Indeed, there was a bug with setting a custom port number (or comma separated list). Fixed for Growl 2.1.
On Feb 10, 8:41 am, Daniel Siemer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
