I'm sure enough. I've set up K-9 dozens of times over the years and not experienced anything like this in it. Most of my accounts are not .com. -- Andy
On August 24, 2019 10:26:25 AM EDT, Charles Buckley <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi Andy, > > > >Thanks for the quick answer, but I’m not sure I believe it. The >evidence to the contrary is: > >1. When I set up gmail, I typed in lots of server names, and have >been using gmail pretty regularly, entering addresses. No such changes >happen. > >2. Some of these changes are pretty email-specific, so I would >suspect rather the mail program than the phone operating system. Let’s >say that the unitary server for one of my mail accounts is >‘irgl.mrp.eu’ (I’ve changed the name, but it’s similar in form – >notably there is no .com anywhere in sight). When I set up gmail, I >could enter this server name unchanged. When I set up K-9, for the >incoming server, the server name was changed to ‘imap.ergl.mrp.comeu’ >and for the outgoing server, it was changed to ‘smtp.ergl.mrp.comeu’. >Somehow I have a hard time believing that Android itself would be doing >such a thing. > > > >With such community-developed software, sometimes not all those >involved are ‘in the picture’ about what others are doing. I’ve >cleaned out my share of ‘rogue commits’ in my day. > > > >So are you sure this is not a K-9 feature? If it is, it would be >great to have it turn-offable. > > > >Charles Buckley > > > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Andy Figueroa >Sent: Samstag, 24. August 2019 15:19 >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [k-9-mail] Turning off address and server name rewriting > > > >That must be your advanced Andrioid device talking. K-9 does no such >thing. >-- >Andy > >On August 24, 2019 5:52:38 AM EDT, Charles Buckley ><[email protected]> wrote: > >It was suggested that I try K-9, which seems to address many >shortcomings of Google mail. > > > >When I did, I noticed a really bizarre behavior -- when I'm entering an >email address or a server name during setup, K-9 will change '.' to >'.com' or do even more bizarre things with IMAP and SMTP server names. >This may be considered a good thing for people in the US who all think >the same way, but outside the US; the conventions are different, so it >just leads to trashed email addresses and server names. > > > >Is there any way to turn this 'feature' off? I walked the menus and >read the documentation, but didn't find anything. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Ch. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "K-9 Mail" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to [email protected]. >To view this discussion on the web visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/k-9-mail/01908f6d-2851-4048-a534-f3f6d567cf0b%40googlegroups.com ><https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/k-9-mail/01908f6d-2851-4048-a534-f3f6d567cf0b%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "K-9 Mail" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to [email protected]. >To view this discussion on the web visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/k-9-mail/C45A5366-95B1-4FDC-8465-72EDEA404AB3%40gmail.com ><https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/k-9-mail/C45A5366-95B1-4FDC-8465-72EDEA404AB3%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "K-9 Mail" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to [email protected]. >To view this discussion on the web visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/k-9-mail/05ec01d55a87%24ea0ca640%24be25f2c0%24%40gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/k-9-mail/DEFBA672-7153-4453-9108-06B0026AB726%40gmail.com.
