GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 324333
Evolution cannot send email using encrypted SMTP server
Last modified: 2009-09-11 04:33:56 UTC
This bug has been opened here: http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20998 "Error while performing operation. RCPT TO <user@host.dom> failed: Command parameter not implemented === I get the above error message when attempting to send email. My mail server is running Postfix with TLS. I am running Evolution 2.4.1 on 2.6.12-10-amd64-generic. Within evolution, my preferences in the Account Editor >> Sending Email indicate: Server Type: SMTP Server: mail.dunhackin.org [x] Server requires authentication Use Secure Connection: Whenever Possible Auth Type: DIGEST-MD5 Those exact same settings work on another machine I have, also running the same version of Evolution on Ubuntu, but on an older Athlon machine. They also work on an i386 machine running Fedore Core 3, and a ThinkPad running Hoary. This mail server also works with Mozilla Thunderbird on both Linux and Windows. I am currently up to date in terms of packages (apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade). /etc/lsb-release says this: DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=5.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=breezy DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu (The Breezy Badger Release)""
The reporter of the bug says: "I have solved this problem myself. The issue was that Evolution was not sending an FQDN as the argument to the HELO directive during the SMTP conversation. When I edited /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts then I was able to send email just fine."
so this was a local setup problem ?
@ Daniel - shall we close the bug ? or Could you please confirm if this bug is still happening at your end ? Please try in 2.24.x / 2.26.x and report back, thanks.
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug; however, closing due to lack of response of the reporter, sorry. if you still see this issue with a current release of evolution (2.26.3 or later), please reopen. thanks in advance.