Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.4) Installed from: Compiled From Sources Some users travels and have several different SMTP accounts for different locations. Handling that in KMail is cumbersome(as far as I can tell) because one must remove and add SMTP accounts each time, it's not possible to enable or disable them. I wish that was possible. I believe the best way to implement that, GUI-wise, is to in the list of "Outgoing accounts"(Configure KMail->Accounts->Sending) add a third column(after Type), where each row is a checkbox that enables/disables the account. Perhaps this could be combined with somekind of visual feedback, such as graying the line of the disabled account. I believe that design would be the best: * there's plenty of room * it doesn't require the user to open yet another dialog * it is very clear what account the check box affects(which isn't the case if it is placed outside and it affects the account being selected) * is directly visible/no need to select an account in order to show what accounts that are disabled/enabled. Frans
Wouldn't it be much easier if Kmail would try and find out which of the smtp servers in the list accepts connection and relay? Then, if it finds one, it could set it as default. The moment it fails, because you are in a different location, it could try and search again.
see bug 98604.
Yes, good suggestion. It would let KMail do it, instead of the user having to do it manually, hence being transparent. It also doesn't require the GUI to be become more complex. However, KMail can't fallback to a SMTP transport that has lower security than the one that just failed. That is, if a SSL-layered transport fails, it can't fallback to an unencrypted. Frans
Trying different SMTP connections might compromise your privacy (because somebody who shouldn't see it might see which other provider you use) or in a corporate environment could even bring you into deep trouble for trying to connect to an SMTP server outside of your company. In any case this wish is part of the much more general wish for different profiles (including different sets of identities+incoming servers+outgoing servers). If you find the corresponding wish then please close this report as duplicate.
The way I handle this in the meantime is that I implemented a DCOP call to set the default SMTP server, and I have a simple sh script that checks my IP and then sets the correct SMTP server accordingly.
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