[Bug 146516] New: Kmail doesn't mail via sendmail or remote server

[Thomas Wennekers]

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           Summary: Kmail doesn't mail via sendmail or remote server
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs kde org
        ReportedBy: thomas.wennekers plymouth ac uk


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.6)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
Compiler:          gcc version 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4) Kmail binary is used, not a custom compilation
OS:                Linux

Hi 

"which" finds sendmail in /usr/sbin; sending mail from the command line works via "mail" from mailutils1 (and postfix)

I have two sending accounts set up in kmail: Sendmail (with correct full path of sendmail) and "pion", a mail-server I am responsible for. Kmail finds the correct security settings for sasl on request (CRAM-MD5 or DIGEST-MD5 only). SSL/TLS are correctly disabled.

Whatever I put in the Advanced->special transfer box: Empty, pion, Sendmail, /usr/sbin/sendmail (box on the left ticked), kmail does not even try to send, when I submitt a single email directly or the piled up mails via "Send queued messages" in the GUI. There are no error messages popping up, and no entries in either /var/log/messages or /var/log/mail.xxx . The mail logs of the pion-server don't show anything either.

I have a second laptop connected through the same hub, which has no problems (but KDE 3.5.2 Kubuntu dapper instead of a fresh recent KDE 3.5.6 feisty installation on the machine that shows the problem).

Just in case that could matter: Postfix I installed after Kmail, because of the problem; didn't help, though

Any ideas what I could try?

Best wishes 
thowe