not sure where to go from here....

OS : Red Hat Fedora 2.6.5-1.358 #1 sendmail: sendmail dovecot version : 0.99.10.5

i can send email to the server. the email is then appended to the /var/mail/{user} file. i can view the /var/mail/{file} and see the email. i cannot retrieve the email from the local machine using Ximian Evolution (version 1.4.6). however if i use good ole #mail in a terminal it access the file and reads all emails. also as an added twist if i type in an incorrect email for the receiving email server it fails to login. however if i change it back it gets pass the login but it just hangs at retrieving messages. (again this is all on the local machine)

i am sure i am just leaving out a pointer or permissions, or something crazy like that...

thanks in advance

Jack Taffar