The outgoing account isn't an advanced feature but a central feature of an identity, so it needs to be moved to the "General" tab to avoid it being missed when setting up a new identity. While it might be preset to the default, the select box also shouldn't be disabled for the same reasons. The checkbox can go away. To avoid being abused by spammers, SMTP servers usually won't accept mails with a "from" address that doesn't belong to the account. This might include aliases but no completely different addresses. Therefore, in most cases, "outgoing account" needs to be set to a correct when creating a new identity. I consider this a UI bug, because it will lead to configurations that simply don't work and to irritated users that don't know what is wrong. Reproducible: Always
Also, the select box shouldn't only show the display name, but additionally user@mailserver, or just the mailserver if the SMTP server doesn't require a login. The name alone might not be meaningful enough, and as I said, it is often crucial to choose the right outgoing server.
Even better would be "(user@mailserver:port)".
"The outgoing account isn't an advanced feature but a central feature of an identity, so it needs to be moved to the "General" tab to avoid it being missed when setting up a new identity." I don't agree. By default we have 1 official smtp (official provider), so when you want to specify a smtp it's a advanced feature.
Hmm, okay. For now I'm setting this to WAITINGFORINFO, and will do some more research before reopening.
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