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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
type="topic" id="mail-imap-change-send-method">
<info>
<desc>Switch from sending mail via SMTP to Sendmail or vice versa.</desc>
<link type="guide" xref="index#common-mail-problems" />
<link type="guide" xref="mail-account-manage-imap-plus#other-settings"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.34.4" version="0.1" date="2020-03-22" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
<email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
<title>Change the outgoing method for an IMAP+ account</title>
<p>There is no user interface to change the outgoing method of an IMAP account.</p>
<p>If you used Sendmail so far but now want to use an SMTP connection instead:</p>
<list>
<item><p>Close <app>Evolution</app>.</p></item>
<item><p>Find and open the corresponding account file in
<file>$HOME/.config/evolution/sources/</file> with a text editor.</p></item>
<item><p>In the <code>[Mail Transport]</code> section, replace
<code>BackendName=sendmail</code> with <code>BackendName=smtp</code> or vice versa.</p></item>
<item><p>Restart the <code>evolution-source-registry</code> background
process, for example by rebooting your system.</p></item>
<item><p>Start <app>Evolution</app> and edit the account SMTP settings for
the account as needed.</p></item>
</list>
</page>