Difficulty creating accounts in Mail

The latest version of Mail 2.0.7 makes creating an account a real pain because it tries to help too much.
Many ISP's block port 25, mine does. When you create a new account with an outgoing service that is NOT your ISP, Mail tries to verify the address and, OF COURSE, it fails since it cannot be accessed via port 25, only though port 26 but NO WHERE does Apple give you the choice to select the port. Since the connection fails, all your info is LOST and you have to start all over again -- a real pain!
The solution, of course, is to create the account with your ISP as the outgoing mail service and then change it to another one.
Does Apple monitor these discussion boards? How do we tell Apple to fix this bug?
iBook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   Mail 2.0.7

The latest version of Mail 2.0.7 makes creating an
account a real pain because it tries to help too much.
I agree that this "feature" is a pain, but there are ways to overcome it.
Since the connection fails, all your info is LOST and
you have to start all over again -- a real pain!
Not sure I understand what you mean. Have you tried to let Mail time out? It takes several minutes to do so, but you can do other things with your computer in the meantime.
Alternatively, if you're not setting up Mail for the first time, and are doing this from Preferences > Accounts instead, hold down the Option (Alt) key when clicking the [+] button to bypass the account setup "assistant".
Does Apple monitor these discussion boards?
http://discussions.apple.com/help.jspa
How do we tell Apple to fix this bug?
http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/

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