Closed
Bug 35033
Opened 25 years ago
Closed 25 years ago
Linux: Default email address of the Account Wizard is not correct
Categories
(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, defect, P3)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
VERIFIED
INVALID
People
(Reporter: huang, Assigned: alecf)
Details
Build: 04-07-08-M15 commercial build
Linux only: Default email address of the Account Wizard is not correct.
When trying to use account wizard to create mail accounts.
The Default email address always default pointing to the machine users name
which is not correct, should leave it blank to let users define the mail account
user email address.
1) Tried to create new profile for POP or IMAP
2) Actual Results: When the account wizard open, you can see that the default
email address already pointed to machine owner/user name's email address which
is not correct.
Expected results: Should be the same as the other platforms (Windows & Mac)
to leave it blank until user define mail account's email address.
Assignee | ||
Comment 1•25 years ago
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I disagree.
Jennifer? We have this unique ability to take a guess at the user's e-mail
addresses. Depending on the machine configuration, we often get it right (it
usually works on any properly-configured unix machine)
seth is working on adding this capability to windows and mac as well.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Comment 2•25 years ago
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I don't mind the first account in a profile defaulting to my system name but for
additional accounts I may not want my system account to be the default, which is
what it does now on Linux. I like the suggestion in Bug# 35467 which requests:
"When creating a second or larger Account the "Your Name" and "Email address"
should default to already made account settings.
So if I already have a account with Username="Henrik Gemal" the Your Name field
should default to "Henrik Gemal"
Even better could be a solution where the names of the already made accounts
user names were shown in a drop down box, so you could enter a new name or
select an already enterede name."
Assignee | ||
Comment 3•25 years ago
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I actually think we should still default to that because often you're just
creating a news account, and that should be the same. Also, it tries to be smart
about your domainname - it only goes to the hostname when it can't figure out
your domain name (which means that unless you're on a different internet than
everyone else, your machine is misconfigured)
But right now it gets the username and email address directly from the machine
information - I do kind of like the idea of it getting it from the default
account. But I think that should be a different bug.
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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