my own package from 1.2.0 sources, build a package for
libesmtp and all builds fine, but then the same problem occurs, and in
addition, no messages are displayed when I choose a mailbox.  The
upper-right part of the window, where the messages should be listed,
stays gray.  Oh, and did I mention I can't send mail?

Now on my Debian Linux box, I have no problems with Balsa whatsoever, it
seems to work just fine.

Does anybody have any insights?

Sorry again if this has been discussed before, but apparently the
archives search-functionality is b0rked.

Thanks in advance for all help.
-Jan

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Jan Schaumann 
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