From: Michael Hampicke <gentoo-user@hadt.biz>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Creating accounts in Thunderbird
Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:30:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <510E584E.3090902@hadt.biz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <510E4F56.1080703@gmail.com>
Am 03.02.2013 12:51, schrieb Alan McKinnon:
> Test driving this newfangled thunderbird thingy, trying to create the
> last of my several accounts.
>
> This account does not need SMTP settings, i never send from it.
> But the create Account Wizard insists on trying to validate passwords
> and every setting other under the sun.
>
> How do I get Thunderbird to act like software and not assume it know
> better than I do?
> All I want is for it to accept what I put in the textbox and use it,
> *and*do*nothing*else.
>
> Is there some magic config file where I can bypass the wizard?
>
In the account wizzard, just click on manual config, enter all your
settings, that's all. Just tested it with TB18.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-03 12:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-03 11:51 [gentoo-user] Creating accounts in Thunderbird Alan McKinnon
2013-02-03 12:30 ` Michael Hampicke [this message]
2013-02-03 12:32 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-02-03 12:37 ` Michael Hampicke
2013-02-03 12:54 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-02-03 13:05 ` Michael Hampicke
2013-02-03 14:08 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-02-03 14:28 ` Michael Hampicke
2013-02-03 17:32 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-02-04 19:33 ` Paul Hartman
2013-02-04 20:15 ` Michael Mol
2013-02-07 15:55 ` Tanstaafl
2013-02-07 20:28 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-02-07 21:07 ` Tanstaafl
2013-02-09 20:09 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-02-07 23:43 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2013-02-08 7:23 ` Alan McKinnon
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