[X-Apps] Send only email accounts and Mail.app

[Judi Sohn]

On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 03:18 PM, Robert L. Vaessen wrote:

> It seems that the folders/files created on the computer when email 
> accounts are created, are named according to the incoming or outgoing 
> server names.  Is this correct?

It's the incoming (POP) server in combination with the username, as 
I've run into the same thing. I can have multiple accounts that use the 
same outgoing (SMTP) server. But I can't have two accounts that use the 
same username on the same POP server.

Here's a workaround...use a different username, even if it's a fake 
one. Make up the password too, as the field can't be blank. Those two 
fields only matter if you're checking email, which you don't plan to 
do. Be careful that you uncheck the box under Accounts -> Advanced -> 
"include when automatically checking mail" since you will definitely 
get an error message when trying to check any mail from that account as 
the username/password doesn't exist. But as long as the SMTP server is 
correct, you should be able to send and it would appear to be from the 
faked email address. I've done this myself for email that I have 
forwarded to this address that I need to reply and have it appear to be 
from the original address, so I know it works.

Of course, this all depends on whether or not you are allowed to do 
this from your SMTP server (if the domain name is different). But it 
should make it through Mail.app okay.

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Judi Sohn
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