Evolution: unable to send email through SMTP

[woodeast]

Hello,

I'm using Hotmail Plus, with the following configuration on Evolution:

Incoming (POP): pop3.live.com
Outgoing (SMTP): smtp.live.com

Retrieval of mail works fine, but sending does not:

Error while performing operation.

Could not connect to smtp.live.com: Connection timed out

Any suggestions as to how I can send through SMTP?

Thanks!

[PocketDog]

Does this help? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=200408

[tonybaqain]

1: to check if the port is open from live.com side use this:

nc -z -v smtp.live.com 25

if it gives you smtp.live.com [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] 25 (smtp) open, then you must recheck your evo configuration, like smtp authentication and/or using ssl or not.

if it gives you any other messages, then try this :

sudo iptables -F
nc -z -v smtp.live.com 25

if the same error message appears, then it appears to be a middle-way problem between you and live.com smtp server on port 25.

if the message appearing has an open word, then it is your local firewall / iptables are banning the connection, iptables -F would do the work for you, also if you have a router / wireless router, check its firewall rules also.

have fun

[woodeast]

@ PocketDog: Thanks, but I'm trying to send through smtp.live.com, instead of setting up my own smtp server.

The problem seems to be that smtp.live.com isn't detected by evolution? Perhaps my ISP block access to external smtp servers?

@tonybaqain: trying out your solution. netcat isn't giving me an output at all (with or without using iptables). What is that suppose to mean? Thanks!

edit: after about 5 minutes... netcat gives me:

smtp.live.com [65.55.172.254] 25 (smtp) : Connection timed out

[tonybaqain]

it seems like what you said, a middle-way machine is banning the connection from your side to smtp.live.com, anyway, why don't you use your isp's smtp server ?

if my isp is orange.com , ill try nc -z -v smtp.orange.com 25 or mail.orange.com 25 , it will allow me to connect to the smtp using it.

[woodeast]

I can actually send emails using my own smtp server on my domain name, from the hotmail account.

But the thing is, hotmail checks the senderid, and if the email is a @hotmail.com address and sent from a different server, it marks it as a "potentially dangerous" email when you view it from webmail.

Is there a way to send from a server other than hotmail's own and not get marked as a phished email? Thanks.

[tonybaqain]

actually,

from my expirience , no one allows you to send emails through their own services, unless they provide you with such things.

i have a maktoob.com account, but i send mails through my isp's smtp server.

[woodeast]

Yeah... I do have my own smtp server under that's a part of my hosting plan. It's just that hotmail thinks that it's a phished email (coming from a non hotmail server using hotmail.com address) when I send from my own server.

[meperry64]

Using Evolution to send/receive Live mail, my solution:

Server: smtp.live.com
Use Secure Connection: TLS Encryption
Authentication Type: Login

Mp

[Knacker]

this suddenly became a problem for me a few days ago.

i think M$ is messing around with ports...there's mention of this happening on a number of different forums. sending mail worked fine until a couple of days ago. had to switch port to 587 (i.e. smtp.live.com:587). this fixed everything immediately.
why do I keep using hotmail!?