[Bug 145643] New: Kmail fails EITHER to Receive OR instead to Send when configured to BTOpenworld (server=mail.btinternet, com)PAYG

[Richard Wilford]

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           Summary: Kmail fails EITHER to Receive OR instead to Send when
                    configured to BTOpenworld
                    (server=mail.btinternet,com)PAYG
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: SuSE RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs kde org
        ReportedBy: rw soundesys f9 co uk


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs
Compiler:          gcc41 == 4.1.2_20061115-5 
OS:                Linux

I am a technician atteempting to set up KMAIL for a client on a new Fujitsu-Siemens notebook with external USB dial-up modem using SuSE Linux 10.2 and the associated KDE desktop.   I have used this (Kortex modem and configured KMail successfully many times.  However with this installation and using ISP BTOpenworld which in turn relates to the common POP3=SMTP server address of mail.btinternet.com one operation of EITHER sending OR reciving of email is disfunctional.
No error messages are reported.

The settings have all been transferred identically from a pre-existing PC running MS Windows and Outlook Express version5 which displays no such problem.  

The original attempt at configuration resulted in an initial Outgoing test mail being sent and an apparent block on receiving.  Then apparently the situation reversed with no evident changes being made, whereafter no emails could then be sent, but Incoming mail was received AOK.  After wiping all the settings and starting over, using the same settings apart from including the full email address as the UserName in both POP3 and SMTP configuration (though only the stem of the Username without the domain functioned without problem under Outlook Express) transmission of email now functions but not reception.
i.e. One can either send or receive but not both, 
Is a complete uninstall of KDEpim3 and then reinstallation first required within SuSE Linux, or is there a simpler or more rational solution