Ricky: Thanks, I didn't know about that extension. It will work for now, but the problem is I either have to change it each time manually or live with it being able to save only one (I'm talking about the two Options available for the editsender extension -- I tried both). It's not necessarily easier. Using a fake POP account is easier because it's already there in the From dropdown list, and I could set up as many as I'd like.
Chris: Did you mean to type SMTP instead of POP in your message? One doesn't SEND email through POP. I think what you might be trying to describe is a POP-before-send scenario in the cases where an SMTP server doesn't provide authentication. On Jan 9, 4:21 am, Chris Clifton <[email protected]> wrote: > Most ISP POP servers will allow mails with any "From" address, real or > imaginary, to be sent as long as you are logged in to their system > either dial-up or broadband. You can't normally send any email through > an ISP POP server if you're not logged in. For example if you were to > take your laptop to a friend's house and connect to the internet though > his network and ISP you wouldn't be able to send mail through your own > ISP's POP server, but you could send through his ISP's server. To > prevent misuse, most system adminstrators will set up POP servers so > that users will have to identify themselves as authorised users either > by logging in to the system in general or specifically logging into the > POP server. > > > > Ricky L. Parham wrote: > > There's an extension that will allow you to do this much easier. It's > > called "editsender". You can download it at > >http://nic-nac-project.de/~kaosmos/index-en.html#editsender > > > Once installed, create a new email message, then you can right-click on > > the "From" account and choose "Edit sender details for this message". > > Then you can change the Name, email address, and organization from which > > the email is being sent. > > > I've used it before and sent emails to myself and friends and checked > > the email source and there was no mention of my actual email address > > listed in the source. > > > I tested it with various accounts, and it works as long as your smtp > > server allows relaying. I think it was the smtp servers that didn't > > allow relaying that didn't allow the emails to go through. But you can > > play around with it and see if it works for you. > > > - Ricky > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Webmail spin off extension to create fake POP server > > From: taa <[email protected]> > > To: Thunderbird Webmail Extension > > <[email protected]> > > Date: 01/08/2010 02:40 PM > > >> Hello, > > >> Since Webmail is already doing part of this, I'm wondering if it could > >> have an additional capability, or maybe as another extension entirely, > >> such that it could be used as a fake POP server. Here's why this would > >> be useful: > > >> My primary account polls an IMAP server. There are times when I want > >> to use a different from email address yet send the email through the > >> same SMTP server. I can set up a second IMAP account but then I would > >> have two polling the same server, with two inboxes, etc. Instead I > >> would want to create a POP account with the POP server pointing to a > >> fake server, where the fake server would always report to Thunderbird > >> that it has zero messages. I would set the default SMTP server to be > >> the same as for my primary account. This way, when I'm composing an > >> email, I can choose the fake pop account in the "From" dropdown list. > > --
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