email question

[Ken Moffat]

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Bill Campbell <linux-sxs at celestial.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 03, 2010, Ken Moffat wrote:
> > On 06/03/2010 12:06 PM, Vu Pham wrote:
> >>
> >> On 06/03/2010 01:01 PM, Bill Campbell wrote:
> >> [...]
> >>> It appears that Thunderbird only has a single outgoing server
> >>>
> >>
> >> I am using Thunderbird 3.0 which allows to set up multiple outgoing
> >> mail servers. You can add more outgoing smtp servers in the Account
> >> Settings  - Outgoing Server. Then you can assign  user accounts to
> >> different outgoing mail servers by selecting the option Outgoing
> >> server under each account.
> >>
> >> I think Thunderbird before 3.0 also allows this feature, although I do
> >> not remember which version started allowing you to do this.
> >>
> >
> > I have used t-bird for many versions, and it has always had the multiple
> > smtp account option, which is at the bottom of the accounts list: Edit
> > menu/Account Settings and scroll the left pane down to the
> > bottom/Outgoing Server(smtp)/Add button. Each acount has a pull down
> > menu in which you can choose the outgoing server.
>
> True, but isn't that a select one out of the list rather than
> automatically associating SMTP servers related to each account?
>
> Bill
>

True, you make a list of smtp servers, then associate each incoming account
with an outgoing server.

-- 
Ken Moffat
kmoffat at modizzle dot net
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