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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] Improving the KSCD configuration dialog
From:       Dave Corrie <kde () davecorrie ! com>
Date:       2002-07-12 22:39:50
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On Friday 12 July 2002 11:01 am, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Friday 12 July 2002 12:54, Dave Corrie wrote:
> > Screenshot (~40k): http://davecorrie.com/kscd_global.png
>
> it appears[1] that you can't edit the smtp port, but you can edit the
> smtp server?

Correct, which is definitely... odd. The reason behind this oddness is 
in points (a) and (b) of my previous email.

> this would probably be a generally better approach as it wouldn't
> have widgets doing "double duty"... a way to reconcile the smtp
> server would be to simply seperate it from the rest...
>
> something like:
>
>  [x] Enable submission via SMTP
>
>   [ the smtp server settings ]
>
>  (o) Use email address from control center <-- make that a link?
>         [ qlabel showing what those settings actually are ]
>  ( ) Use a different email address
>         [widgets allowing you to define this]

From this I assume you intend the SMTP server settings to be entirely 
local to kscd? The reason I state this is that previously the SMTP port 
was hard-coded and the SMTP server was a "global" setting (albeit a 
global setting that could not be configured in the KDE Control Centre).

Making the SMTP server setting entirely local to kscd simplifies things 
a great deal - I think this would be a good idea. I'll work on a patch 
and post it tomorrow.

> btw, i realize we are spending waaaaay lots of time on this little
> feature, but i think the things we learn here (including the various
> way to go about something) can be applied over and over again.

I've learnt a lot already. I appreciate your time spent considering 
this. And I look forward to not having to rely on any global settings 
in my configuration of kscd :)

Cheers,

Dave
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