mu4e: Mention need for multiple account SMTP credentials in manual.

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Jesse Johnson 2014-10-11 12:44:13 -04:00
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@ -3267,6 +3267,7 @@ value)} pairs:
(user-mail-address "my.address@@account1.tld")
(smtpmail-default-smtp-server "smtp.account1.tld")
(smtpmail-local-domain "account1.tld")
(smtpmail-smtp-user "username1")
(smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.account1.tld")
(smtpmail-stream-type starttls)
(smtpmail-smtp-service 25))
@ -3276,16 +3277,23 @@ value)} pairs:
(user-mail-address "my.address@@account2.tld")
(smtpmail-default-smtp-server "smtp.account2.tld")
(smtpmail-local-domain "account2.tld")
(smtpmail-smtp-user "username2")
(smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.account2.tld")
(smtpmail-stream-type starttls)
(smtpmail-smtp-service 587))))
@end lisp
You can put any variables you want in the account lists, just make sure
You can put any variable you want in the account lists, just make sure
that you put in @emph{all} the variables that differ for each account.
Variables that do not differ do not be included. For example, if you use
the same smtp server for both accounts, you don't need to include the
smtp-related variables in @code{my-mu4e-account-alist}.
Variables that do not differ need not be included. For example, if you
use the same smtp server for both accounts, you don't need to include
the smtp-related variables in @code{my-mu4e-account-alist}.
Note that some SMTP servers (such as Gmail) require the SMTP username to
match the user mail address. In this case your mail will appear to
originate from whichever SMTP account you use. Thus unless you are
certain your SMTP server does not have this requirement, you should
generally use different SMTP account credentials for each mail account.
Now, the following function can be used to select an account and set the
variables in @code{my-mu4e-account-alist} to the correct values: