[ubuntu-uk] From Evolution to Thunderbird ....

Simon Greenwood sfgreenwood at gmail.com
Fri Aug 12 18:25:52 UTC 2011


You can define multiple SMTP servers and choose which one to use. That's
separate from the account configuration. There are probably plugins that
make it easy to change.

s/
On 12 Aug 2011 19:18, "Barry Drake" <bdrake at crosswire.org> wrote:
> Overall, I'm pleased that the next release goes back to Thunderbird - I
> think it has better possibilities. But, one area I miss is the apparent
> lack of control over the sending fields. On Evolution, I was able to
> set my sending to use another server than the receive server. I need to
> do this because my ISP only allows sending when logged into their own
> service, so when I'm away and hooked up to a wi-fi, I can't reply in the
> normal way.
>
> Evolution allows for fully setting the from field to my ISP while
> sending from another. All Thunderbird allows is changing the 'reply-to'
> field ... not quite as good. I took a look at the configuration - the
> accounts information is in a file called prefs.js, but I can't see a
> workaround there. Any thoughts?
>
> Regards, Barry.
>
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