140440 - Cannot select secondary SMTP server

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 86370

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, defect)

Description

[John G. Myers]

In Mozilla 1.0 RC1, I currently have two SMTP servers configured:

user_pref("mail.smtp.defaultserver", "smtp1");
user_pref("mail.smtp.ssl", 2);
user_pref("mail.smtp_name", "jgmyers");
user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp1.auth_method", 1);
user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp1.hostname", "nsmail-1.mcom.com");
user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp1.try_ssl", 2);
user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp1.username", "jgmyers");
user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp4.auth_method", 1);
user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp4.hostname", "sbs-smtp.netscape.com");
user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp4.try_ssl", 1);
user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp4.username", "[e-mail]");
user_pref("mail.smtpservers", "smtp1,smtp4");

I open the Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings, select one of my IMAP accounts,
click on the "Advanced" button.  The drop-down box has three items in it,
"Always use default server", "nsmail-1.mcom.com", and "" (that is, blank).  I am
unable to get Mozilla to use the sbs-smtp.netscape.com SMTP server.

Comment 1

[John Levon]

isn't this bug 129951 ?

Comment 2

[John G. Myers]

I have no idea if this is bug 129951 as that bug does not have a reproducable
test case.

Comment 3

[steffen]

This bug relies to 129951. To me and a lot of friends and colleagues this is a 
really annoing bug, as switching SMTP addresses is crucial and most SMTP 
servers do not allow relaying. PLEASE SOLVE THIS ISSUE, as it stops us from 
switching from Micro$oft to Mozilla!!!

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826
1) OK button is not functional at "Outgoing Server (SMTP) settings"
2) Cannot chose SMTP server for each account, always default server is used

Comment 4

[John G. Myers]

Workaround is to delete the secondary SMTP server and add it back in.  This
situation happens when you create multiple SMTP servers and then delete one of
the ones in the middle.

Comment 5

[Henry Rieke]

Hello,

Recently I came across this little problem / bug / feature-

I need to have multiple email accounts each with an outgoing mail server.  The
problem is with the advanced settings, they do not work 100% of the time, plus
it appears to be confusing when I'm trying to assist other people (for example,
my sister) in setting up her system to mimic my machine.

For example:
I need to check the email from these accounts; Webmaster, info, and fans, plus
my own personal account(s).
The server is setup only to allow email sent if the userid and address match, so
I can not send email from webmaster via fans's account, nor would I want to have
my mail set from katemichaels' domain (or vice versa).

Here's my solution to the problem:
For each account add an outgoing server to the Server Settings panel with the
option of using a globally defined account.
This way you can have multiple outgoing mail servers and not be confused as to
what account is sending what email.

Who do I now bug? 

Comment 6

[Christian Eyrich]

Er, sorry, isn't this bug 86370? At least the reporters smtp4 has a username
with an @ assigned.

As the mentioned bug has been resolved a week ago, please test this bugs issue
again with a recent build and add your comments from this test here.

Comment 7

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

mass re-assign.

Comment 8

[Henrik Lynggaard Hansen]

marking dupe per comment #6 and the reporter has not said otherwise

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 86370 ***