426497 - Set security connection type when setting up an IMAP e-mail account

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 221030

(Thunderbird :: Account Manager, enhancement)

Description

[Boying Lu]

When setting up a new IMAP e-mail account, user can't set connection type (e.g. SSL) for both IMAP server and SMTP server.   If these servers need SSL to be connected, user can't start to access his e-mail box ( i.e login) after settng up his mail account. He needs to set up this through "Edit" --> "Account Settings" --> "Server Settings" and "Outgoing Server(SMTP)"  first before accessing his mailbox. This is very inconvenient for user.

Comment 1

[Boying Lu]

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Comment 2

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It's a nice idea but particularly when first setting up an account (where you need the SMTP settings) there's simply far too much on the same page. Maybe the SMTP settings could be split onto a separate page? (There may already be a bug to do that, so that you could choose an existing SMTP server or add a new one.)

Also, I know the changes are the same, but it would be helpful from my point of view if you included the changes to the suite version of AccountManager.dtd in the patch too, thanks!