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 34DC2138827 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2013 14:29:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D720E21C05A; Sun, 3 Feb 2013 14:28:44 +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 3BF6521C026 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2013 14:28:43 +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 D5B8540070 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2013 15:28:41 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <510E7419.4020400@hadt.biz> Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:28:41 +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> <510E608F.9050207@hadt.biz> <510E6F4C.5050609@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <510E6F4C.5050609@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 7d87172c-ae5e-47e2-b217-6c1a19b7312f X-Archives-Hash: 3ae441d50b74aaaa0ab100141a28f4db Am 03.02.2013 15:08, schrieb Alan McKinnon: > > So what we have here is a piece of FOSS software that is too fucking > clever for it's own good. It's applying insane validation checks to > things that are not in any spec at all: > > - I want two IMAP accounts. One runs locally on port 143. The other one > is also local, and just happens to use the same username. It also runs > on a different port which uses ssl magic to tunnel through into the > corporate network. A mail client has no business deciding it will not > add the second account because it already has something for that > username and host. So fucking what? I'll run 19 imap servers on > localhost if I feel like it, it's no business of Mozilla if I do > > - I don't *actually* need to give a valid password for a mail client to > configure the account. So what if I don't have the password right now? > Maybe I'll get it later. Just add the damn thing to your config and stop > refusing to continue if you can't validate the password! That becomes my > problem not Mozillas! > > - When I change data in a textbox on a dialog and the "Advanced config" > button ungreys, I sorta kinda expect it to do something. Like maybe let > me add stuff that is out of the ordinary. i sorta kinda don't expect it > to do nothing nothing whatsoever at all and sit there having no effect. > > - Wizards are fine for helping out Aunt Tilly. But for the love of Pete, > give advanced users a way to bypass the thing and enter information that > has not occurred to Mozilla devs yet. It;'s not hard to come out with > scenarios that any wizard does not cater for. > > Rant over. Now where is Thunderbirds bugzilla? > Here you go https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ And while your at it, tell them to drop that social media shite like FB from their products :)