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Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:54:24 +0200
From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Creating accounts in Thunderbird
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On 03/02/2013 14:37, Michael Hampicke wrote:
> Am 03.02.2013 13:32, schrieb Alan McKinnon:
>> 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....
>>
>
> Have you tried clicking on "advanced settings" then? This should close
> the account wizzard - but create your account.
>
I'm starting to suspect a bug in the wizard. The "advanced settings"
starts greyed-out and the only way I found to activate it was to make
all the textboxes (IMAP and SMTP server plus ports) blank and select
something other than "Auto" for all the auth types.
Then advanced config gives me an alarming popup with red background
about unsafe (i.e. not encrypted) connections but al least the "Done"
control is active. Click that and it wants to verify the password, bu
this never succeeds.
This is TB17:
Installed versions: 17.0.2(02:09:12 14/01/2013)(alsa crypt dbus
ipc jit ldap libnotify lightning minimal startup-notification wifi
-bindist -custom-cflags -custom-optimization -debug -gconf -mozdom
-selinux -system-sqlite LINGUAS="en_GB -ar -ast -be -bg -bn_BD -br -ca
-cs -da -de -el -es_AR -es_ES -et -eu -fi -fr -fy_NL -ga_IE -gd -gl -he
-hr -hu -hy_AM -id -is -it -ja -ko -lt -nb_NO -nl -nn_NO -pa_IN -pl
-pt_BR -pt_PT -rm -ro -ru -si -sk -sl -sq -sr -sv_SE -ta_LK -tr -uk -vi
-zh_CN -zh_TW")
Do you use TB18 direct from mozilla.org, or perhaps from an overlay
somewhere?
--
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com