103275 - Multiple identities per account not supported

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 48757

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, enhancement)

Description

[[not reading bugmail]]

Taco Witte wrote:

> dman84 wrote:
> 
> <snap>
> 
>> Its called creating new profiles with profile manager - creating an 
>> account the way you want it for each profile.
>>
>>
> 
> No, that's not what I mean. The problem is that each account can only 
> have one outgoing 'name'. I mean that for each account only one field is 
> added to the options in From:. (I have configured my e-mail accounts at 
> my service providers in such a way that all messages are delivered to 
> one single inbox, and when I reply, I can only select one address from 
> which I send my reply.) Do you know what I mean?
> 
>>> The other thing is an option to have more outgoing e-mail addresses 
>>> per account. This is very useful in a family situation, in which 
>>> there's only one inbox (multiple e-mail addresses for one mailbox), 
>>> but everyone wants to send mail using the personal e-mail address. I 
>>> know that it's possible to 'override' this feature by creating a void 
>>> account in which only the name and e-mail address are configured, but 
>>> this is no solution..
>>> I hope that I'm not the only one who thinks these things are useful.
>>>
> 
> With regards,
> Taco Witte
> 

Ok, so you want multiple email identities in each account.. 


I get it. 

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looks like a simple/db user_pref and XUL update to support?

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

Looks like a rare occation that the user should mend either at his provider or
by using mail-filters to sort incoming mail to the actual useraccount inboxes.
Is there a "bloat-alert" keyword in bugzilla?

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

duplicate of "Multiple identities per account not supported"

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 48757 ***

Comment 3

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

drat, wish there was a way to reassign without having to reopen a bug. :)

Comment 4

[Ninoschka Baca]

Verified Duplicate.