Bug 134720

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.4)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
OS:                Linux

Greetings Everybody

Email account setup ease is one of the most important aspects for every email client. The current settings setup for pop/smtp remain a bit cryptic to the __uninitiated__ for KMail.

To configure any account in setup / receive, we currently go to: configure KMail -> Setup for Sending and Receiving Messages. The problem is simple. There is nothing that _explicitely_ allows the end user to setup pop / smtp in such a way that they seemed and are "paired" if that is the wished behaviour from the beginning. A solution is to make Mail Transport options visible during the email composition process, something that is not the default layout in many distributions (source - based and non). I am aware that there are also _many_ other ways to set this up and force it to have the desired behaviour, but why not make it more straightforward to the _new_ user?

Wouldn't it be better if there was a setup/configuration layout in the Setup for Sending and Receiving Messages
section of Configure - KMail that allowed the end user to also "pair" a pop server setup with a _specific_ smtp server from the beginning? That option could be a simple drop / down list for example, just like the mail composer presents once you enable Mail Transport drop-down list option but available allready within setup. This is something minor, but handy.

This came up several times when I demonstrated the client to friends and advised them to use it.

My compliments for the excellent email client I have been using with joy all these years.

Thanks,

obseleron