15928 - Outgoing SMTP server should be linked to account

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, defect, P3)

Description

[fillmore]

Because of the Internet SPAM problem, many organizations are enforcing
anti-relaying policies in their SMTP servers.  Mozilla needs to be able
to use a separate SMTP server for each account so that outgoing mail
is not rejected by anti-relaying servers.   The M10 release includes
a comment that only one SMTP server is needed for all accounts, where
in fact one is needed for each ISP that the user connects to.  Perhaps
the account manager needs a feature to define ISPs that accounts could be
linked to.
Thanks,    Bob Fillmore

Comment 1

[Mark]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 13151 ***

Comment 2

[Alec Flett]

ok, this is not a dupe of 13151...however, this bug is in fact invalid, because
SMTP servers should not be linked to accounts.

Comment 3

[Alec Flett]

The reason being that the SMTP server you use is dependant on your physical
connection to the internet, not what account you're reading mail with.

Comment 4

[lchiang]

Comment from Bob Fillmore via email to me:

"What if you have multiple connections to the Internet? (eg. dialup and cable
modem, or travelling laptop). You then need multiple SMTP servers."

Comment 5

[Alec Flett]

yes, we are having multiple SMTP servers, they just are not associated with
accounts. They really should be associated with dialup connections, but we don't
have a way of detecting that (at least right now)

I've been talking to the dialup team about making this connection. Not sure it
will happen for a while.

Comment 6

[lchiang]

verified as invalid for now, per alec's comments.