Re: Can't send mail (balsa 2.0.8 - 2.0.9)

[Steffen Klemer <masterofheap gmx net>]

Am 2003.02.25 14:31 schrieb(en) Emmanuel:
> Le 2003.02.25 06:16, filos a écrit :
>> Solved crash on exit problem, now I found that I can't send mail
>> properly.
>> Sending a mail, I get the message box that says "Sending message..".
>> But after some minutes I get a message that says that the connection
>> timed out.
>> The SMTP server is the right one (I'm inside my office) but it doesn't
>> work. Another question is: I can setup just a single smtp server for
>> different identities ?
>> 
> 
> Please be sure that the smtp address you put is followed by ":25" 
> (without quotes obviously) to indicate the port. This is the submission 
> port. That is :
> mysmtp.server.whatever:25

I know it's not correct and I also know that balsa should really be 
conform to the standarts...
But everybody around has accepted that port 25 isn't only used for 
transmission but also submission.
The rfc (don't know the number) could also be changed, there is nobody 
using anything else anymore...

It's just confusing and in every article balsa is mentioned (like the last 
one in the German linux-user) this is critizised. We can't change the 
world (anymore). On all the other fronts there is a war to fight for 
standarts, but this battle is over... :-)

So plz, be nice to new users and change it (and no, it isn't enough that 
these things are written in the FAQ and the manual!)

cu
/Steffen

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