VM cant get Evolution to communicate with my ISP

[tomot]

I have no problem setting up Evolution email with my ISP's
mail server, when I'm NOT running in VM.

But when I'm using VM workstation, with xp host, gutsy guest, nat.
Evolution cant find my ISP's email server, when I'm setting up my email account.

Do I have to open a port for Evolution? or provide an IP address ?

Tia!

[falko]

What's the output of ifconfig on your vm? What's in /etc/network/interfaces?

[tomot]

I don't see any menu in VM workstation with the dir structure "/etc/network/interfaces" ?

If I type "ifconfig" into the terminal window within my guest os Gutsy
I get the following!

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:EA:01: DC
inet addr:192.168.153.130 Bcast:192.168.153.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:feea:1dc/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:45 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1558 (1.5 KB) TX bytes:6688 (6.5 KB)
Interrupt:16 Base address:0x2000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

[falko]

What's the output of cat /etc/network/interfaces and cat /etc/resolv.conf?

[tomot]

the results are added to your quote below:

cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback and cat /etc/resolv.conf
# generated by NetworkManager, do not edit!
search localdomain
nameserver 192.168.52.2

[tomot]

falko: I was just reading your Tutorial: Convert Physical Windows Systems Into Virtual Machines To Be Run On A Linux Desktop

It occurred to me that maybe I should have used BRIDGE instead NAT, when I was making my VM. Would I have avoided my current Evolution/ISP problem by making that change?

p.s. thanks for your great tutorials

[falko]

Would I have avoided my current Evolution/ISP problem by making that change?
Most probably yes.

[tomot]

Most probably yes.

That worked! to enable Evolution, BUT as a result I lost access to my
XP Host network.

to sum up:

With "Bridged" I gain Mail access via my ISP , BUT I lose my XP network.
With "Nat" I lose Mail access via my ISP, But I gain my XP network.

So now either way one or the other needs to be configured.
Which is the easiest?
Is there a small HOW to?