automatic helpers which really suck!

[Ed Greshko]

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

-- 
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. -- Rick Cook, The Wizardry Compiled

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