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chriscl · 29-12-2003, 18:52

OK,

more fun..... it seems to be something rather strange with my mail account.

Firstly, the webmail (although not working earlier today) has now sprung in to life. Also, setting up my account settings in Mozilla Mail allows me to send and receive (hurrah!) but in Ximian Evolution, although I can retrieve mail, any attempt to send comes back thus:

"Error while performing operation: MAIL FROM response error: Syntax Error, command unrecognized"

Now this message comes from the actual smtp server: smtp.ntlworld.com - I've had this setup (Slackware Linux 9.1, GNOME, Evolution etc) working quite happily for several weeks. It seems that this "problem" has only manifested itself since the mucking around they did recently to fix whatever it was that they had broken on the mail systems just prior to christmas.

I had to give up with NTL Support (bless 'em) they just couldn't understand when I kept saying to them "repeat after me: I don't use windows" - !

I know they only support Windows clients, but strewth! even when you tell them that you're using something other than windows, they keep saying "open outlook express" at which point I gave up.

I can't be the only person using a non-Microsoft operating system here, surely?

Anyway, at least it seems to be happy with Mozilla Mail, so I guess that will do until either I can figure out what they've changed, or they own up and tell me (very unlikely!)

thanks to all for the assistance!

--
Chris.

29-12-2003, 18:52	#9
chriscl Inactive Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Carlton-Nottingham Posts: 47	Re: More email problems...? OK, more fun..... it seems to be something rather strange with my mail account. Firstly, the webmail (although not working earlier today) has now sprung in to life. Also, setting up my account settings in Mozilla Mail allows me to send and receive (hurrah!) but in Ximian Evolution, although I can retrieve mail, any attempt to send comes back thus: "Error while performing operation: MAIL FROM response error: Syntax Error, command unrecognized" Now this message comes from the actual smtp server: smtp.ntlworld.com - I've had this setup (Slackware Linux 9.1, GNOME, Evolution etc) working quite happily for several weeks. It seems that this "problem" has only manifested itself since the mucking around they did recently to fix whatever it was that they had broken on the mail systems just prior to christmas. I had to give up with NTL Support (bless 'em) they just couldn't understand when I kept saying to them "repeat after me: I don't use windows" - ! I know they only support Windows clients, but strewth! even when you tell them that you're using something other than windows, they keep saying "open outlook express" at which point I gave up. I can't be the only person using a non-Microsoft operating system here, surely? Anyway, at least it seems to be happy with Mozilla Mail, so I guess that will do until either I can figure out what they've changed, or they own up and tell me (very unlikely!) thanks to all for the assistance! -- Chris.