On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 09:23 -0400, Richard E. Brown wrote: > We're getting many tech support requests from people whose e-mail > notifications aren't working. The problem frequently turns out to be > that they aren't filling in the "Senders address" field in the > preferences. > [much deleted] > So the question: Is there a sensible default for each of these fields? > Is there a value that a new (unconfigured) copy of InterMapper can set > there that will work in virtually all circumstances?
There isn't any default value that will work universally. Just as some mail servers reject messages with empty "From:" line (a bad idea for several reasons), some reject messages with invalid local addresses of the "From:" line, and most reject message where the domain name part of the "From:" address can't be resolved in DNS. Since you want to avoid making those fields mandatory in Preferences, how about making them mandatory only if the user tries to configure e-mail notification for a device? If the user user tries to configure e-mail notification for a device, and if the appropriate server and sender address information is not already configured in Preferences, InterMapper either puts up a warning saying e-mail notification will not be enabled until the necessary info is added to Preferences, or automatically opens the Mail Preferences dialog and refused to continue until the necessary values are provided. -- Chip Old (Francis E. Old) E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, BCPL Network Services Phone: 410-887-6180 Manager, BCPL.NET Internet Services FAX: 410-887-2091 Baltimore County Public Library 320 York Road Towson, MD 21204 USA ____________________________________________________________________ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ To unsubscribe: send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
