a shout out to the Mac geeks out there

[metawidget]

Anyone know how to get mail to change SMTP servers automatically when I choose a new network location? I'm running OS X 10.4 and it'd be really cool to be able to switch locations without digging around in Mail preferences...

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[almond-tiger.livejournal.com]

I wish I could help. Mail has always confused and annoyed me, though. But if you don't mind being talked down to a big, the macosx community usually have answers.

[epplegacks.livejournal.com]

As far as I know the only way to do it is by accessing the preferences. There might be some Applescripts for it, do a quick google for mail and applescript, something might pop up.

[ramou.livejournal.com]

Not sure of the question, but is this something I could help with?

[metawidget]

If you had an authenticated SMTP server which didn't use port 25 (Concordia blocks that one), possibly...

[ramou.livejournal.com]

Concordia is blocking 25 or is it blocking the secure one? It shouldn't be blocking 25...

[don-teo.livejournal.com]

Concordia blocks Port 25 as their solution for preventing unauthorized relays on the smtp protocol. Very much like trying to kill a mosquitoe with a cannon. Sympatico does the same thing, and I think Videotron as well. It's annoying as hell as you can't have your own smtp server on their network since you always have to route through theirs.

I think epplegacks had the right idea, there might be an applescript for it but I don't think there is a built-in funtion.

[ramou.livejournal.com]

You mean they're blocking outgoing connections where the remote port is 25? That's extremely retarded... well, maybe that's a really good idea.

What's the problem? Won't any network you're on have a valid smtp server that will accept outgoing? Is the problem setting up automatic detection of which network you're on to pick the right outgoing mail server?

[metawidget]

The problem is that Mail.app doesn't seem to know when I've changed networks -- I'd like it to pick an SMTP server associated with the current network (provided once by me) rather than having me choose it manually every time.

[ramou.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking of getting an authenticated SMTP server set up, but I'm pretty lazy, and there's yet to be much demand.

[http://users.livejournal.com/hub_/]

Nobody at Apple or elsewhere seems to have had a clue about that. On MacOS 8 we had the location manager and nobody never implemented this.

What I do is that I use a secure SMTP with authentication that my ISP in France provide... until I set one on my own server. At least Thunderbird has one global settings.

[denkizero.livejournal.com]

There's no way. Sometimes I wonder why they even bothered with network locations at all in the pref. panel, because they don't trickle down to other apps at all..

So um. Yeah. Maybe in your software update in a dozen years? hell, I think NeXT did it better...