[MlMt] Selecting default SMTP server

[Antonio Leding]

And we’ve come full circle…

https://lists.freron.com/mailmate/2021-July/014422.html

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On 24 Jul 2021, at 21:07, Bill Cole wrote:

> On 2021-07-24 at 23:58:59 UTC-0400 (Sat, 24 Jul 2021 20:58:59 -0700)
> Ralph Alvy <mailmate at lists.freron.com>
> is rumored to have said:
>
>> Bill,
>>
>> I really don't understand what you mean here. When I send an email 
>> with Mailmate, it grabs the SMTP server from my old Tuffmail account, 
>> even if it's offline. But all my mail is coming to my Fastmail 
>> account. What would be wrong with putting my Fastmail SMTP server in 
>> my Tuffmail account setup? I never CHOOSE an act to send from. I just 
>> tell Mailmate to do a New Message.
>
> Do you not have a pull-down menu in your Composer windows that lets 
> you pick the From address?
>
>
>>
>> Ralph
>>
>> 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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>>> (AKA @grumpybozo and many *@billmail.scconsult.com addresses)
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> -- 
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