Options for Sending Email
JoMail has 3 ways to send email. Usually, it will automatically select the appropriate best way, and continue trying until the message has been sent. To force JoMail to try QuickSend first, check the box above. Advanced options, and the email sending procedure, are described below:
1. QuickSend
QuickSend allows you to send email directly to the recipients email account, rather than routing the email through your ISP or web-based email provider. QuickSend will not work if port 25 is blocked, as is done by some free ISPs. In this case, JoMail will attempt to send your message through more conventional means. QuickSend also enables the sending of "anonymous" email, meaning that you can insert your own return address (see "about anonymous"). QuickSend is always quicker than sending via a web-based email account (such as hotmail), but in some circumstances sending via a third party SMTP host (such as your ISP) can be quicker. For this reason, if a return address with a SMTP server is selected, JoMail will first try to send via your SMTP provider.
2. Standard SMTP
In this mode, email is sent to SMTP server designated in the "add or edit email accoutns" menu. You must select a return address for an account with a SMTP server. Once the mail arrives at your email account server, the software there will deliver your message. The most popular method is the unix program "sendmail". One advantage to this method is for sending out a letter with multiple recipients. In this case, QuickSend would deliver a copy to each recipient, whereas standard SMTP enables this task to be delegated to a remote machine (your email provider).
3. Web-Send
This is the least efficient way to send email. In this mode, JoMail will log on to your web-based email account (querying you for username/password if necessary), and submit the HTTP form that starts your message on it's way. Once it has been submitted, it then passes through conventional SMTP servers run by your web-based email provider or a third party. This mode of sending gets invoked only if QuickSend has failed, and there is no third party SMTP server available.