Evolution Email sending mail problem in Ubuntu 8.10

[Norman Silverstone]

> I am not able to send mail with Evolution Email Program. I have set 
> incoming server to IMAP and outgoing to SMTP. I can read mail but when i 
> send a mail it just goes and seats in outbox. When i try to close 
> Evolution mail, I get message that "Unsent message"

I have used Evolution for several years and only had this problem once.
The reason was that I had made an error in the email address and had put
'.' instead of '@'. Perhaps you should check to make sure that you have
not made a similar mistake,

Norman