295260 - Wrong SMTP server when multiple defined and default setting is ignored.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 261305

(Thunderbird :: Preferences, enhancement)

Description

[Georgios Diamantopoulos]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2
Build Identifier: Thunderbird version 1.0.2 (20050317)

I have two POP3 accounts and they both require a different SMTP server for
security reasons. When I define both SMTP servers, there are two problems:
- The default one is ignored. Tbird seems to use the first one ever defined
- It will not try to select the correct SMTP server. It should learn by trial
and error which POP3 is for which SMTP. Mozilla Mail (Suite) seems to do
something like that.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add SMTP server SMTP1
2. Add SMTP server SMTP2
3. Set SMTP2 server default

Actual Results:  
Result1: SMTP1 is still used to send e-mails
Result2: If you attempt to send e-mail from an account that SMTP1 will reject,
SMTP2 will not be attempted and set as the default SMTP for that account.

Expected Results:  
It should attempt all SMTP servers until it finds the correct one and save the
"preference". Or at least allow the user to set which SMTP server to use to send
e-mail from which account.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

>Or at least allow the user to set which SMTP server to use to send
>e-mail from which account.

Is 
Account Settings\accountX\Server settings\advanced not working for you ?

Comment 2

[Georgios Diamantopoulos]

I cannot believe I have missed that... Thanks for pointing out. I changed the
severity to enhancement - an automatic handling of this would be nice.

Comment 3

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

An automtaic handling seems to be impossible for me.
How should Mozilla/TB know that the connection to the server isn't only temprary
down or if you only selected the wrong password or whatever. 
And Mozilla should not try to use an automatic setting because some people don't
want to send private mail through the SMTP server in the company where they are
working.
This makes this RFE invalid IMHO.

The outgoing server UI changed on the Mozilla trunk (should be in TB1.1) and
it's much easier to find the settings.

Comment 4

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

(In reply to comment #3)
> And Mozilla should not try to use an automatic setting because some people
> don't want to send private mail through the SMTP server in the company where
> they are working.
> This makes this RFE invalid IMHO.

*Some* people might not want to turn on an option, therefore it's invalid?
I think not.  How about if we just dupe it to an existing bug?

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 261305 ***