error with netscape6

[Miguel Koren O'Brien de Lacy]

Well, all I can think of at the moment is to look at the log files on
the server to see if they have some meaningful information.

Miguel

Asim Khan wrote:

> ...Thanks for the advice but I still get the errors on netscape 4.72..?
>    ..Could it be that I require a local unix account for akhan as my
>     address is akhan at sghms.ac.uk whereas the IMAP mail server is
>        mail.sghms.ac.uk but outgoing SMTP is mancity (but I don't think
>      you need a local unix account if you're using netscape
> with               IMAP..?)
>      ...any advice much apprecaited..
>
> Miguel Koren O'Brien de Lacy wrote:
>
>> I noticed the same type of error since I switched to Netscape 6. With
>> Netscape 4.7x I never had this problem. What I do in these cases is
>> close Netscape and open it again and the problem goes away. Another
>> situation that causes this error (I'm not sure if it's the same messga,
>> though) is when I attach a file that is on a network drive, not on my
>> local machine. In those cases I first copy it over and then attach. I
>> attributed these problems to Netscape and/or WinXP (unfortunately my new
>> notebook came with it).
>>
>> I'm hoping that Netscape 7 will solve this....
>>
>> Miguel
>>
>> Asim Khan wrote:
>>
>>>  ..My netscape6 seems to give errors like:
>>>
>>>   'An error occurred while sending mail.
>>>     The mail server responded :
>>>     Unexpected failure, please try later.
>>>     Please verify that your email address is correct
>>>     in your mail preferences and try again'
>>>
>>>   the only setting I've changed on my mail account in netscape6
>>>   is 'My Outgoing Server (SMTP): mancity.sghsms.ac.uk' - my local unix
>>>        box from 'mail.sghms.ac.uk' - the mail mail server..
>>>
>>>    mancity is the host with mailscanner/exim running on it..
>>>
>>>   the screen freezes and no email is sent...?
>>>
>>>   BUT if I use /usr/lib/sendmail -v username at sghms.ac.uk as root
>>>   the user recieves the email..?
>>>
>>>    ..Any suggestions would be much appreciated...?
>>>
>>>   Asim Khan
>>>   Unix System Administrator
>>>   Computing Services
>>>   St George's Hospital Medical School
>>>   Tel: 020 8725 5453
>>
>>
>
>
> --
>   Asim Khan
>   Unix System Administrator
>   Computing Services
>   St George's Hospital Medical School
>   Tel: 020 8725 5453