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#177 Fingerprint mismatch always reported :(

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2016-08-05
2016-07-18
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When I email using "smtp.gmail.com", it ALWAYS reports a fingerprint mismatch. Telling it to remember the new fingerprint doesn't seem to make any difference (I assume because GMail has multiple SMTP servers, each with a different fingerprint), and attempting to manually remove the fingerprint in Configuration does not work (it reappears straight away).

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  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2016-07-18

    I wrote:

    Telling it to remember the new fingerprint doesn't seem to make any difference (I assume because GMail has multiple SMTP servers

    Further info: If I tell it to "Trust server", then a new fingerprint appears in Configuration. Although it's not very helpful that I have to manually open & then save my Configuration (it really should do this automatically), but that does cause it to preserve the new fingerprint.

     
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2016-07-23

    I don't know why, but this MAY not be a problem after all. At least, I saved the GMail fingerprint, and several days later it still seems to be working.

    However, even if that is the case, I'd still like to see two improvements:
    1. When I tell it to "Trust" a particular fingerprint, it should save it withOUT the unintuitive (and seemingly error-prone) step of saving the Configuration.
    2. The ability to ignore/disable fingerprints (in case of any future difficulties, whether due to SimpleMail being buggy or outdated, or simply wierd problems with the email supplier).

     
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2016-08-05

    OK, the problem did resurface (took maybe a week). Seems like GMail changes which server they assign me on a semi-random basis.

    I guess if SimpleMail could store MANY signatures (per server), that would be a solution. But it might be simpler to just allow me to tell SimpleMail to not bother Fingerprinting (nor checking) a particular email server.

     

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