Switch from sending mail via SMTP to Sendmail or vice versa. Andre Klapper ak-47@gmx.net Change the outgoing method for an IMAP+ account

There is no user interface to change the outgoing method of an IMAP account.

If you used Sendmail so far but now want to use an SMTP connection instead:

Close Evolution.

Find and open the corresponding account file in $HOME/.config/evolution/sources/ with a text editor.

In the [Mail Transport] section, replace BackendName=sendmail with BackendName=smtp or vice versa.

Restart the evolution-source-registry background process, for example by rebooting your system.

Start Evolution and edit the account SMTP settings for the account as needed.