automatic helpers which really suck!

[Rejy M Cyriac]

On 12/13/2012 01:07 PM, François Patte wrote:
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> Bonjour,
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> I installed f-17 and wanted to set my mail with thunderbird.
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> 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 agree that the automatic check is silly, especially when you are not 
at all allowed to manually add an account.

I did face a similar issue when configuring Thunderbird for my account. 
If you are using an internal mail server of your University, and 
communicate over SSL, the issue could be similar to mine. You need to 
add the local CA authority certificate, before trying to add the account.

- Rejy M Cyriac (rmc)

>
> Regards
> - --
> François Patte
> UFR de mathématiques et informatique
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> Université Paris Descartes
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