Re: [Evolution] outgoing smtp servers

[Jeffrey Stedfast<fejj ximian com>]

On 22 Feb 2001 12:17:14 -0600, John Graber wrote:
> I'd be happy if the SMTP setting was just under a menu pick like "Options"
> or "Preferences" and by setting it there, all accounts would use that
> gateway.  It does seem redundant to have it required for each account when
> they all should be sending through the same server for the network that you
> are on at the time.

In the other email I just sent I explained why you can't always get away
with using just 1 SMTP server. It basically boils down to the way some
SMTP servers are setup and how their "permissions" work.

> The drop-down would just be nice in that same location for those who have to
> send through many different gateways and don't want to memorize FQDN's for
> all of them.  I'll live if I don't get this one though 8)

I'd think this would actually be a bigger inconvenience for the users
who actually need the different SMTP servers because they'd have to set
2 options each time they send email.

> The sendmail idea has merit, but it steers the prospective mobile Evolution
> user towards wrestling with quite possibly the most complex config file of
> them all.  Not all of the Evo-users-to-be are going to be NEARLY as
> technically inclined as the members of this list.

I agree which is why I wrote the SMTP code in the first place ;-)

Jeff