The Email Address field on an event Edit page allows you to set an email address, but not a Password or SMTP Server name nor a port.
Nowdays (since 2004), with most ISPs requiring SMTP Authentication to send emails out using a mail server, it would be in everyone's best interest if the programming were to include these additional settings.
On a DNN installation with multiple portals, even in DNN 6.2.4, the 'default' mail sender From-Address is whatever the Host email account is set to... and many times the Host account does not relate to any hosted Portals. Yes, Site Admins can now have a different email address than the Host address in DNN 7, but more settings are still needed for various modules - particularly the Events module.
And Yes, it is possible to setup an 'alias' on the mail server for an email account, however aliases don't allow changing the email password on the server.
And Yes, domains need to remember to include an SPF Record in their DNS if emails will be allowed through their server. (reference:
www.1usa.com/spf.html)
The programming code in DNN should allow for all of these scenarios. Failing to do so is "so 2001".
Great Events module by the way... thanks.
BarryZ
www.OneUSA.Com