[MlMt] Selecting default SMTP server

[Antonio Leding]

Did you not see the instructions I sent re: using a specific SMTP server 
per account?

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On 24 Jul 2021, at 20:19, Ralph Alvy wrote:

> However, if I put my Fastmail SMTP server in my Tuffmail IMAP setup, 
> it works fine. But from what you said about using a "foreign" SMTP 
> server with an account is not advisable, I changed it back to its own 
> SMTP server and just live with it.
>
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2021, at 8:11 PM, Ralph Alvy wrote:
>> I have a Tuffmail account and new Fastmail account. I found that mail 
>> is
>> automatically sent via the Tuffmail smtp and I had no choice. I can't
>> seem to tell Mailmate what account I'm sending from. I will soon 
>> delete
>> the Tuffmail account.
>>
>> On 24 Jul 2021, at 19:47, Bill Cole wrote:
>>
>>> On 2021-07-24 at 21:15:55 UTC-0400 (Sat, 24 Jul 2021 18:15:55 -0700)
>>> Ralph Alvy <mailmate at lists.freron.com>
>>> is rumored to have said:
>>>
>>>> If I have more than one Source Acct, how do I tell Mailmate with 
>>>> SMTP
>>>> server to use for outgoing mail?
>>>
>>> Each account has its own exclusive SMTP Server settings. This is 
>>> good
>>> because on the modern Internet, it is not feasible to send mail
>>> claiming to be from a particular address through any arbitrarily
>>> chosen mail server. It might work, but more likely your mail would 
>>> be
>>> rejected or worse: dropped silently.
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Bill Cole
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