Re[2]: set port for authenticated SMTP

Alan G Isaac <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.mahogany.user
Organization American University
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:16:51 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) Alan G Isaac <[email protected]> wrote: 
>> Authenticated SMTP instructions usually tell the user to set
>> a port but assume this is an option in the preferences
>> dialogue.  In Mahogany it is not.  I believe it should be,
>> as it is in many other clients, but if not the syntax at
>> least should be explained (and illustrated with an example).

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, Nerijus Baliunas apparently wrote:
> IIRC you can set port by appending ":" and port number after SMTP
> server name. I believe it is written in the manual. Of course it could
> be explained in preferences dialog also.


Yes, this works.  As I said, I was pointing to a user
interface issue, not asking for help.

I believe that a box to enter the port, which many email
clients have, would work best.

Cheers,
Alan





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