On 2015-10-15, walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why would I use a different smtp server if I'm now using imap? I use > smtp to send mail, and imap to read it, right? Why not use the same > smtp server in either case?
The only thing I can imagine is that perhaps when you send via the "imap" smtp server, it saves a copy of the outbound mail in a "sent" IMAP folder. I've never actually seen a setup like that, and I doubt that's the real answer. > (The different server names actually resolve to the same IP address, so > the distinction seems to be more theoretical than real, but the theory > is what puzzles me.) Sounds like a normal low-level SNAFU to me... -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Can you MAIL a BEAN at CAKE? gmail.com