Re: Fw: Re: balsa sending window just hangs

[Pawel Salek <pawsa TheoChem kth se>]

On 2002.04.30 15:17 Brian Stafford wrote:
> I received this message off list this afternoon.
> 
> It does my heart good to know that end users appreciate the 
> selflessness of one's dedication in time and effort; writing free 
> software is clearly its own reward!

The sender apparently was not aware that balsa allows for smtp.toast.net 
specification of SMTP submission host as well - as long as 
smtp.toast.net provides submisssion service.

-pawel

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> On Tuesday 30 April 2002 03:26 am, Brian Stafford wrote:
>> Read the docs again, check the list, this has been discussed enough
>> times. Specify the SMTP server as hostname:smtp or hostname:25.  The
>> default port for message submission is 587 per RFC 2476.
> 
> In various operating systems I've used a bunch of email clients, and 
> all the ones I've used for any length of time use a specification like
> smtp.toast.net
> 
> Having a different specification style confuses people who are trying
> the program for the first time. It does have the advantage of allowing
> experienced users to feel superior to the newbies.
> 
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> Brian
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