Re: Trouble setting up Balsa SMTP

klom_at_zivnor.com
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:45:05 GMT

|"SMTP server refused connection.
|Balsa by default uses submission service (587). If you want to submit mail
|using relay service (25),specify it explicitly via: "host:smtp". Message
|is left in outbox."
|
|I can't really figure out what to do about this. I placed "host:" in front
|of my smtp entry above ("host:smtp.earthlink.net" I'm just guessing here).
|When I do that I get a different error message. So that ain't it. "SMTP
|server problem (17): Servname not supported for ai_socktype Message is
|left in outbox."

No, it's the other way around. Substitute the name of the host, i.e.,
smtp.earthlink.net where host appears, giving smtp.earthlink.net:smtp

The second smtp tells balsa to use port 25. 

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