My android keyboard tries to help me by adding a "com" if I enter a dot at the 
end of a web address. My guess would be that there are more helpful keyboards 
out there.

Kind regards,

  Gunter.

Am 24. August 2019 17:08:39 MESZ schrieb Andy Figueroa 
<[email protected]>:
>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.
>>
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