Mepis and connecting to smtp servers

i've got the latest version of Mepis installed, and I have found that
the email programs will NOT connect to smtp servers. pop servers are
fine. Since I use t'bird on Windows, the config is a snap. Nothing I
do allows me to connect to the servers.

Any clues? Be specific please as my Linux capabilities are limited.

Previous versions worked fine, but the latest is giving me fits.

Thanks...

John

John wrote:
John wrote:
> i've got the latest version of Mepis installed, and I have found that
> the email programs will NOT connect to smtp servers. pop servers are
> fine. Since I use t'bird on Windows, the config is a snap. Nothing I
> do allows me to connect to the servers.
>
> Any clues? Be specific please as my Linux capabilities are limited.
>
> Previous versions worked fine, but the latest is giving me fits.
>
> Thanks...
>
> John

> i've got the latest version of Mepis installed, and I have found that
> the email programs will NOT connect to smtp servers. pop servers are
> fine. Since I use t'bird on Windows, the config is a snap. Nothing I
> do allows me to connect to the servers.
>
> Any clues? Be specific please as my Linux capabilities are limited.

Presumably your problem is connecting to your ISP's SMTP server to send
mail outwards. Well, the configuration is exactly the same between Linux
and Windows. Make sure that you have set up your login user name and
password correctly (if you need to) and that your mail "From:" address
is one that your ISP recognises as being one for which it sends email.

Robert
>
> Previous versions worked fine, but the latest is giving me fits.
>
> Thanks...
>
> John

Fixed it... it was the Guarddog firewall software. It had the ports
blocked.

Thanks