Re: [Evolution] Arbitrary (way to modify) 'From' when composing

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Sun, 2002-07-14 at 03:35, ximian com ragweed net wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-07-13 at 06:17, evolution-admin ximian com wrote:
> > Subject: Re: [Evolution] Arbitrary (way to modify) 'From' when composing
> > From: Peter Williams <peterw ximian com>
> > To: evolution ximian com
> > Organization: Ximian, Inc.
> > Date: 12 Jul 2002 15:56:01 -0400
> >
> > On Fri, 2002-07-12 at 15:23, Brad Felmey wrote:
> > > I have everything to my personal domain forwarded to a single account.
> > > That way I can use ebay mydomain tld, amazon mydomain tld,
> > > evolution-hackers mydomain tld and so forth on the fly, and still only
> > > have one Inbox. I want to be able to see when SPAM arrives where it was
> > > addressed so I can see who is leaking. It is a ridiculous waste of time
> > > for me to create mail accounts every single time I enter my email
> > > address somewhere online (and I do it a LOT).
> >
> > In this case, you don't need a separate account to get the mail. You
> > don't need a separate account to read the mail. You DO need a separate
> > account to send mail that claims to come from that address, and I don't
> > see why you'd ever need to do that here.
>
> I don't see why there's such a fuss - how about something like 'Use X
> SMTP method when altering From-line'?

because it would look ugly as sin. and 99.99999999999% of the people
using Evolution wouldn't even use it most of the time so you just end
up:

1. cluttering the UI
2. confusing users who now have to type their name/email (or, at the
very least, selected it via a GtkCombo) every damn time along with
specifying the SMTP server to use. Sounds like a PITA to use IMNSHO.

If you want it, you can implement it in your own version of evolution,
but I don't see us ever accepting a patch for this.

Jeff

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Jeffrey Stedfast
Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc.
fejj ximian com  - www.ximian.com