-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Le 14/12/2012 08:57, Ed Greshko a écrit : > On 12/14/2012 03:35 PM, François Patte wrote: >> 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.... > > I have tested on a F17 VM running xfce and a fresh install of TBird.... > > No problem to add an existing email.... > > Have a look at these.... > > http://tinyurl.com/d3ej8x4 I read some explanations on mozilla web page: if I want to be able to use TB, I have to ask my university to install something on the servers... This seems to be an attempt to freedom: you can only have an email address on well known servers, others are kicked out. Completely stupid! - -- François Patte UFR de mathématiques et informatique Laboratoire MAP5 --- UMR CNRS 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 v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlDNn5UACgkQdE6C2dhV2JXPGQCfZmJNhb3JnWrZxVZqDsodPpyQ 8KwAoLGC0E4pk1a/F7t9LPER+X+EM0v5 =M9qC -----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
