447834 - ideas of improvements for non-intuitive features

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Thunderbird :: General, enhancement)

Description

[rom]

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Sorry, I make one post for several wishes… but there are seven :)

I am using Thunderbird 3 alpha 1 as the default client on Linux.

I describes on this message some missing or non-intuitive (according to me) options I found.

I give a number to each to allow you to reference one particular point :)

1-
When creating an account, you can specify (it's the default) «Local Folders». Once the account is created, there is no place to change this option. Moreover, I have never understood the utility of «Local Folders», I think people just want one account by email.

2-
The junk settings are disturbing :
- a global settings is configurated in Preferences → Privacy → Junk
- junk specific account settings are in «account settings»
I think the actual junk global settings should be chosen by account.

3-
Security settings have 4 choices :
Never | TLS, if available | TLS | SSL
But what if «TLS, if available» is selected AND TLS is not available? not encryption? SSL?
This should be more explicit.

4-
Message from server appears as "Alert" (Dialog). Typicaly, on one of my imap email account : «93% of quota used» every time I launch thunderbird.
The message could be less intrusive (maybe on a bar somewhere, like in «evolution»).

5-
In Preferences → Composition → General → HTML, we can specify the font.
But I didn't find any place to specify the font for «quotes» when replying to a message.

6-
When creating a new account, we can choose «email account» or «gmail» (and other options), but what does it mean? Because gmail IS an email account?
Should be more explicit.

7-
Tools → Run Junk Mail Controls on Folder always select ALL emails as junk (don't understand).


Thank you very much for your work, I stay on thunderbird 3 alpha for testing, I like it :)

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

(In reply to comment #0)
> Sorry, I make one post for several wishes… but there are seven :)

One issue per post, please. It makes development work easy.

> When creating an account, you can specify (it's the default) «Local Folders».
> Once the account is created, there is no place to change this option. Moreover,
> I have never understood the utility of «Local Folders», I think people just
> want one account by email.

Local Folders is how Outbox and global inbox work, as well as drafts/sent for immutable accounts (i.e., news accounts).

> The junk settings are disturbing :
> - a global settings is configurated in Preferences → Privacy → Junk
> - junk specific account settings are in «account settings»
> I think the actual junk global settings should be chosen by account.

bug 352428

> Security settings have 4 choices :
> Never | TLS, if available | TLS | SSL
> But what if «TLS, if available» is selected AND TLS is not available? not
> encryption? SSL?
> This should be more explicit.

TLS, if available refers to doing STARTTLS if the server advertises. I don't have a bug number on hand, but I know bienvenu was working on this.

> Message from server appears as "Alert" (Dialog). Typicaly, on one of my imap
> email account : «93% of quota used» every time I launch thunderbird.
> The message could be less intrusive (maybe on a bar somewhere, like in
> «evolution»).

Blame your server, we're just following RFC here (the server sends us an [ALERT] message, which we're required to display). See bug 247193

> In Preferences → Composition → General → HTML, we can specify the font.
> But I didn't find any place to specify the font for «quotes» when replying to
> a message.

File a separate bug on this issue.

> When creating a new account, we can choose «email account» or «gmail» (and
> other options), but what does it mean? Because gmail IS an email account?
> Should be more explicit.

GMail is an ISP data account, which means data is prefilled for you.

> Tools → Run Junk Mail Controls on Folder always select ALL emails as junk
> (don't understand).

Bug 383873 look familiar?

Comment 2

[rom]

1- → bug 447940 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447940
2- OK, bug 352428
3- OK.
4- → bug 447941 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447941
5- → bug 447942 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447942
6- → bug 447943 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447943
7- OK, bug 383873

Comment 3

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

I suppose we can close this then, since it just covers a variety of requests covered in other bugs.
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