> On Sat, 2010-09-11 at 10:37 +0200, Leon Free wrote: >> Hi, >> >> In most mail clients (thunderbird, kmail), when creating a mail account, >> you define an identity (i.e. a mailbox=address+incoming server) but you >> do not need to specify a particular outgoing server (e.g. smtp). This >> server is defined in a separate (and independent) step. >> >> I think this is much better than in Evolution where the configuration >> associates a mailbox with an smtp server. >> Suppose I have 2 mail accounts/identities: >> * my.n...@firstdomain.net with incoming server imap.firstdomain.net >> * my.pse...@seconddomain.com with incoming server pop.seconddomain.com >> and that I can also use >> * smtp.fisrstdomain.net in my workplace only >> * smtp.seconddomain.com at home only >> >> My question is : how do I configure Evolution if I want to send a >> message using my second identity when I'm at work (ie using >> smtp.fisrstdomain.net)? Can I choose an outgoing server independently >> from my mail identity (some kind of smtp selection functionality)? >
> If we're talking about two different machine then no problem, but I > assume you mean you have a single laptop. Right There's no way to *directly* > select an SMTP server other than changing your identity, but in > principle you could do it by configuring Evo to use sendmail rather than > SMTP, and getting sendmail to understand your location. That's really > outside the scope of this list. > Thanks for mentioning that possibility. I think this is a critical issue when choosing a mail client (for laptop users) > Personally, I just use smtp.gmail.com from everywhere, but of course > Gmail keeps a copy of every message you send (that can be viewed either > as an advantage or a disadvantage), and may violate company policy or > clash with corporate outgoing filters. > Right again > poc > LF _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
