GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 270896
Provide one global setting for outgoing SMTP server to use
Last modified: 2021-05-19 11:12:59 UTC
By default, we need one global setting for SMTP outgoing. The motivation behind that is that *for years* SMTP relay is stricly dependent of your network location. So having only one make it simple to change it that on all 4 IMAP accounts. Thunderbird has that. Side effect: we should be able for each account to override the setting to not use the global SMTP setting.
In fact, perhaps this setting should go to global network settings. I wish it was even part of DHCP leased info.
i can't see this ever happening, at least not in this way we have specific outgoing settings because thats what people want, e.g. for accessing multiple isp's at the same time.
Doesn't create a new account default to inheriting the default account's SMTP settings if you choose to use SMTP, anyway? Doesn't that mean this is a solved problem? :)
hmm...comments? anyway, updating version number
comment 2 is pure crack as with SMTP restriction and etc. SMTP should be a setting related to the network location, not the incoming account. In Canada (at least), most ISP filter out SMTP outgoing to force to use their relays. Companies to the same on their network. And all the other only accept SMTP from inside their network unless it is to deliver to them (it is called prevention). Any other case is a case of open relay. Off course there should still be an option to use a specific outgoing SMTP for a specific account, but that is only an exceptionnal case. The only reason I see for it is to use authenticated SMTP of SSL (or something). Thunderbird as it right.
Bug 510909 might be the better way to fix this.
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