Am 13.12.2012 08:37, schrieb François Patte: > I installed f-17 and wanted to set my mail with thunderbird. > > New account, name, mail address, smtp.... *immediately* thunderbird > helper goes on the web to check my email server and don't find it! Why? > I really don't know: this mail address and server has been in service > for years now (and I'm using it to send this mail).... I can ping it, I > can dig it... > > And now, I am stuck: I cannot have my mail because thunderbird try to > help me, as if I was so stupid that I cannot know my own email address! > > I really don't understand what is the goal of this kind of help, even if > I make a mistake while I give my emeil server address, doomsday won't come! > > The result is: I cannot configure my mail because someone has thought > that this automatic check will help people. Stupid! i was blocked on mozilla bugzilla because i reprted this in the meantime years ago and still do not understand why they refuse a first step with two buttons: "try automatically" "leave my fuck in peace, i am mailadmin and know what i do" ___________________ they called me even lazy because i refuse to understand where is the improvement to force me implement the following serverside to fix a braindead GUI https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Thunderbird/Autoconfiguration however, if it does not find any informations recent thunderbird versions have a manual option somewhere in the useless dialog in the first versions of this crap you where more or less lost
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