Evolution: unable to send email through SMTP

[barna10]

Meperry64's solution + Knacker's solution worked for me:

Server: smtp.live.com:587
The server requires athentication: Yes
Use secure connection: TLS Encryption
Authentication type: login

Thank you both...

This worked great for me. Only difference is I'm using PLAIN authentication.

[elambert85]

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!?

This worked like a charm for me.

[popeyeray]

This worked great for me. Only difference is I'm using PLAIN authentication.

I like simple solutions like yours, no extraneous reasons to hear oneself speak of their knowledge, and give self accolades.
Thank you, this worked perfectly.

[Smallwheels]

Meperry64's solution + Knacker's solution worked for me:

Server: smtp.live.com:587
The server requires athentication: Yes
Use secure connection: TLS Encryption
Authentication type: login

Thank you both...

This didn't work for me with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Now since I've removed and reinstalled Evolution, it isn't receiving messages either.

[Smallwheels]

I also checked the 587 port using the terminal and the information above. The result was:
succeeded!

So I know that port 587 is open.
The thing is the error message I get is telling me the authentication method is POP Before SMTP AUTH USING A NON-POP SOURCE.

I have the authentication set to PLAIN and before that it was Login. Neither works.

I started a different thread about this. Anybody wanting to take a stab at fixing this let me know here or at the other thread that is newer. It lists the things I've tried.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...0#post10977470