1, yes, error reporting could probably be improved, although there is logging to the Console you can check
2. yes, those are the default ports that are tried, and don't need to be entered if you are using one of them. However, it looks like we may have a bug with actually using custom port(s). Ill look into this before our next version ships 3. The preview button and it's behavior is standard across all displays (and isn't even owned by the UI that has all the settings in it), and is designed to fire it the same as if Growl had received a notification. 4, it's a fairly standard set of settings for sending an email over SMTP, an address/port for the server, whether to use/require TLS, authentication information, to/from email addresses On Feb 1, 6:43 pm, Chris Sciora <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I just installed Growl 2.01. After a frustrating half hour of trying > to configure MailMe, here's some constructive feedback on improving the UI. > > It did work *twice*, but the time lag to send email along with the > following leaves me unsure which magic combination of settings actually > worked. > > 1. When you click Preview, immediately show a confirmation message that > says "Mail was sent" or "Couldn't connect to mail server." Instead, it's a > black hole leaving you to guess whether the login information is wrong, > email is stuck in transit, port settings are wrong or Growl MailMe simply > doesn't work. That's why every other mail program works as requested. > > 2. What exactly are the three grey port numbers supposed to indicate? Are > they being used by default if nothing else is entered? Or do you always > have to type them in? > > I ask because it means guessing every combination of changing nothing, > trying one port or trying several separated by commas. Which is why #1 is > so helpful. > > 3. Change "Preview" to "Send Test Email". I fully expected to see a popup > with a sample email and send button. Instead, it sits there doing > (apparently) absolutely nothing. > > 4. How about documentation on the single most confusing setup piece of the > program? Or record a three minute screencast and publish it. > > Cheers, > Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
