[MlMt] Selecting default SMTP server

Antonio Leding tech at leding.net
Sun Jul 25 16:29:44 EDT 2021


Understood and agreed…but if one wishes to use an SMTP server that is 
not cfg’d to the SENDer account, then the hidden prefs feature is 
required…

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On 25 Jul 2021, at 12:37, Bill Cole wrote:

> On 2021-07-25 at 01:31:23 UTC-0400 (Sun, 25 Jul 2021 05:31:23 +0000)
> Antonio Leding <mailmate at lists.freron.com>
> is rumored to have said:
>
>> Correct - but I presumed he meant the SMTP server - if not, then 
>> I’m wondering if he might have been referring to how the SMTP 
>> server will be selected based on the From account…
>
> Without the experimental hidden preference that gives an independent 
> SMTP menu, I have the pull-down shown in the attached images. It is 
> automatically set based on context but if pulled down I can select any 
> of the explicitly configured addresses for any account, or use the 
> "Customize..." option to use any address I like, which MM will match 
> to an account using their "Address Pattern" settings. Because each 
> IMAP account has its own SMTP server setting, setting the From address 
> determines the SMTP server.
>
>
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