[imp] compose error (unable to send data)

[agullo at comtenidos.com]

Rick Emery wrote:
> Quoting agullo at comtenidos.com:
> 
> 
>>I'm upgrading from Imp 3.1 to 3.2.1. After upgrade, I can read mail, but
>>cannot send. Composing window says "unable to send data", despite smtp
>>configuration is ok (same as in previous setup).
>>
>>I did sniff smtp traffic to say what's going on and I found IMP is
>>stablishing an smtp session, say helo, mail from and mail rcpt
>>sequences, but it's sending 'quit' after that without actually sending
>>anything.
>>
>>I found some post to this list months ago about the same issue but I
>>didn't find any reply.
>>
>>Any help?
>>Thanx
> 
> 
> I don't know if this will help, but I had the same problem (twice) after
> installing horde's php rpms. I could send mail using sendmail, but not
> smtp. It was fixed when I did a fresh install of PEAR. I didn't know how I
> could prove it, but it appeared as though pear_smtp got corrupted somehow.
> 
> hth,
> Rick
> 
> 

You're right, replacing smtp with local sendmail invocation is ok, it's 
sending now for testing purposes, but I need smtp for production 
environment because mail relay is not running in the same box as imp

thnx