From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 962A2138823 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2013 12:33:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1A21821C04F; Sun, 3 Feb 2013 12:33:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f172.google.com (mail-we0-f172.google.com [74.125.82.172]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5094A21C033 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2013 12:33:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f172.google.com with SMTP id x10so4232778wey.17 for ; Sun, 03 Feb 2013 04:33:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=RPbYdlXBs3oJnHKJFALVu7q7LQUfjuPVUjCf5xiJWMo=; b=FFVj8P/Fm6K1RbUjeu4ydgbJl5BXP5PJYEEUg9qOLcDnaSiyRcATEFoO2UulG+8FTr BJEyNY+ZHmMfQsXor5lyFsI1171JSMqNbJTvQmDauNERvJyznf/+ItOKUdfEVCy2euys NoGxfu/Qg8wCsJI2GX3CO6yVYeyi1+js19Ktw8Yf+5EXYXbHMNpHdp1jOTgVeDqhdK60 HD8xg8nIYP4eCuXthxdNvcOqhMxPazs+P6a3nPSGCPr+qKIHbwxgO3gHXcSEJ8F0EFqi kqMh44RDidL6Pur4YCMHyaoVD7NLF8mco5XzLuG9jTiH3Y19u1WcXF1wxO70HDnUCdS7 WIcA== X-Received: by 10.180.85.226 with SMTP id k2mr5666129wiz.34.1359894781942; Sun, 03 Feb 2013 04:33:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from [172.20.0.41] (196-215-2-98.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.2.98]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gy2sm2537502wib.3.2013.02.03.04.32.59 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 03 Feb 2013 04:33:01 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <510E58C8.8080504@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:32:08 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130114 Thunderbird/17.0.2 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Creating accounts in Thunderbird References: <510E4F56.1080703@gmail.com> <510E584E.3090902@hadt.biz> In-Reply-To: <510E584E.3090902@hadt.biz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: bf3b7966-e77f-438c-9506-c0abfd11160f X-Archives-Hash: 2440ed578f0b666a90db0fc7205c1cf6 On 03/02/2013 14:30, Michael Hampicke wrote: > 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. > Tried that, TB17 insists on verifying the password and won't continue until the check passes. Doesn't this software have a --justdowhatisay option? It's a frigging email account for deities sake, it won't break things. It's not launch codes for ICBMs.... -- alan.mckinnon@gmail.com