Jay Garcia wrote: > Taco Witte wrote: > > >>dman84 wrote: >> >><snap> >> >>>Its called creating new profiles with profile manager - creating an >>>account the way you want it for each profile. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>No, that's not what I mean. The problem is that each account can only >>have one outgoing 'name'. I mean that for each account only one field is >>added to the options in From:. (I have configured my e-mail accounts at >>my service providers in such a way that all messages are delivered to >>one single inbox, and when I reply, I can only select one address from >>which I send my reply.) Do you know what I mean? >> >> >> >>>>The other thing is an option to have more outgoing e-mail addresses >>>>per account. This is very useful in a family situation, in which >>>>there's only one inbox (multiple e-mail addresses for one mailbox), >>>>but everyone wants to send mail using the personal e-mail address. I >>>>know that it's possible to 'override' this feature by creating a void >>>>account in which only the name and e-mail address are configured, but >>>>this is no solution.. >>>>I hope that I'm not the only one who thinks these things are useful. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>With regards, >>Taco Witte >> >> >> > > A "profile" can consist of many accounts. An "account" is a single > identity, the two are synonymous. > > I don't quite understand what you're after here. Doesn't make sense that > the account "Joe" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) would also be "Betty" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > configured in the same account. > > Example: > > You have ONE account named "Joe" which sends/replies as [EMAIL PROTECTED] You > have a second account named "Betty" which sends/replies as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you have email received in the account "Joe.isp.com" and you want to > reply as "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" then that's quite simple to do by clicking the > drop down "From" list and choosing any account name/address. > > Both of the above "accounts" are in one single "profile" .... > >
I might also add here that if you are in the "Joe" account and you send/reply as the "Betty" account it picks up the Identity settings of the "Betty" account such as Betty's signature for example. -- Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org
