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  <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>

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<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>
