Hello, Andrew. April 15, 2004, 12:45:04 you wrote:
AA> Hello Maksym, >> I think the _main thing_ which defines an account is still POP >> settings AA> You're certainly entitled to your HO, but I challenge you to find a AA> single e-mail client that defines an account without a field for the AA> SMTP server (and associated authentication). Firstly, I didn't say there shouldn't be a field. I just said it's optional. Secondly, look at Pegasus Mail for example. I wouldn't say it's any better than TB!; however, it is a not-so-bad mail client, and it works for many people. It has "users" rather than "accounts". When you create a user, it has POP and SMTP settings for that user. Then, there are "IMAP profiles" - without any SMTP settings in them. You can create several "IMAP profiles" for a user. When you start it as say user 1, you have your folder list. When you connect to an IMAP profile, the root folder of your IMAP mailbox is "mounted" in your folder list. I must say I found that sort of organizing things in Pegasus a bit clumsy, but it works, and it _is_ an example of a well-known e-mail client which does not have even the "SMTP settings" field itself at least for IMAP "accounts". AA> For that matter, I challenge you to find a single ISP that AA> provides e-mail client configuration settings without specifying AA> both POP3/IMAP _and_ SMTP server names. I will have a look when I have time (maybe later today - leaving for simultaneus interpreting assignment right now), but I vaguely remember seeing cards for anonymous access, sold here by some ISPs, which either provide you with a POP mailbox and _do not_ allow you to use their SMTP for obvious spamfighting reasons. WHat I know for sure even now is that some ISPs (again, those who provide anonymous card-based access) allow you to use their SMTP (safeguarding themselves against possible spam complaints by identifying you e.g. via your phone number which they call back), but do not provide a POP mailbox. All this shows that an "account = (POP or IMAP) _plus_ SMTP" paradygm is in fact not so obvious and without any variations. (What is an "account", anyway? Of course if you _define_ it as "(POP or IMAP) _plus_ SMTP", then it is just what it says, but you hopefully get my point :).) AA> For that matter, I challenge you to find another e-mail client that AA> allows you to change the account used via a macro. IOW, the level of AA> detail to which we have access in templates is (already) excellent I agree, but even excellent things are always subject to improvement. I am an Orthodox Christian and I know everything the man makes cannot be ideal :). Regards, Maksym. -- Maksym Kozub, MK881-UANIC mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________ http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
