Version: 1.11 (using Devel) OS: MS Windows Installed from: Compiled sources There is actually not much to describe. The bug I encounter with kmail on MS windows, is that email can not be sent. Kmail pops up an error window, stating that the email (smtp) server can not be reached. However, using thunderbird on the PC, has no problems sending email. What can be cause of this? Is it possible to debug (I'm installing kde applications on MS windows with kde's installer).
With kdebugdialog you can turn on different debug flags. In this case it might help to activate kio_smtp and maybe others like kmail, etc. I have no clue to where the debug output is printed on Windoze though... Maybe additional information helps: How is the SMTP server contacted from kmail ? (e.g. Port, Authentication, SSL, etc. ?) The simplets test with a non-encrypted SMTP connection is to use telnet <your-mailserver> 25 (assuming youre on Port 25) If you get a "Connected to..." message, then at least the server can be contacted. Probably you also post the exact text you get in the dialog.
It is something weird.... As stated I can sent email with Thunderbird. However, when using telnet to connect to the smtp server I get: $ telnet <ip addr> Trying <ip addr>... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused When I use telnet to connect to the pop port on the same <ip addr>, it just works. When I do not connect from my labtop, but from a linux system, I get a succesfull connection to the smtp server on <ip addr>. I now workaround the problem, by using a port forward construction. This way I'm succesfull in sending email from kmail. My windows firewall is disabled.... However, I assume that there is still somewhere a setting configured that does not allow me to use telnet with port 25.... What can this be???
The problem might be caused by e.g. MCAfee, that is also active on my system.
Fine, so I'm closing this report, as it is not a kmail problem. Thanks for your feedback.