57128 - Better default account name

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 50362

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, defect, P3)

Description

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

Reproduce:
1. Set up a new account.

Actual result:
The suggested account name (the string which refers to the account in our UI,
not the accout username, which gets transmitted to the server) is equal to the
email address entered.

Expected result:
The suggested account name has no @ sign.

Relevance:
That we default the account name to the email address further encourages the
misconception of email address = account name = account username, which is the
problem which got us into the allow-@-in-username problem.

Comment 1

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

> the allow-@-in-username problem

Bug 57129.

Comment 2

[Alec Flett]

No, this is working as designed - users are more familiar with their e-mail
address then their username, so we show them their e-mail address. The
user-friendly string is actually "Mail for email@address"

Working as designed, WORKSFORME.

Comment 3

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

> The user-friendly string is actually "Mail for email@address"

No, it isn't. I get as (suggested) account name just "email@address", and this
is what displays in the UI (if I accept the default). "Mail for email@address"
would be OK with me and would fix this bug. REOPENing based on that.

(
> Working as designed, WORKSFORME.

And your designs are always correct, eh?
)

Comment 4

[Alec Flett]

oh you're right - when you set up through the wizard, you don't get the "Mail
for" part. Migrated accounts do it. 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 50362 ***

Comment 5

[laurel]

Marking verified as a duplicate.

Comment 6

[laurel]

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