[Users] Identities

[Peter Richards]

On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 23:15:51 -0000
Paul <paul at claws-mail.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 08:17:26 +1000
> Peter Richards <peter777 at users.sourceforge.net> wrote: 
> 
> > Even though I use a 'workaround' for CM not having an identity
> > function by adding accounts, there are still instances where I have
> > to either manually enter the "From:" details.  So the workaround is
> > not perfect.  
> 
> Well, you might just as easily say identities are a workaround for
> not having an SMTP-only-account function! Even with identities it
> might be the case where you have to manually enter the From: details,
> having not set up the alias you want.

I was going to ask what a "SMTP only account" was, but I see another CM
user asked the question.

How I have managed the workaround (to no identities, like in KMail,
TM, etc) is probably what Paul would call a "SMTP only account".

I only use that 'CM account' for sending because any POP3/receiving is
done at a server level 'account'. So yes, come to think of it, that is
how I have used them.

To set them up, I just copy/clone another CM account and then only
change the "From".  That's it.  When I compose, open the dropdown for
accounts and select the correct 'sender'.

> > From memory, in KMail, an identity was similar to a local alias. It
> > was connected to an account, so one could have many identities and
> > only have to setup a few accounts. It worked well, on replies,
> > forwarding, etc.  
> 
> SMTP-only accounts are a more powerful form of identities. They allow
> to set different options for your identity, for example a different
> signature, a different Reply-To, a different GPG key, and any other
> option.

Okay
 
> This might be overkill for you, you might want everything the same
> apart from the From header. I can see where the simplicity of just
> creating a list of email addresses might be wanted. But it is also
> simple to create one SMTP-only account and then copy this as many
> times as you need, changing just the email address each time. You can
> use the 'auto-account-selection' options with these, so mostly you
> won't even have to manually choose the account you need.

Yes, that's basically how I do it now. I will checkout the
'auto-account-selection' options also.

> OTOH, by all means, create a feature request for identities.

Thanks, I'll chew on it. For composing, it will be the same
with/without identities, just open a dropdown. With replying to, if the
'sender' is in the list of CM accounts, it gets put into the "From", if
not I have to manually open the dropdown. If there is a "From" that I
haven't setup yet, then key in in manually.

Peter

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