Evolution and port problems

Les hlhowell at pacbell.net
Wed May 30 18:14:18 UTC 2007


On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 08:52 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:

> On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 20:25 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 16:28 -0700, Les wrote:
> > >     My ISP (AT&T) wants me to change the ports for smtp and pop3.  I
> > > remember setting them somewhere, but not where I did it.  Now I need to
> > > change them and can't find it.  Google returned some links that said
> > > something about tools/settings, but I cannot find that directory.  Thus
> > > I am in a bad place right now.  Anyone got a link or help?
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > Les H
> > > 
> > -- 
> > Les, you might only need to append :995 (or whatever) to your
> > configuration of your pop or smtp server names setting. 
> > 
> > I use evolution and where I have entered my "server name" I have
> > pop.gmail.com:995 to specify the port. Do the same with the smtp server
> > name. See if that works for ya using the portnums they want you to use.
> > It's worth a shot.  Ric
> > 
> That is not necessary. It is done automatically when you choose SAL
> encryption.
> -- 
> Aaron Konstam tel: (210) 656-0355 akonstam at sbcglobal.net
> 

I thought that might be the case, but I did receive another note from
AT&T, and since I could not see which port was being used, Nor could I
find any reference to setting it, the second note made me think that
maybe something was not as it should be.

Regards,
Les H
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