On August 24, 2019 7:38:12 AM HST, Charles Buckley <[email protected]> wrote: >But with me it only ‘helps’ in K-9. In Chrome or something, there are >no unwanted additions. > >I am using a US keyboard, and US Android 8 phone. But still it >misbehaves. > >The worst thing when using K-9, is it does this for email addresses. >For example, [email protected] becomes [email protected]. So it’s not >just for web addresses. But in gmail, there is no unwanted address >augmentation. > >Ch. > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Gunter Königsmann >Sent: Samstag, 24. August 2019 19:15 >To: [email protected]; Andy Figueroa >Subject: RE: [k-9-mail] Turning off address and server name rewriting > > >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.
I've never encountered that in K-9. That's why I don't think it's a K-9 feature. Maybe there's an option in Android settings to turn off autocompletion? -- David W. Jones [email protected] wandering the landscape of god http://dancingtreefrog.com Sent from my Android device with F/LOSS K-9 Mail. -- 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/883B1660-9C87-4594-8AF8-5C4AB6290523%40gmail.com.
