Closed
Bug 166183
Opened 22 years ago
Closed 22 years ago
[RFE] Allow multiple From addresses without multiple POP accounts
Categories
(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, enhancement)
SeaMonkey
MailNews: Account Configuration
Tracking
(Not tracked)
People
(Reporter: s.marshall, Assigned: racham)
Details
It would be nice if there was some way to select from different From addresses when sending mail (using the dropdown list), but without requiring multiple POP accounts and the corresponding folder trees. There would be two ways to achieve this: 1. A single account could contain more than one address (perhaps via an Advanced... or Multiple... button beside 'email address' on the account configuration screen) 2. There could be a way to create 'send-only' accounts - basically nothing more than a name and email address, and any necessary options about attaching it to an SMTP server. I prefer #2 as it interferes less with the user interface for people who don't need this feature, and I suspect it might be easier to implement. The reason this would be a useful feature is that many domain hosts provide a setup in which a single POP account actually collects mail for all addresses to a domain (*@example.com). It is sometimes useful to use multiple different addresses for categorising received email, even though they go to the same account. Once you've done that, it's convenient to respond from those addresses - for example, you could respond to a query about the site from webmaster@example.com, whereas you might use jane@example.com to send your personal email. To compare with the competition, Outlook Express sort of contains this feature, although you have to hack it even there. (Basically, you can set up a POP account to a bogus server that is set to not receive mail, and because OE doesn't insist on multiple folder trees, that achieves the desired result.) This is one of the things that's keeping me moving to Mozilla mail from OE. And no, it's not just me who wants this; I just read a mailing list email where somebody is asking how to achieve it in *Netscape 4*. Ho hum. Apologies if this is a duplicate, I tried several searches but couldn't find it.
Comment 1•22 years ago
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See that bug.. it works, but the UI isn't finished. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 44863 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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