So (Send) uses Mail.app configuration, so in Mail's preferences the things I'd check are:
1. In Accounts, it will use the first account listed on the left. 2. For that account it will use the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) specified under the Account Information tab. 3. Under Composing prefs, check "Send new messages from:" Howard On Mar 3, 2011, at 12:18 PM, thistle wrote: > Thank you, Howard, for you answer. > However, I have already read the manual, but I do not believe it > answers my question. > > The manual says "The Send Directly variant does get the SMTP > configuration from the first mail account listed in Mail.app, so make > sure that is setup correctly.". But I am not using "Email item... > (Send Directly)", since it does not work on my machine and I would > rather keep sent messages stored in the sent-mail folders. > > I am using "Email item... (Send)", that uses the mail client specified > in the preferences (in my case, Mail.app). Even if the previous > sentence, the one extracted from the manual, is to be applied to the > second command "Email item... (Send)" (and not only to the "Send > Directly" one), the first mail account listed in Mail.app does not > correspond to the sender of the eMails sent using QS. > > I really cannot find a single reason why the emails are sent from that > address (and not from the default one or from the first in the list). > > Regards, > thistle > > > On Mar 3, 5:52 pm, Howard Melman <[email protected]> wrote: >> See the top of page 75 in the >> manual:http://mysite.verizon.net/hmelman/Quicksilver.pdf >> >> "Both of these actions have three variants. They are: Email Item... >> (Compose), Email Item... (Send), and Email Item... (Send Directly), and >> there are similar ones for Email To.... The Compose variant uses the default >> email client (specified in the Email Handler) and opens a message compose >> window to be filled out. The Send variant also uses the default email client >> but doesn’t open a window; it sends the mail automatically. Both the Compose >> and Send variants will start the default email client if it’s not running. >> The Send Di- rectly variant doesn’t use the default email client to send the >> message but does so directly from Quicksilver. As a result it's primary >> benefit is that the default email client does not need to be running. Note >> that if the default email client keeps a Sent folder (like Mail.app does) >> the outgo- ing message is not stored there. The Send Directly variant does >> get the SMTP configuration from the first mail account listed in Mail.app, >> so make sure that is setup correctly." >> >> Howard
