Toggle Advanced Sending Settings?

[MC]

For reasons beyond my understanding, my ISP Account needs two settings
to send mail, depending on where I am.

1)

On the road -- anywhere away from home -- I need to *check* "SMTP server
requires authentication"

2)

At home I need to *UN*-check "SMTP server requires authentication"

It takes a succession of steps to get to the "Advanced Sending Options"
to set and reset this.

Is there a quick way to toggle between the two?

 

[Barry Wainwright]

For reasons beyond my understanding, my ISP Account needs two settings
to send mail, depending on where I am.

1)

On the road -- anywhere away from home -- I need to *check* "SMTP server
requires authentication"

2)

At home I need to *UN*-check "SMTP server requires authentication"

It takes a succession of steps to get to the "Advanced Sending Options"
to set and reset this.

Is there a quick way to toggle between the two?

yes, use this script:

-- Toggle SMTP Authentication v1.0 (200x-xx-xx)
-- an applescript by Barry Wainwright <mailto:[email protected]>
-- toggles the SMTP authentication setting on the first IMAP account
-- written in response to a request on
news://microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
-- This script released under a Creative Commons Attribution,
NonCommercial, ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales License.
-- see <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/> for full
details

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
tell IMAP account 1
set SMTP requires authentication to not SMTP requires
authentication
end tell
end tell



note: you don't say what sort of account it is, I have assumed it's
IMAP, but is it actually POP, then change 'tell IMAP account 1' to 'tell
POP Account 1'

to use the script, paste it into Apple's 'Script Editor' and save it in
the 'Entourage script menu items' folder in you 'Microsoft User Data'
folder (in 'Documents'). the script can then be run by selecting it from
the script menu in Entourage

 

[MC]

yes, use this script:

-- Toggle SMTP Authentication v1.0 (200x-xx-xx)
-- an applescript by Barry Wainwright <mailto:[email protected]>
-- toggles the SMTP authentication setting on the first IMAP account
-- written in response to a request on
news://microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
-- This script released under a Creative Commons Attribution,
NonCommercial, ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales License.
-- see <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/> for full
details

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
tell IMAP account 1
set SMTP requires authentication to not SMTP requires
authentication
end tell
end tell



note: you don't say what sort of account it is, I have assumed it's
IMAP, but is it actually POP, then change 'tell IMAP account 1' to 'tell
POP Account 1'

to use the script, paste it into Apple's 'Script Editor' and save it in
the 'Entourage script menu items' folder in you 'Microsoft User Data'
folder (in 'Documents'). the script can then be run by selecting it from
the script menu in Entourage

Many thanks. I'll give it a whirl tomorrow.

 

[MC]

yes, use this script:

-- Toggle SMTP Authentication v1.0 (200x-xx-xx)
-- an applescript by Barry Wainwright <mailto:[email protected]>
-- toggles the SMTP authentication setting on the first IMAP account
-- written in response to a request on
news://microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
-- This script released under a Creative Commons Attribution,
NonCommercial, ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales License.
-- see <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/> for full
details

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
tell IMAP account 1
set SMTP requires authentication to not SMTP requires
authentication
end tell
end tell



note: you don't say what sort of account it is, I have assumed it's
IMAP, but is it actually POP, then change 'tell IMAP account 1' to 'tell
POP Account 1'

to use the script, paste it into Apple's 'Script Editor' and save it in
the 'Entourage script menu items' folder in you 'Microsoft User Data'
folder (in 'Documents'). the script can then be run by selecting it from
the script menu in Entourage

Thank you SO much, Barry. Works perfectly.

 

[Barry Wainwright]

Thank you SO much, Barry. Works perfectly.

Great!

Glad it fixed your problem