On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 12:04 -0400, Matthew Barnes wrote:
On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 15:01 +0000, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote:I would love to see this feature too... it is just too annoying having to go through a list of 100 dummy accounts and choosing the right one... Why not have it the same way as the To, Cc and Bcc buttons/input fields?I'm willing to entertain adding this feature but we need to work out a reasonable UI for it. A simple text entry won't work because Evolution needs to know what server to send the mail to and which Sent folder to place the mail in once it's sent. That information is specified in your account settings. So the message still needs to be associated with an account, even if the From address is altered.
That's an interesting point. All my sent messages get dumped into a
common local "sent" box but I see in preferences where that can be
change.
Good point on the smtp server issue, which brings up yet another point,
where I've gotten burned. There have been times where I've gone to
reply to messages where the smtp server for that account was
unreachable. Guess what... I can't reply to them. But if I select an
account I can send messages from, then the From address is no longer the
address I received the message on. I've had that problem numerous times
when I'm in road warrior mode (especially out of the country). I hate
dicking up my account preferences every time I change location.
Being able to select an account (for default from, smtp, sent,
signature, and security keys - PGP or S/Mime) and then modify at least
the From would be beneficial. But the issue is more complicated. All
these orthogonal variables are lumped together as an "account" when some
of them truly are independent or even (in the case of From) unbounded.
I notice Claws Mail gives you a combo box with a list of your accounts, but then puts the email address in a text entry next to it and lets you edit it. That might be a good starting point.
That would be a very good starting point.
Matthew Barnes
Mike
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