Evolution Mail has stopped working

[hector24]

I'm not sure if it's something I've done - though I've only downloaded updates - but I can't get Evolution Mail to send anything. Messages just stay in my outbox. I can get only my other email accounts on the same computer and send from them. Anything I can do? Thanks

[jacktar]

Have you ticked 'Server requires authentication' in the sending preferences?

[hector24]

Thanks. I've looked hard but I can't find 'sending preferences' so I can't answer your question. Help on this would be very much appreciated.

[mprince]

Edit>Preferences

Highlight your email account, then click the edit button, then look for the 'Sending Email' tab

[hector24]

Sorry, this must sound dumb, but how do I highlight my email account? Is this in Applications?

[hector24]

I'm also now having further problems with Evolution. It asked me for my password for my server, although the 'remember password' is ticked. It wouldn't let me enter my password and just completely froze. I logged off and went back in and saw the following message on my desktop (it quickly disappeared):

"network Service discovery disabled. You current network has a .local domain. which is not recommended and incompatible with the Avahi network service discovery. The service has been disabled."

I understand not a single word of this. Please help.

[mprince]

Sorry, this must sound dumb, but how do I highlight my email account? Is this in Applications?

No, it would be in the Evolution menu Edit>Preferences

then follow the steps in the jpeg I've attached to this post. This is the window that will appear.

Evo1.jpg


This could be a temporary email problem. Occasionally, when an email server is having problems it keeps asking you for you password again and again and won't accept anything you enter.

On the other hand that message about avahi does make me think something more is going on here.

Do your other email accounts work?

[hector24]

Thanks for that. Yes, 'authentication required' is checked.

Thanks for your help. I will tune in tomorrow.

[cdillard-hsp]

I've run into the same problem. Evolution has always sent fine but starting a week ago, it periodically won't send mail. We use Zimbra here and we do use auth on SMTP. If I restart Evo it will send the mail out but after being open for a few hours (random really) it will just start piling mail up in the Outbox.

I started evo from the console and waited for maybe 10 minutes after clicking Send/Receive hoping to get the error, if any, on sending mail.

[hector24]

Hi

Is anyone able to help me because my problem isn't resolved? I really don't want to have to keep going to Mail2web to get my emails. Is Ubuntu always this problematic? I'm a complete beginner and haven't used the computer much since having Ubuntu installed yet I've had a number of problems. I'm thinking of giving up on the whole thing. I need convincing this is all worth it!