Following this discussion on Gitter :
@herbdool We should have an easy way to configure email for sending HTML and via SMTP. Should be much easier than the Drupal 7 setup with Mailsystem
@opi I use https://github.com/makinacorpus/drupal-netsmtp for basic SMTP support in D7. No UI. btw smtp support is good not only for HTML mails, but also to plug backdrop with services like mailjet, mailchimp... would a core support be an improvment for the 80%?
@quicksketch I believe SMTP support is a requirement for all systems that send email (including Backdrop) these days. Sending email is just so hard. It rarely works (getting into actual inboxes) without an external service. So in my opinion, yes I think it's a core candidate.
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Administration interface should provide an easy way to configure an external SMTP server to send every email from Backdrop.
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Thanks man, you've convinced me; I'll bypass Views. :D
Views, hooks or handlers?
And, one more thought hahaha You can learn A LOT about programmatically doing things to View (and Backdrop in general) by looking at the automated tests for Views etc.
Views, hooks or handlers?
Oh, one more thing. I did dare to modify Views dynamically (adding fields, grouping some fields into one column, and adding filters dynamically based on other conditions) on the fly at one point...
Views, hooks or handlers?