Re: automatic helpers which really suck!

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Le 13/12/2012 08:59, Ed Greshko a écrit :
> On 12/13/2012 03:37 PM, François Patte wrote:
>> Bonjour,
>> 
>> 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!
> 
> Not sure "exactly" the problem you are facing......   But.....
> 
> You can select "File--->New--->Existing Mail Account".

No! I cannot: this possibility does not exist!

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François Patte
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
Laboratoire CNRS MAP5, UMR 8145
Université Paris Descartes
45, rue des Saints Pères
F-75270 Paris Cedex 06
Tél. +33 (0)1 8394 5849
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
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