[ale] Why isn't kmail sending a recipient command?

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Monday 30 September 2002 05:55 pm, Jim wrote:
> On Monday 30 September 2002 04:50 pm, Michael Hirsch wrote:
> > I just switched last week from using evolution to using kmail. 
> > I've been using kmail at home for aquite a while.  Today, it
> > stopped working.  Our MSexchange server complains that it is not
> > sending the "Rcpt" command--i.e. it isn't specifying the recipient
> > of the mail.
> >
> > I've looked at the protocol, and MSexchange appears correct.  kmail
> > send the "EHLO" command, then the "FROM" command, then the "DATA"
> > command, at which point MSexchange barfs.
> >
> > The IT people claim there have been no changes since Tuesday, I
> > claim I have sent a lot of mail since them, but somehow, I have
> > been unable to send mail with kmail since I rebooted this morning.
>
> What versions of kdebase and kdenetwork are you running? If you have
> 3.0, you should consider an upgrade to 3.0.1.

I'm using 3.0.3, so everything should be up to date.

I did find a solution.  My Outbox had gotten into a very strange state.  
It had about 20 emails in it but they were all blank.  I suspect what 
happened was that kmail would try to send them and would see a blank 
"To" header and would skip the RCPT command.  This would fail and it 
would stop trying.

I consider that a bug in kmail (maybe two bugs--the weird Outbox and the 
lack of rcpt), but now I know the fix.  I emptied Outbox and all 
worked.

--Michael

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