Bug 82206 - JJ: Profile wizard for easy creation of POP3/SMTP accounts
Summary: JJ: Profile wizard for easy creation of POP3/SMTP accounts
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kmail
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 1.6.2
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Keywords:
: 95518 134720 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2004-05-25 22:17 UTC by Raga Prong
Modified: 2009-03-16 14:43 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Raga Prong 2004-05-25 22:17:11 UTC
Version:           1.6.2 (using KDE 3.2.2,  (testing/unstable))
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.3 (Debian 20040401)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.22-xfs

Kmail is very flexible because of seperated Identites and Send/Receive Accounts. This is a pro, but can be a con when creating several accounts:

Most pop/smtp Mail services have the same access data for sending and receiving. But with kmail, I have to do these steps one after another:
- create identity
- create pop3-account (enter mailserver, username, password)
- create smtp-account (enter mailserver, username, password)
- set the corresponding account to be the default method for your identity

This can be very tirering - and this is my alternative idea:
-> invoke "Profile Pilote" to create new mail account
-> Enter your name and email address (for reply-to)
-> Select your email provider (gmx, hotmail, web.de, most used MSPs)
   (alternatively enter smtp/pop3 server manually)
-> enter username and password _once_
done.

This should be an optional additional way to create accounts.

Alternatively, I could imagine to have a button "copy smtp settings" in the pop3-setup (or vice versa) - but such a pilote (or wizzard) could be great for anybody choosing KDE applications for convenience.

Thank you
Respect
Raga
Comment 1 Raga Prong 2004-05-25 22:21:14 UTC
Just one more wish appended:

In terms of security, it is wise, to have the checkbox "save password with config file" unchecked by default (even though it is scrambled). This is the case. But if I forget to check it, the alert box that queries the password at mail lookup should have its own checkbox: save password with config file. Thus, I need not re-enter the settings-dialogue ....
Comment 2 Raga Prong 2004-05-28 13:06:34 UTC
compare also http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82380 (import identities from pegasus mail)
Comment 3 Bojan 2005-08-07 09:23:47 UTC
If I am not mistaken this reporter ask for option for "tying identity with one smtp /pop setting."
Comment 4 Thomas McGuire 2007-03-27 19:02:22 UTC
*** Bug 95518 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Thomas McGuire 2008-02-27 22:28:00 UTC
KMail already has such a wizard, but only on first startup.
Would be a good Junior Job to make that wizard always available and adopt it to  multiple accounts.
Comment 6 Thomas McGuire 2008-03-02 14:03:14 UTC
*** Bug 134720 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Thomas McGuire 2009-03-16 14:43:21 UTC
With KDE 4.2, that wizard is now also available under Tools->Account Wizard, so I consider this bug as fixed.