Re: Balsa 2.2.0 end user impressions

[Willem Riede <wriede riede org>]

On 07/20/2004 08:34:15 PM, Craig Routledge wrote:
>   "SMTP server refused connection.
>    Balsa by default uses submission service (587).
>    If you want to submit mail using relay service (25),
>    specify it explicitly via: "host:smtp".
>    Message is left in outbox."
>
> This may be the best route.  Asking the user for information that they may
> not have been given by their ISP (who think that all mail programs connect
> to port 25) is a poor idea for a wizard designed for newbies.
>
> This way the wizard does not ask, but the setting is available.  And the
> user only needs to be concerned with any of this if there is a problem.
>
> On 07/20/2004 11:01:09 AM, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> > Agreed; some might argue that "submission" (587) is the correct default
> > port, but I have yet to find an smtp server that provides it!
>
> So the only question is: what should the default setting be?  I'm all for
> using 587, but I don't see any movement away from SMTP on port 25, and POP3
> for pickup on the vast majority of major ISPs.  Certainly that's what I'm
> stuck with at the moment.

Could Balsa check whether 587 is available in real time while the smtp
server is being set up?

Regards, Willem Riede.