error with netscape6

[Asim Khan]

...ok will do ..thanks..

Miguel Koren O'Brien de Lacy wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>>   Asim Khan
>>   Unix System Administrator
>>   Computing Services
>>   St George's Hospital Medical School
>>   Tel: 020 8725 5453
>


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   Asim Khan
   Unix System Administrator
   Computing Services
   St George's Hospital Medical School
   Tel: 020 8725 5453