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 535AA138822 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2013 13:05:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AEB3121C067; Sun, 3 Feb 2013 13:05:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.hadt.biz (sil.hadt.biz [5.9.16.100]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0B33621C046 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2013 13:05:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.255.100] (p5DCC79D9.dip.t-dialin.net [93.204.121.217]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.hadt.biz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EC77D4006F for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2013 14:05:21 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <510E608F.9050207@hadt.biz> Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:05:19 +0100 From: Michael Hampicke User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130107 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> <510E58C8.8080504@gmail.com> <510E59F9.3010308@hadt.biz> <510E5E00.5060209@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <510E5E00.5060209@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: bef12105-7c75-427d-be26-a8e432c9d036 X-Archives-Hash: d2b75d012bb2c552a68b957ae00c9ef8 Am 03.02.2013 13:54, schrieb Alan McKinnon: > 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. > I re-checked this. You are right, advanced settings starts greyed out (have not noticed that before, I only clicked on it after I manually have filled out all the fields) > 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. True, it should really let you finish the configuration at this time, even when the auth failes. The only option you now have is to use the advanced button. > > 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? > I use thunderbird-bin. I suspect it's the version from mozilla.org