114224 - i need to switch the outgoing mailserver becouse i have different mail provider

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 109162

(MailNews Core :: Networking: SMTP, enhancement)

Description

[Patrick Steiner]

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BuildID:    20011120

i need to change the outgoing mailserver becouse i have different mail provider.
My Problem:
I have two mailadress [e-mail] and [e-mail]. My outgoing Mailserver are
mail.gmx.net and mail.bluewin.ch. The default mailserver is mail.gmx.ch. Now
when i send a message from [e-mail] it works very well. but when i send a
message from [e-mail] then use mozilla the default mailserver and this is
not allowed. The Server respone the follow errormessage:
Only regisrated user are allowed to use this system

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Write a mail from the first adresse -> it works !
2.Write a mail from the second adresse -> It fails becouse its the wrong mail server

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Why is this an enhancement ?
And where is the problem ?
Change the server for your second account and it should work.

Comment 2

[alge]

Umm, Matti, where exactly do you set SMTP server on a per-account-basis?
Couldn't find anything like it. Maybe I'm blind. Don't think so, though. Sure
you can have several SMTP servers but shouldn't you be able to select one to
always be used with one account? Thingie?

Patrick, as a workaround, try finding a slightly more liberal SMTP server which
would allow you to set the From: field to anything you like.

Comment 3

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Edit\Mail&News Account settings\\outgoing server (smtp)\Advanced\Add
Edit\Mail&News Account settings\Account\Advanced\select outgoing SMTP server

Comment 4

[alge]

OK. Not the easiest to find IMHO - shouldn't it be under Server Settings or
something?
Change summary to "Make setting SMTP server on a per-account-basis more
userfriendly" or whatever?
Btw, if setting the outgoing mailserver is the only thing under "advanced", why
is it under "advanced"? If the user added an SMTP server, they have already done
_something_ from an advanced thing, so selecting SMTP server should be possible
to do directly from account settings or server settings IMHO.

Comment 5

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

assigning to jglick.  This is a UI design bug.

Comment 6

[Ninoschka Baca]

Marking a duplicate of bug# 109162 since this bug mentions moving the Account
Settings panel/Advanced button options to the Server panel.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 109162 ***

Comment 7

[Ninoschka Baca]

Verified duplicate.