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["Bob Kucera" <bobkucera AT earthlink.net>]

> What kind of server are you attempting to send receive to/from?

Good questions I'm sure.  Maybe these are the right answers.  My server
is a POP - mail.earthlink.net and smtpauth.earthlink.net port 25 .  i'm
using KDE.  The mail client and desktop are pretty much random choices
as I'm just starting to use linux.  Mandrake8.2.  

The sending error was:

"Error sending 'message'. POP before SMTP auth. Using an unknown
transport."
The receiving error had something about RCPT TO .

At this point I plan to just start over and carefully go through the
config screens for Evolution.  Then I'll try it on Gnome desktop and
also Kmail on KDE and Kmail on Gnome.  The objective is to see what a
good OS Linux will be for me and the everyday user.  So far its very
interesting to see the potential for a very useful computer with Linux.

Bob Kucera
2337 Glendale Ave.
Durham, NC  27704
(919) 602-5503


-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Sonney [mailto:alchemist AT darkcanvas.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:08 AM
To: InterNetWorkers
Subject: [internetworkers] Re: Ximian Evolution email question

On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 09:33, Bob Kucera wrote:
> Is anyone using Ximian Evolution email?  I have a configuration issue
> with Ximian Evolution 1.0.2 [5mdk] - that is mail doesn't send and
> receive and there are various cryptic apparently unsupported error
> messages.

What kind of server are you attempting to send receive to/from? It may
be a variation in the protocols that a later Evolution build (I'm using
1.0.7 with Red Hat Limbo right now...)

> Is there a preferred email program for Linux?  Is there a preferred
> desktop?  

A lot of people like Evo. A lot like KMail. I like mutt. but mutt is a
console app, and not everyone is hip to that.

It's all about personal choice and preference. The two "common" first
time/new user recommended desktops are currently Gnome and KDE. There
are pros and cons to both, which are well documented on the 'net in lots
of places (and no, "KDE/Gnome sux" is not a valid argument, although
you'll see that a lot, too).

For the more advanced users, there are a plethora of other,
easy/technical/complex desktops to use, like WindowMaker, Fluxbox,
Blackbox, FVWM2, IceWM, Afterstep....

I personally like flexbox (a fork from blackbox with some enhancements).
it's not for the faint of heart, since it has no fancy task list, menu
button or nifty widgets. Right click on the desktop for a menu. middle
click for a task list. You have to edit the menu files by hand. But it's
small (uses very little disk/memory) and fast, and I can customize it
quickly and easily, so I like it.

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