-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Le 14/12/2012 01:39, Steven Stern a écrit : > On 12/13/2012 01:37 AM, 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! >> >> Regards >> > > As soon as it starts grinding looking for the automated setup, click > "Manual Config". it will give up on looking for an autodiscover record > and let you enter the servers, etc. manually. No big deal. Very difficult! I could see once something like this: phenomenon lasted for 1/10 of second and disappeared.... Most of the time, I cannot even see the button you're talking about! As for any menu to click (suggested by other mails) it does not exist! The only thing I can do is to ask for a new email address from gandi.net or Hover.com Which I don't want! This happens on fedora 17 xfce.... - -- 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlDK1qgACgkQdE6C2dhV2JW2NwCfWzb6HTgF0wOSsRwOk3ELjEC+ r9oAnj3TOINP8TKUkWdqvFeP+PJeYX+W =UbzS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org