Mail Configuration

[COKE CAN]

I'm used to using Outlook 2003. There are currently 6 choices to choose from right now.

Choices:

internet site; mail is sent and recieved directly using SMTP
mail sent by smarthost; recieved via SMTP or fetchmail
mailsent by smarthost; no local mail
local delivery; not on a network
manually convert from handcrafted Exim v3 configuration
no configuration at this time


My Settings
POP Server: pop.east.cox.net
SMTP Server: smtp.east.cox.net

What do I need to choose?

[COKE CAN]

Anyone?

[junkman4547]

You need to find out what your ISP server use for sending and receiving mails.

Mine is POP for receiving and SMTP for sending. You also need to know the name of each server.

Find out those infos and post it here, we then may be able to help you.

[COKE CAN]

You need to find out what your ISP server use for sending and receiving mails.

Mine is POP for receiving and SMTP for sending. You also need to know the name of each server.

Find out those infos and post it here, we then may be able to help you.

POP Server: pop.east.cox.net
SMTP Server: smtp.east.cox.net

[junkman4547]

Hehe....sorry for being blind.

I use Kmail..... and here's how I configure it

open Kmail ...goto Setting -->configure Kmail....click on "Network"....you'll see two taps....Sending, Receiving...

click on ...Add.....a dialog box pops up ...check SMTP and click OK.....the only thing I typed in is...host name...and if your server needs authentication....then you'll need to check that and type in you log in name and password. Click OK to close the Send mail portion

Now the Receiving ....click on ...add... check POP3 on the dialog box....click OK....three items you'll need to answer.....Log in, Password, Host....when you finish ...click OK...

And you're set.....at least that what I did and it works for me.......hope it'll work for you too

[fpmchu]

Or you can try Thunderbird - Mozilla's email client. If you know how to use Outlook then you should know how to use Thunderbird (or KMail).

Frank

[COKE CAN]

I'm getting a cannot connect to server error

[junkman4547]

I'm assuming that you can use the internet .....

Check you Kmail sending and receiving configurations make sure you typed in the correct server names. I typed in the wrong places myself and got the same error messages. There is nothing else to set up as far as I know.

Anybody else have any idea ?

[tstolber]

Try pinging the domain.

I like Kmail.

You probably have an IP address for the domains.
Try an nslookup domain name.com

Get the static IP address of the POP and SMTP servers - its probably that the email client doesn't do any DNS resolution.

[kkubasik]

These configuration options are for the MTA (or email server) that is shipped with debian, just configuring your mail client to view mail stored at your ISP has little association with these settings (unless of course you plan to configure fetchmail and run your own server.) The most secure configuration is going to be 'local delivery only, not on a network. However, should you have plans to expand exim (the mailserver shipped with debian) it will be far easier to convert the config from a 'internet site' setting. But be wary, without a firewall, this can make you an open mail realy (ie spammers will send millions of mail through you, not only making you a major pain, but slowing your machine majorly)