Re: [Evolution] Arbitrary "from" addresses?

[Nicholas Brown <nickbroon blueyonder co uk>]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:18:49 -0400, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 12:04 -0400, Matthew Barnes wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 15:01 +0000, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote:
> > > I would love to see this feature too... it is just too annoying
> > > having to go through a list of 100 dummy accounts and choosing the
> > > right one... Why not have it the same way as the To, Cc and Bcc
> > > buttons/input fields?
> >
> > I'm willing to entertain adding this feature but we need to work out a
> > reasonable UI for it.  A simple text entry won't work because Evolution
> > needs to know what server to send the mail to and which Sent folder to
> > place the mail in once it's sent.  That information is specified in
> > your account settings.  So the message still needs to be associated
> > with an account, even if the From address is altered.
>
>       That's an interesting point.  All my sent messages get dumped into 
a
> common local "sent" box but I see in preferences where that can be
> change.
>
>       Good point on the smtp server issue, which brings up yet another 
point,
> where I've gotten burned.  There have been times where I've gone to
> reply to messages where the smtp server for that account was
> unreachable.  Guess what...  I can't reply to them.  But if I select an
> account I can send messages from, then the From address is no longer the
> address I received the message on.  I've had that problem numerous times
> when I'm in road warrior mode (especially out of the country).  I hate
> dicking up my account preferences every time I change location.
>
>       Being able to select an account (for default from, smtp, sent,
> signature, and security keys - PGP or S/Mime) and then modify at least
> the From would be beneficial.  But the issue is more complicated.  All
> these orthogonal variables are lumped together as an "account" when some
> of them truly are independent or even (in the case of From) unbounded.

This sounds like the following enhancement request;
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=321016

In comment 1, I mention how kmail handles this separation of accounts and 
identity.

Cheers,
Nick