537088 - Add "account name" field to "mail account setup" window.

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Thunderbird :: Account Manager, enhancement)

Description

[An00biS]

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I'd like the "mail account setup" window to have "account name" form field.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open "Account settings"
2. Select "add mail account" from "account actions".
3. Use the "mail account setup" window to create new mail account
Actual Results:  
The new mail account's name is automatically set to mail address.

Expected Results:  
The "new account setup" lets me enter the account name, and only uses the mail address as name if I leave the field blank.

Comment 1

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

You can always rename it later, can you expand a bit more on your use case ?

Comment 2

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

I think we'd want to keep the Account Wizard as lean as possible, so I think having and explaining an account name field would unnecessarily complicate things at setup time. You can always rename your account later in account settings (we could make just renaming easier maybe...). No interest in 11 years, not even from reporter.