>I've had some email problems. Sorry for the bandwidth. If this works, >Chris has saved me again.
Looks like it works. For the sake of the rest of the list, the fix was to install the Emailer Custom Settings patch. I highly recommend that anyone not already running Emailer with this patch start doing so. At this point ALL mail servers that pay attention to the FROM line in the email envelope expect the FROM to be your normal email address. Many servers still don't pay any attention to that info, but more and more are. When, not if but when, your mail server starts paying attention to that info, be warned that it will almost positively reject your email when it gets the FROM line that Emailer sends by default. Emailer by default sends the info in your email Account field. The problem with that is, that is no longer relevant to your actual email address. Sure, years ago they were generally one in the same, but with today's ISPs and multiple domains, and multiple servers, the username/pop server combo in the Account field really no longer has anything to do with what your email address is. Its just a matter of time before the mail server that you use starts checking the FROM line to help reduce spam. When it does, it is going to expect you to use your email address because that is what every other email client uses. So when it does check, its going to reject your email. Installing the Emailer Custom Settings patch will cause Emailer to use the Email Address field info as the FROM line. So it makes Emailer behave like every other email client out there, and thus behave in a way that mail servers expect. The Custom Settings Patch is nothing harmful to Emailer. In fact, ALL of its "patch" items are already in Emailer (go ahead, open Emailer in ResEdit, look for the Ecst resource, that is the Custom Settings Patch... its built right in folks!). The only thing the patch does is makes it easier to change that particular resource in Emailer. It lets you mess with an external file rather than having to open Emailer in ResEdit, which is an action that scares many people. So the patch is 100% safe, and fully functional with Emailer. There really is no reason NOT to install that patch. You can download the patch from at least my FTP site and fog city's web site (www.fogcity.com). I'm sure other places have it archived as well. And as a final FYI, I did NOT create this patch. I'm not sure who did (I'd have to break out my copy and read the file with it), but I believe it was the creators of Emailer that released it. I may be able to offer limited assistance with it, but it is NOT my patch, so in the long run, I can't help you. And of course, that brings up another issue... I didn't write Emailer, nor am I currently developing it (some people I think believe Emailer is my application). If you have an Emailer related question, ask the list, not me. I might be able to help with some problems, but always ask the list as there are LOTS of people on this list that know how to fix Emailer problems, and all of us have different areas that we know best... so ask everyone, and let everyone answer. I'm also not in charge of this list, and have no control or special info about it. (had to toss that in as well, since I think some people think this list is mine). The only thing I have any control over is <ftp.mythtech.net/emailer>. That is my FTP server, and I provide it as an unsupported location for people to store Emailer related items for download. If you have a problem with the server, THEN you should email me. If you have a problem with any of the files on the server, ask the person who made it, not me... I'm honestly not even aware of what all is ON my server, much less what most of it does or how to use it. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
